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India – Hiring activity surges over the year in April 2021, but sees 15% monthly decline amid second Covid-19 wave

5 May 2021

Hiring activity in India grew by 117.8% in April 2021 when compared to April 2020 during the country’s strict nationwide Covid-19 lockdown, according to the latest Naukri JobSpeak Index.

However, as India experiences the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic and many state governments are being forced...


New Zealand – Seasonally adjusted jobless rate rises to 4.7% in March quarter

5 May 2021

New Zealand’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose year-on-year by 0.4% to 4.7% in the quarter ended March 2021, according to data from Statistics New Zealand.

When compared to the previous quarter ended December 2020, the unemployment rate fell by 0.2%.

Statistics New Zealand noted that both the...


India – Second Covid-19 wave triggers rise in unemployment in April (India Today)

5 May 2021

The unemployment rate in India reached a four-month high of nearly 8% in April as localised lockdowns imposed in many states have impacted over 7 million jobs compared to March, reports India Today, citing data from the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy. According to the Centre, the situation could...


Australia – Seek upgrades FY 2021 guidance as it completes sell-down of Zhaopin stake

4 May 2021

Australia job board Seek (ASX: SEK) provided a trading update today. The group said results for the nine months to 31 March 2021 and outlook for the remainder of the year are ahead of the group’s expectations when its FY21 guidance was set in February 2021, with revenue outperformance being driven...


China – 51Job provides update on buyout bid

4 May 2021

China-based job board and HR resource services provider 51job Inc. (NSDQ: JOBS), provided an update on its buyout bid from M&A advisory firm DCP Capital Partners.

51job said it received an updated preliminary non-binding proposal letter dated 4 May 2021 from DCP Services Limited, Ocean Link Partners...


Australia – Contract Watch: AD1 Holdings signs agreement with New South Wales Government’s career platform

4 May 2021

Job search site AD1 Holdings (AD1:AU), previously known as ApplyDirect, announced that it has signed a project with the New South Wales government to further improve the iworkforNSW careers platform and the accompanying mobile applications.

The iworkforNSW career platform is a jobs site for public sector...


India – Sharp fall in open job positions amid second wave of Covid-19 (Economic Times)

4 May 2021

The number of open job positions in India at the end of April dropped 31% from March to touch the lowest level in 2021, reports the Economic Times, citing data from LinkedIn and direct postings on top job boards. According to data from Xpheno, the count of active jobs barely reached the 200,000 mark...


Japan – Temporary agency workers down 5.6% in March, unemployment up slightly

30 April 2021

The number of non-regular employees in Japan, which includes temporary workers, dispatch workers, contractors, part-time workers and others, stood at 20.54 million, down 4.5% over the year according to data from Statistics Japan.

The number of ‘dispatched workers from temporary labour agencies’ fell...


Singapore – Total employment rises for the first time since onset of Covid-19

30 April 2021

For the first time since the fourth quarter of 2019, total employment in Singapore (excluding migrant domestic workers) grew in Q1 2021, according to labour market data from the Ministry of Manpower.

In Q1 2021, the bulk of the employment increases were in services (primarily from residents). Within services,...


Asia – More employees want flexibility as small minority want a completely onsite work arrangement

30 April 2021

A majority of Asia’s workforce have expressed a desire for flexibility in where their work gets done, while only 7% of Asia's workforce now want to commit to a completely onsite work arrangement, according to a study ‘Decoding Global Ways of Working’, conducted in partnership with SEEK Asia, Boston...