en world: Recruitment Business Leader Interview: Craig Saphin, President, en world
Craig Saphin, President of en world in the hot seat this month giving us a unique insight into en world but also in to some of the attraction and retention issues faced with the industry.
Australia: Study suggests worker effort and productivity increases in economic downturn
Worker output has been found to increase during times of economic downturn, while employers and firms manage to do “more with less”, according to a new study from the University of Utah’s David Eccles School of Business and Stanford University.
Hongkong: China Faces World's Worst Managerial Shortage
China will experience the most severe managerial shortage in the world in the second half of 2013, continuing a five-year trend, according to a survey of executive search consultants.
Japan: Japan’s business leaders say 2020 Olympics will be good for economy
As Tokyo recovers from the huge celebrations and excitement caused by the Japanese capital’s selection as host to the 32nd Olympiad by the International Olympic Committee in Buenos Aires on Saturday, Japan’s business experts and leaders have begun to speak with optimism at what the 2020 Tokyo Olympics could mean to their steadily improving economy
Singapore: 90% accept workmates of another race but...
More than 90 per cent of Singaporeans are comfortable with those of other races and religions in relationships in the public sphere, a survey on social harmony has found.
Korea: SOUTH KOREA UNEMPLOYMENT RATE DOWN TO 3.1% IN AUGUST
In August of 2013, South Korean seasonally adjusted jobless rate decreased marginally to 3.1 percent, after remaining stable at 3.2 percent in the previous three months, led by job creation in the services sector.
The economically active population increased 1.8 percent year-on-year in August, to 26,074 thousand.
The number of employed people totaled 25,291 thousand (up by 1.7 percent year-on-year) and the employment-population ratio was recorded at 60.0 percent in August, up 0.3 percent yoy.
The number of unemployed people totaled 783 thousand in August, up by 19 thousand people or 2.5 percent over a year earlier..
Vietnam: Vietnam labor union calls for minimum-wage hike in 2014
The Vietnam General Federation of Labor wants the minimum wage hiked by a third next year to cover 75-84 percent of workers' basic living needs.
