Australia – RCSA discusses impact of the pandemic on recruitment landscape in Australia in audio interview

Staffing Industry Analysts’ reporter Danny Romero speaks with Brooke Lord, the Head of Advocacy and Policy at the Recruitment, Consulting and Staffing Association of Australia & New Zealand, the peak body for the recruitment and staffing industry in Australia and New Zealand.

In the interview, Lord...

India – Technically skilled gig workers in high demand (Times of India)

Demand for technically skilled gig workers in India has gone up as a direct result of large businesses looking to optimise their future through a digital presence and lower fixed costs with reduction of full-time employees, reports The Times of India citing data from staffing firm TeamLease Services....

Asia Pacific – Economic backlash of Covid-19 led to 81 million jobs lost in 2020: ILO

Massive drops in working hours due to the Covid-19 crisis have had a devastating effect on jobs and incomes in the Asia Pacific region with the economic backlash wiping out approximately 81 million jobs in 2020, according to a new report by the International Labour Organisation (ILO).

According to Asia...

Singapore – Online recruitment down 4% in October: Monster Employment Index

Online recruitment in Singapore decreased by 4% in October 2020 when compared to October 2019, according to data from the Monster Employment Index.

On a month-on-month basis, the Index recorded growth of 4%. Monster said this improvement indicates that hiring is picking up among companies.

Online hiring...

Singapore – Most employers keen on hiring candidates for hybrid roles, study finds

Most employers (99%) in Singapore agree that there is a greater need for employees who can take on hybrid roles in order to meet their current business objectives, according to a survey from Singapore’s National Trades Union Congress Learning Hub.

According to the Learning Hub, in the face of a complex...

India – Nearly half of tech recruiters embracing online assessment tools for hiring (Hindu Business Line)

Technology recruiters in India are embracing remote hiring tools including online assessment tools, reports Hindu Business Line, citing a report from HackerEarth. The report showed 47% of Indian tech recruiters who used manual hiring processes, have now embraced online assessment tools with the onset...

Australia – LiveHire reports two direct-sourcing contract deals in regulatory update

LiveHire Ltd. (LVH:ASX), a provider of a direct-sourcing platform, announced in a regulatory filing on 16 November two new contract wins during its fiscal second quarter through its partnership with staffing firm Ian Martin Group Inc.

The companies will now provide a direct-sourcing program for Alberta...

Japan – Outsourcing Inc. to acquire staffing firm in Hyogo prefecture

Outsourcing Inc. (2427:TYO), which ranks as the third-largest staffing firm in Japan, announced plans this week to acquire Marks Co. Ltd., a staffing firm based in Nishiwaki, Japan, serving the Hyogo prefecture.

Marks provides staffing in manufacturing as well as logistics and medical/nursing care. The...

Australia – Employment continues recovery in November

Employment in Australia rose by 90,000 people in November compared to October, a 0.7% increase, the Australian Bureau of Statistics reported Thursday. Still, employment remained down by 83,100 jobs year over year, or 0.6%.

Overall, total employment in Australia was nearly 12.9 million people in November,...

India – Staffing firms respond to incident at iPhone factory

Six staffing firms that supplied workers to the Wistron iphone factory near Bengaluru may face fines and be blacklisted for failing to pay wages following violence at the facility, the Hindustan Times reported. One official said anonymously that there were 8,500 temporary workers at the factory...