Japan – World Holdings Q1 revenue rises 7.4% as profits improve

Japanese outsourcing services company World Holdings (2429: JP) reported revenue for the first quarter ended 31 March 2023 of JPY 43.72 billion (USD 324.7 billion), an increase of 7.4% compared to the previous year.

Japan – Will Group full year revenue rises 9.8% with growth in domestic and overseas businesses

Japanese HR firm Will Group (6089:TYO), which focuses on temporary staffing, business contracting and recruitment, reported revenue on today of JPY 143.93 billion (USD 1.07 billion) for the full year ended 31 December 2022, an increase of 9.8% when compared to the same period a year prior.

Japan – JTec Corp full year revenue rises 6.2%

Japanese staffing company JTec Corp. (2479: JP) reported revenue for the full year ended 31 March 2023 of JPY 3.17 billion (USD 23.6 million), an increase of 6.2% compared with last year.

Australia – Seek job ads down 19.1% in April as hospitality and tourism industry job ads fall

Job ads in Australia have fallen by 19.1% year-over-year in April 2023, according to job board operator Seek. On a monthly basis, job ads also fell by 1.4%.

The latest data also shows that applications per job ad increased over the month by 7.7% in April.

On a year-on-year basis, the biggest decline was...

India – Maharashtra state government to use private agencies for short-term hiring in case of strike action or emergencies (Times of India)

Two months after the government of the Indian state of Maharashtra issued an order outsourcing recruitment for short-term government and semi-government posts to nine private HR agencies, it has issued a new directive clarifying that this method of hiring can also be used in the case of strikes...

Taiwan – 104 Corp monthly revenue down 1.5% in April

104 Corp. (3130:TAI), a Taipei-based firm that provides online job advertising, announced a business update. The firm reported consolidated revenue for April 2023 was TWD 184.1 million (USD 6.0 million), down 1.47% compared to the same period in 2022.

Accumulated revenue for 2023 totalled TWD 714.7 million...

South Korea – Temporary workers down 2.1% in April, seasonally adjusted unemployment rate improves slightly to 2.6%

The number of temporary workers in South Korea declined by 2.1% year over year to approximately 4.61 million in April 2023, according to data released by Statistics Korea.

When compared to the previous month, the number of temporary workers rose slightly by 0.8% in April 2023. The temporary employment...

Hong Kong – Labour Department to launch programme helping secondary school graduates enter job market

Hong Kong’s Labour Department announced yesterday that it will launch the ‘Career Let’s Go’ programme to help secondary school graduates enter the job market.

Through an array of diversified pre-employment training and employment services, the programme aims to help school leavers obtain the latest...

China – College students showing increasing preference for stable jobs in state-owned companies (China Daily)

College students who are about to graduate are showing increasing preference for stable jobs, mostly in state-owned companies, reports China Daily citing research from Zhaopin. It found that most students who were surveyed have a clear and comprehensive understanding of the current economic landscape,...

Australia – Ambition Group full year revenue rises 19.9%

Australia-based recruitment firm Ambition Group published its annual report for the year ended 31 December 2022. The group reported revenue of AUD 97.9 million (USD 66.2 million), up 19.9% over the year.

The group said its results were achieved due to strong performances from Singapore, Hong Kong, and...