Navigos / en Japan in News |
Navigos Group primed for global role Navigos Group, Vietnam’s leading head-hunting firm, recently announced the company’s merger with Japanese partner en-japan. Jonah Levey, founder, chairman and CEO of Navigos Group spoke with VIR about the development plans for Navigos in the coming period. En-Japan upgrades H1 forecast One of Japan’s largest online recruiters, En-Japan Inc. (4849: JP) have released an amended forecast for the company’s financial results for the six months ending 30 September 2013. According to the amended results, En-Japan’s performance surpassed prior expectations. |
Australia |
Youth unemployment stats: one in four young Australians not in full-time work or study More than a quarter of those aged 17 to 24 in Australia are not in full-time work or full-time study, according to a Council of Australian Governments (COAG) report released today. |
Hong Kong |
Skills shortages threaten public safety Amidst growing skills shortages and concerns over a declining population, approximately 100 technical and surveying officers at the Buildings Department will stop work for one hour on 31 October 2013 in a symbolic protest against manpower shortages, reports the Hong Kong Standard. |
Japan |
Two-thirds of Japanese firms employ workers until age 65 The proportion of Japanese companies in which all employees can work until at least the age of 65 has risen 17.7 percentage points from a year earlier to a record high of 66.5 percent. September jobless rate improves a bit to 4% The unemployment rate fell a point to 4.0 percent in September, the government said Tuesday, indicating companies have become willing to hire more workers with the economy recuperating. |
Korea |
S.Korea Oct consumer sentiment hits 1-1/2 yr high as economy grows South Korea's consumer confidence leapt in October to its highest since mid-2012 as tame inflation and low interest rates boosted sentiment in a recovering economy. |
Singapore |
Singapore Q3 Job Market Tight Amid Lower Unemployment, Fewer Layoffs The job market in the third quarter of 2013 stayed tight, as unemployment declined amid fewer layoffs, according to the Ministry of Manpower. Singapore employers fight for talent As Singapore continues to tighten controls over its foreign workforce, companies have to fill the head counts with a limited talent pool. Recruiters say it is clearly a job seeker’s market |
Vietnam |
Ho Chi Minh City job market on the road to recovery The labour market in Ho Chi Minh City is expected to stabilise by the end of the year as the economy recovers steam Vietnam’s population reaches 90 mln on Nov 1; issues to resolve The population of Vietnam will reach 90 million at 12 am on Friday, November 1, 2013, the General Office of Population and Family Planning reported. |
