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India – Companies deferring job interviews and final offers due to pandemic (Economic Times)

10 May 2021

While many companies across sectors in India had started going slow on their hiring plans over the last month by deferring interviews, job seekers are now faced with an indefinite delay in the issuing of offer letters as several companies have put the process on hold even after the final selection of...


World – Covid-19 has shaken worker confidence, but optimism persists

7 May 2021

The Covid-19 pandemic has dented worker sentiment, according to a global study from the ADP Research Institute.

The study found that while 86% of workers worldwide still say they feel optimistic about the next five years in the workplace, this is down from 92% last year.

According to ADP, the decline in...


World – Google announces hybrid work plans, will allow 20% of employees to work from home

7 May 2021

Google announced an update to its return to work and said it is moving to a hybrid work week where most Googlers spend approximately three days in the office and two days wherever they work best.

The tech giant said all of its changes will result in a workforce where approximately 60% of Googlers are...


Philippines – Unemployment rate falls to lowest levels since start of pandemic

7 May 2021

In the Philippines, the unemployment rate in March 2021 stood at 7.1%. This is the lowest reported rate covering the period of the Covid-19 pandemic since April 2020 when the unemployment rate stood at 17.6%, according to data from the Philippines Statistics Authority.

The jobless rate in March is also...


Australia – Job ads rise 4.7% in April: ANZ Bank

7 May 2021

Job advertisements in Australia rose by 4.7% in April 2021 on a seasonally adjusted basis when compared to March 2021, according to data from ANZ Bank. This was the 11th straight monthly gain, signalling strong labour demand growth has continued past the end of the JobKeeper programme, Australia’s...


Japan – Outsourcing Q1 revenue and profits surge

6 May 2021

Japanese staffing firm Outsourcing Inc. (2427:JP) reported revenue rose by 38.4% for the first quarter ended 31 March 2021 to JPY 123.89 billion (1.13 billion).

(JPY millions) Q1 2021 Q1 2020 % change  Q1 2021 (USD millions)
Revenue       123,896 ...


Australia – Hiremii plans IPO in ASX listing

6 May 2021

Hiremii, an Australia-based staffing platform for temporary and permanent hiring, is set to debut on the Australian Securities Exchange later this month as it announced it plans to raise AUD 6 million (USD 4.65 million) in an initial public offering.

Hiremii has two core business components, a fixed fee...


Singapore – More than half of employers say they need external help for assessing skills gaps

6 May 2021

More than half, or 55% of employers in Singapore agree that they need external help to assess the skills gaps of their employees, according to a report from the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC)’s LearningHub.

The report found 75% of employers said they see the importance of carrying out regular...


Asia Pacific – Half of Australian and New Zealand workers are ready to quit jobs that are not flexible (Bloomberg)

6 May 2021

Nearly half, or 47%, of Australian and New Zealand workers are likely to resign from their current position if they aren’t provided with sufficient flexibility in a post-Covid environment, reports Bloomberg citing research from Ernst & Young Global. Given a choice between flexibility of location...


World – Covid-19 pandemic led to more than 1 billion losing their jobs or businesses

5 May 2021

The global Covid-19 pandemic has damaged more than a billion people's livelihoods in its wake, according to Gallup surveys in 117 countries and territories.

The survey data from Gallup found that at least some percentage of workers in all countries and territories stopped working temporarily, lost their...