Seek job ads slip 18.6% in February, but applications up

Australian job ad volumes are down 18.6% year-on-year in February 2024, according to data from job board Seek.

On a month-to-month basis, job ads declined 2.5% in February.

Applications per job ad rose for 18 consecutive months to February 2024, increasing 2.9% month-on-month and 72.7% year-on-year.

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Staffing firms expect H2 IT hiring uptick in India, IT hiring mandates up

Staffing firms are projecting an actual hiring increase of 7-8% in the second half of this calendar year, reports The Economic Times, citing data gathered from Teamlease and another recruitment firm. It comes as active demand for technology talent hit a new monthly high for this fiscal year in February,...

Majority of workers in Korea see climate change as ‘serious’

More than 90 percent of workers in South Korea said they consider current climate change to be serious, reports The Korea Herald, citing a survey by Incruit, an employment agency. The survey, which polled 743 workers, showed that 48.6% answered that they considered the situation to be “very serious”...

ZIGExN Co., Ltd acquires Teichaku

Japan-based ZIGExN Co., Ltd., announced that it has acquired all shares of Teichaku Inc., via its subsidiary BrainLab.

The total price of the acquisition is JPY 67 million (USD 442,913).

Brainlab, incorporated in 2002, a subsidiary of ZIGExN, is involved in the development and sales of business management...

Seek CFO resigns from role, search for new CFO underway

Seek Job board Seek Limited announced today that its Chief Financial Officer, Kate Koch, has resigned. She will take up a position as Chief Financial Officer of IDP Education.

Koch joined Seek in 2021 from RMIT (Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology) University. Seek said she has a desire to further...

Profits from forced labour in private sectors total $236 billion

Annual profits from forced labour in the global private sector economy totalled USD 236 billion, according to the latest study by the International Labour Organisation (ILO). 

The report, ‘Profits and Poverty: The Economics of Forced Labour’ showed that the total amount of illegal profits from...

China unveils plans to promote employment for college graduates

China's Ministry of Education (MOE) said last week it would launch a campaign to promote employment for university graduates during the spring semester, a key period for campus recruitment, reports Xinhua. The Ministry added that it aims to organise up to 10,000 businesses to hold on-campus recruitment...

Renewable energy to generate 10 million new jobs: SIA

Employment in the renewable energy industry is set to surge, according to a new report by SIA. The industry will add close to 10 million new jobs globally over the next seven years. Demand for workers is being driven by ongoing government and private-sector support for renewable energy, and firms are...

Firm focused on high school recruiting begins trading in Tokyo

Jinjib Co. Ltd. (TYO: 142A), a recruitment firm focused on serving high school students, began trading on 22 March on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

The Osaka, Japan-based firm reported revenue of JPY 1.55 billion (USD 11.0 million) in the first nine months of its fiscal year, which ran from 1 April 2023 to...

Staff well-being is top driver for corporate DE&I in Australia

Improving staff well-being is the top driver for DE&I in Australian organisations, according to a survey by software giant Workday Inc. It found that 46% of Australian firms said improving employee well-being drove their DE&I program, followed by the need to attract and recruit a diverse workforce...