Educated women still not in leadership positions
Although women in Asia Pacific are increasingly more educated than their male counterparts, progress towards gender parity is still sluggish – especially in the areas of business leadership, business...
View ArticleQuarter of HK employees look to leave their job
Twenty-four percent of Hong Kong professionals intend to leave their jobs within the next 12 months, citing low compensation, limited career growth opportunities and a lack of recognition, according to...
View ArticleEmployers face critical human capital challenges
In the midst of significant economic developments taking place this year; employers in Hong Kong are faced with three pressing human capital issues—managing a multi-generational workforce, high talent...
View ArticleFirst Conference on Duty of Care tackles employee safety issues
Globalisation, new markets and the need for services are causing organisations to send their employees around the globe to explore and seize new opportunities. Over the last few years, Duty of Care has...
View ArticleGoldman Sachs announced as LGBT Workplace Inclusion Award winner
Community Business recently announced Goldman Sachs as the winner of the inaugural Hong Kong LGBT Workplace Inclusion Awards. The Hong Kong LGBT Workplace Inclusion Index is a benchmark on workplace...
View ArticleCV discrepancies on the rise in APAC
Employees remain the most valuable assets in any organisation and with multinational companies expanding their footprints in Asia Pacific region, the challenges associated with hiring the right...
View ArticleGSC jobs shrink
Global supply chains (GSCs) are defined as demand-supply relationships where different tasks of a production process are performed in two or more countries and can involve both goods and services. They...
View Article11 global search firms join hands in mega partnership
Search Partners, Harvey Nash, NQ International, Profile Search and Selection, Robert Walters and Straits Talent recently joined forces with five other executive search firms (Egon Zehnder, Heidrick...
View ArticleHR must address costly commutes
The cost of travelling to work has almost doubled in the past five years, according to new research by Regus. The study surveyed more than 44,000 senior business people across more than 100 countries,...
View ArticleHealthy hiring numbers in APAC
Job vacancies rose by 21% year-on-year in Quarter 1 2015 compared to Q1 2014, according to the Morgan McKinley Asia Pacific Employment Monitor. The number of professionals actively seeking new roles...
View ArticleBringing mums into the business
HK firms to attract mothers by offering flexible working New research by Regus has revealed that 32% of businesses in Hong Kong are planning to hire more returning mothers in 2015 than in 2014. The...
View ArticleInternational education professionals tackle school drop-outs
Education officials from Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Tajikistan and Timor-Leste will join approximately 200 experts and government representatives at a two-day summit in Washington to explore drivers...
View ArticleHK workers interested in moving to China
Chinese employer brands are becoming a more attractive proposition for Hong Kong professionals, according to findings in the 2016 Michael Page Greater China Employee Intentions Report. Results show...
View ArticleCaution is the name of the hiring game in HK
There will still be plenty of hiring action in Hong Kong in the first half of 2016, though not at the record levels seen at the start of last year, according to the hiring outlook released by...
View ArticleDemand for luxury and retail talent continues to grow in SG
The Singapore retail industry has faced a challenging year in 2015, both in the luxury and the mass-market sectors. Despite this, fast fashion and mass market brands have not been affected as strongly...
View ArticleAPAC companies face huge risk due to inadequate employee screening
More than half (59%) of organisations have uncovered discrepancies throughout their employee screening process that would otherwise have been missed, according to 2016 HireRight APAC Employment...
View ArticleMillennials not confident about SG job market
Only 62% of millennials in Singapore feel they will be able secure a job in the next six months, according to Randstad’s Q1 2016 Workmonitor Report. This represents a 5% decrease since the end of...
View ArticleSnow, ice and lost lifeboats—team building on the South Pole
HR Magazine was invited to join the ‘Shackleton Challenge’—a highly unique training day to stimulate team-work and facilitate team-building in a challenging, rewarding and exhilarating fashion. The day...
View ArticleHK talent slumps six places behind Singapore in world talent ranking
Hong Kong has fallen six places to trail Singapore in the annual IMD World Talent Ranking released this month. One of the world's foremost reports on the quality of international workforces, Hong Kong...
View ArticleNew female director for OUP
Oxford University Press (OUP) has announced the appointment of a new Director of HR Business Partnering for OUP in APAC. Parul Pandey will join OUP in October, coming from roles at global organizations...
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