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For many workers in Asia, the reality of job security and career advancement often feels like a distant dream. An anonymous employee, who has spent over a decade in a role defined by administrative tasks, describes a life caught in a rut. The monotony of data…
In a recent update, nearly 2,900 applications submitted between the launch of the SkillsFuture Jobseeker Support scheme in April and August have been approved. Minister for Manpower Tan See Leng revealed this information while responding to parliamentary…
In the first quarter 43% of job seekers were aged 30–39 and 37% were in the 20–29 age group, according to statistics from the Ministry of Home Affairs. They are from the quarterly labor market bulletin compiled by the ministry’s Institute of State…
When she began pursuing her master’s degree at Melbourne University, Tran Thi Phuong did not anticipate how challenging it would be for her to secure a job after graduation. The 27-year-old Vietnamese woman has now lost track of the number of job applications…
Amid a season of low recruitment demand due to economic challenges, companies are still headhunting for experienced and high-skilled IT staff to speed up their digital transformation. Although many companies are scaling down their payroll, demand for IT…
The mass layoffs that began last year amid a market decline continue in the struggling property sector, with major developers and brokerages downsizing their sales teams to survive. Property developer Dat Xanh Group laid off 1,384 people in the first quarter…
Technology continues to play a dominant role in the development of financial services in Singapore with related functions accounting for more than a quarter of job opportunities in the sector. Technology will continue to lead hiring demand in 2021, according…
Two years after opening his garment factory in Myanmar, Li Dongliang is on the verge of closing down and laying off his 800 remaining workers. The business had been struggling because of the Covid-19 pandemic, but after a February 1 coup that sparked mass…
HSBC’s cost-saving drive is reportedly set to accelerate even in its most profitable markets in Asia following the departure of its global head of equities. Hossein Zaimi is leaving HSBC, according to a report citing two unnamed sources, after joining the…
Retail-solutions consultancy IDA’SG is launching a niche job portal for fashion, beauty and lifestyle retail firms in Singapore. Called, MyBrands SG, the platform will launch on July 3 and is designed to enhance skill matching in the city’s retail industry.…
Thousands of stores will close and 5600 jobs will be lost as Hong Kong retailers try to recover from a “severe” sales decline brought on by social unrest and declining mainland visitor numbers, according to a survey by the Hong Kong Retail Management…
Due to «unprecedented circumstances» British lender, HSBC is giving its Hong Kong employees an extra day off in 2020. The bank employs about 21,000 people in the city. In a gesture of encouragement as six months of continuing street protests have roiled the…
Japanese auto giant Nissan announced earlier this week that it will downsize its workforce globally by firing 12,500 employees. This includes the manufacturer’s India operations as well. A report by ETAuto now states that over 1700 employees from the Indian…
A Ford plant that produced transmissions in southwestern France shut down for good on Wednesday after the carmaker brushed aside efforts save some operations at the facility that had employed up to 3,600 people. The factory in Blanquefort, outside Bordeaux,…
Only 36 per cent of disabled persons in India are employed, of which 90 per cent are in the unorganized sector, said a new report by Trust for Retailers & Retail Associates of India (TRRAIN) here on Wednesday. The report – ‘Disability Employment: Indian…
GM Korea’s union is planning to request further government support for employees who took unpaid leave after the shutdown of the Gunsan manufacturing plant last year. The decision, outlined in a follow-up document detailing a GM Korea union meeting held on…
