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Australia – Job ads slip 15.7% in March as Victoria drives decline

24 April 2023

Job ad volumes on Australian job board Seek decreased were 15.7% lower year-on-year in March 2023.

The decline was led by the state of Victoria which reported a fall of 22.7% over the year. The Australian Capital Territory also reported a decline of 18.1%.

When compared to the previous month, job ads slipped...


Japan – Farms turn to temporary workers from southeast Asia as rural population ages (Colombo Gazette)

24 April 2023

Japanese farms are recruiting workers from Sri Lanka and other countries in South and Southeast Asia, reports Colombo Gazette, citing Nikkei Asia. Farms across Japan are increasingly turning to temporary workers from Southeast Asia and beyond for help during the busy seasons, as a shrinking rural population...


India – Upskilling programmes help majority of professionals rise in their jobs (CXO Today)

24 April 2023

Upskilling courses help 96% of professionals in India improve in their jobs within a year of undertaking the courses, reports CXO Today, citing the Emeritus India Impact Survey. The number of professionals who undertook programmes on leadership belonged primarily to the software and IT services, and...


Japan – Companies to fill 37.6% of job openings with mid-career hires in departure from tradition (Nikkei Asia)

21 April 2023

Companies in Japan plan to fill 37.6% of job openings with mid-career hires this fiscal year, representing the largest-ever shift from the lifetime employment model in Japan, Nikkei Asia reported. The ratio of mid-career hires had hovered in the teens until fiscal 2017 when they began rising rapidly....


Australia – Hiremii hires chief commercial officer

21 April 2023

Hiremii Ltd. (HMI:ASX), a Perth, Australia-based recruitment firm, hired Kevin Reece as its new chief commercial officer. Reece has more than 20 years of experience.

Reece was instrumental in growing a venture capital-backed software-as-a-service company to exit and consulted on go-to-market and sales...


Japan – Private equity firm announces investment IT consulting provider Miraie Co. Ltd.

21 April 2023

J-Star, a Tokyo-based private equity firm, announced an investment in Miraie Co. Ltd., a Tokyo-based IT consulting, staffing and system development firm.

With the investment, J-Star plans to work on Miraie’s governance structure, diversifying the source of IT engineers and encouraging cooperation with...


Malaysia – Employers prioritise skills and financial well-being more than regional and global counterparts

21 April 2023

Employers in Malaysia are prioritising skills and financial well-being more than regional and global counterparts, according to research by Mercer.

In Malaysia, 63% of companies surveyed provide flexible working options for all their employees, significantly higher than in Asia, 50%, and globally, 56%....


India – Difficulties at some private colleges leave students without employment prospects (Bloomberg)

20 April 2023

India’s USD 117 billion education industry is booming, and the country’s top institutions have turned out global business leaders such as Microsoft Corp.’s Satya Nadella. However, Bloomberg, in an article posted on The Japan Times, reported many small private colleges are popping up that don’t...


India – Non-tech industries and international companies increase demand for tech skills (The Economic Times)

20 April 2023

Demand for tech skills is rising in non-tech industries international firms’ global capability centres in India even as traditional tech hiring has tapered off, according to research by Bangalore, India-based staffing firm Quess Corp. Ltd. (QUESS:NSI) as reported by The Economic Times. “Given the...


Australia – Surge in demand for creative design and AI freelance skills in Q1

20 April 2023

Design-related skills ranked among the fastest-growing freelance skills in the first quarter, according to data from staffing platform Freelancer.com.

“T-shirt design,” “covers and packaging design” and “corporate identity design” were the fastest-growing job types by total percentage growth...