Category Archives: Hong Kong

Hong Kong

Professional job opportunities up 5% across APAC

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

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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Insights from an ANZ Senior Manager based in Singapore

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

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”

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

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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Hong Kong still attracts employers but talent is in short supply

Recruiter magazine noted a recent salary and employment survey that found Hong Kong is continuing to attract companies looking to gain a foothold in Asia, but talented professionals are in short supply. The survey found that average salaries in Hong … Continue reading

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A glass ceiling for Asian managers at Western employers?

The Wall Street Journal has a lengthy article about the lack of Asians in upper management or executive roles at western MNCs in Asia as the top slots are usually still filled with westerner expats. Traditionally when Western MNCs entered … Continue reading

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Salary, benefits and job titles interest Chinese job candidates the most

Recruiter Magazine has spoken with a couple of recruiters in the Chinese recruitment market with one commenting that “the topic of salary and money comes up very quickly” in the Chinese hiring process verses other markets. In fact, it’s something … Continue reading

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Global sea turtle recruitment: How to recruit talent back home

The Intelligence Group, which is specialized in global recruitment intelligence, employer branding, recruitment marketing and labor market knowledge, has come out with a short whitepaper about how to recruit so-called “sea turtles” – expats who do want to return home … Continue reading

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