Thailand’s jobs outlook to remain weak in 2024 (The Bangkok Post)

Employment in Thailand is expected to remain weak next year, with new recruitment limited to only certain industries, including tourism and food and beverages, reports The Bangkok Post, citing research from the Employers’ Confederation of Thai Trade and Industry (EconThai). The weak outlook has been...

Online recruitment in India sees 10% dip in November despite robust growth in certain sectors

Online recruitment in India reported a 10% annual decline in November 2023, according to the latest foundit Insights Tracker.

When looking at the month-over-month figures, e-recruitment saw a slight 2% dip in November.

The hiring index dropped to 249 in November 2023 from 277 in November 2022.

Despite this...

Philippines October jobless rate reaches lowest level since 2005

The unemployment rate in the Philippines was estimated to be 4.2% in October 2023, according to preliminary data from the Philippine Statistics Authority. This was lower compared with the 4.5% unemployment rate recorded in both October last year and September 2023.

The reported unemployment rate in October...

Australian payroll jobs tick up 2.2% in November

Payroll jobs in Australia increased by 2.2% in the year since 12 November 2022, according to the latest data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

In the month to 11 November 2023, payroll jobs decreased by 0.2%.

Bjorn Jarvis, ABS head of labour statistics, said, “The number of payroll jobs has remained...

China rolls out initiatives to boost employment for university graduates (Xinhua)

China has introduced a variety of measures to facilitate employment and entrepreneurship for the 2024 university graduates, reports Xinhua, citing a guideline released by the Ministry of Education. Chinese university presidents and other leaders are encouraged to step up corporate engagements to secure...

India white-collar hiring falls 12% as growth in oil and gas fail to offset declines in IT industry

White collar hiring in India trended downward for the two-month period ending November 2023 with a decrease of 12% compared to the same two-month period ending November 2022, according to the latest Naukri JobSpeak Index.

Naukri pointed to the Diwali festival as the reason it recorded data for the October-November...

Australian job ads fall 16.8% in November as labour market cools

Job advertisements in Australia declined by 16.8% year-on-year in November 2023 on a seasonally adjusted basis, according to ANZ-Indeed job ads data published on ANZ Bank.

On a seasonally adjusted monthly basis, job ads fell by 4.6% in November. In trend terms, job ads were down 3.4% over the month.

ANZ...

Professionals take the lion's share of Malaysia’s Q2 online job vacancies

Online job vacancies in Malaysia grew by 29.3% in the second quarter of 2023 compared to the second quarter of 2022, according to the Department of Statistics Malaysia.

Vacancies reached a record 261,231 in Q2. The number of job vacancies advertised online surged 23.5% in the second quarter of 2023. During...

Half of new jobs in S. Korea created for the elderly in 2022 (Xinhua)

Half of new jobs in South Korea were created for elderly people last year, with youth employment rising slightly, reports Xinhua, citing data from Statistics Korea. The number of jobs stood at 26.45 million in 2022, up 870,000 from the previous year. Jobs for those aged 60 or older increased by 440,000,...

Tongdao Liepin Group Q3 revenue slides 12.9% as profits fall amid a limited recovery in recruitment demand

Tongdao Liepin Group (6100:HKG), the operator of Chinese online recruitment platform Liepin.com, reported revenue on 24 November of RMB 558.9 million (USD 78.8 million) for the three months ended 30 September 2023, a decrease of 12.9% when compared to the previous year.

Revenue was primarily generated...