The Transportation Ministry has said as over 900 Indonesian pilots having not been able to gain employment with local airliners, the ministry is planning to impose a new obligation to ensure higher absorption of local pilots by the airline industry. “This is…
The problems at Germany’s largest lender, Deutsche Bank, which has seen its share price tumble to record lows on concerns of a looming US$14 billion (S$19 billion) fine by US authorities, could raise questions over the fate of some of its 2,100-strong…
Toyota Motor Corp’s Thai unit has launched a voluntary redundancy program aimed at cutting around 800 subcontractors in Thailand due to economic problems in the southeast Asian country and abroad. Thailand’s economic slowdown, along with uncertainty over the…
It’s a good time to be looking for a job in the Philippines. According to the latest Monster Employment Index (MEI) data for May 2016, online hiring activity has registered positive growth for the first time ever this year. Overall recruitment activity has…
Nokia has commenced a program to cut thousands of jobs worldwide as part of the cost-cutting and transformation program associated with the takeover of Alcatel-Lucent. The company plans to cut 1,300 jobs in Finland, 1,400 in Germany and 400 in France as part…
Japan’s largest online retailer Rakuten is closing its Singapore website after two years, and trimming its staff. On Friday, the fifth day of Chinese New Year, about 30 local employees were given the pink slip . While the company will continue to keep its…
Employers on China’s mainland have been much less lively in hiring employees within the first quarter, recruitment consultancy Robert Walters stated in a report yesterday. The variety of job ads within the mainland print media and main on-line job boards…