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Glints reports record high revenue in FY 2022 fuelled by demand for cross-border talent

7 September 2023

Glints, a talent platform based in Singapore, reported record high revenue in FY 2022 with growth fuelled by companies ‘increasingly adopting a borderless mindset’ and a growing demand for cross-border talent.

In a LinkedIn post, the company announced an 85% increase in annual revenue as well as a...


Flexi staffing across India records 12.5% growth in fiscal Q1: Indian Staffing Federation

7 September 2023

Flexi staffing in India recorded a 12.5% growth in the fiscal first quarter (April to June) when compared to the same period a year ago, according to research from the Indian Staffing Federation (ISF), published in the Press Trust of India. 

The ISF said the surge in employment...


Australian payroll jobs see 2.9% annual rise in mid-August

7 September 2023

Payroll jobs across Australia over the 12 months to mid-August 2023, rose 2.9%, according to figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).

Bjorn Jarvis, ABS head of labour statistics, said, “This was less than the annual growth rates seen earlier in 2023, and also below the 8.3% annual growth...


Philippines government shuts down maritime firm posing as recruitment agency (The Manila Times)

7 September 2023

The Department of Migrant Workers in the Philippines today shut down a shipping company posing as a recruitment agency, reports The Manila Times. The DMW said the R.T.M. Maritime Consultancy Services Corp. does not have a valid license or accreditation from the department but received and processed applications...


Taiwan’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate improves to 3.43% in July, industrial and services sectors boost employment

6 September 2023

Taiwan’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell to 3.43% in July 2023, down from 3.68% in July 2022, according to data from the Directorate General of Budget Accounting and Statistics (DGBAS).

On a monthly basis, the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate declined by 0.02% to 3.43%.

When...


Saramin HR signs agreement with Fast Campus for job competency enhancement and recruitment innovation

6 September 2023

South Korea-based job board Saramin announced that it has signed a memorandum of understanding with Fast Campus, an adult education content company also based in South Korea, to strengthen job competency and recruit innovation.

Through this agreement, the two companies plan to work closely together to...


Woman in China who held 16 jobs at once over three years and never went to work caught by police (South China Morning Post)

6 September 2023

A woman in China who fraudulently juggled separate jobs with 16 different companies simultaneously, amassing enough cash to buy a villa in Shanghai, was arrested during a job interview, reports South China Morning Post. The ‘wage cheater’ Guan Yue’s...


India white collar hiring falls 6% in August on cautious sentiment in IT, auto sectors: Naukri

5 September 2023

White collar hiring in India saw a 6% year-on-year decline in August following cautious sentiment in IT, insurance, auto, healthcare and BPO (business processing outsourcing) sectors, according to the latest Naukri JobSpeak Index and the Press Trust of India.

In August 2023 there were 2,666 job postings,...


Malaysia rolls out new industrial master plan, expects to create over 3 million jobs (New Straits Times)

5 September 2023

Malaysia rolled out its fourth industrial master plan last week, which aims to revitalise the country's manufacturing sector and increase its value-added turnaround to MYR 587.5 billion (USD 126.0 billion) by 2030, reports The New Straits Times. Dubbed as the New Industrial Master Plan 2030 (NIMP 2030)...


India may add 700,000 gig jobs by November ahead of festive season (New Indian Express)

5 September 2023

Nearly 700,000 new gig jobs are expected to be created across India ahead of the festive season, reports The New Indian Express, citing a TeamLease Services report. The report has forecasted about 400,000 new gig jobs across South Indian cities alone in the ecommerce sector. Bengaluru (40%), followed...