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Professional job opportunities up 5% across APAC

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According to findings from the Q2 2014 Morgan McKinley Asia Pacific Employment Monitor, there was a 5% year-on-year increase in financial services jobs vacancies in the Asia Pacific region. The Monitor recorded a 7% increase in vacancies in the first … Continue reading →

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Hong Kong tops poll of contingent workforce engagement

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Recruiter magazine has reported that a recent survey found that Hong Kong continues to be the highest-ranked country for the commitment and connection to its contingent workforce in 2014, followed closely by the US (Note: The contingent workforce consists of … Continue reading →

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India, China and Brazil lead planned salary increases

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According to data released from the WorldatWork 2014-15 Salary Budget Survey, India, China and Brazil averaged the highest 2014 total salary budget increases at 10.5%, 8.2% and 7.2%, respectively. These three countries are also projecting similar salary increase budgets for … Continue reading →

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More Koreans are working but also unemployed

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Recruiter magazine says that according to figures from the government-funded Korea Labor Institute in Seoul, more South Koreans are working than a year ago, but the unemployment rate is still rising. The Korean labor force grew by 3% to 26,714,000 … Continue reading →

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Insights from an ANZ Senior Manager based in Singapore

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The May issue of the newsletter for Advance, an organization that connects the global Australian Diaspora, interviewed Lim Lay Wah, who, after almost two decades with Standard Chartered, joined the ANZ team in Singapore as the Head of Financial Institutions … Continue reading →

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Asia-Pacific outsourcing deals most likely to include recruitment

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According to a report by global management consulting firm Everest Group, recruitment outsourcing was included in 59% of MPHRO (multi-process human resources outsourcing) deals in APAC in 2013. This compares with 36% in EMEA and 24% in North America. When … Continue reading →

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Working overseas gives you a “new way of thinking that is global”

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The May issue of the newsletter for Advance, an organization that connects the global Australian Diaspora, interviewed Australian expatriate Fiona Lawrie, who has lived half her life in Asia, primarily working in the area of environmental sustainability, before deciding to … Continue reading →

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Wheat vs. Rice: How China’s Culinary Divide Shapes Personality

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A recent study published by a group of psychologists in the journal Science finds that China’s noodle-slurping northerners are more individualistic, show more “analytic thought” and divorce more frequently. By contrast, rice-eating southerners show more hallmarks traditionally associated with East … Continue reading →

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Indian companies favor Indian talent over expats

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According to a recent Economic Times of India article, domestic Indian companies are going slow on expat hiring while sharpening their focus on hiring Indians with requisite global experience – a trend that will likely continue for the next two … Continue reading →

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Therapists earn a living counseling miserable expats

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The Telegraph has a great article about how some therapists are making a living counseling miserable expats. Specifically, Dhyan Summers discovered the need for expat therapists when she became an expat in New Delhi: “New expats struggle with issues like … Continue reading →

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