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Upbeat mood spurs positive hiring attitude

Prospects for jobseekers should be good in the second quarter if the findings of ManpowerGroup’s latest Employment Outlook Survey are anything to go by, writes John Cremer. ...

Fixed-term contracts can be a poisoned chalice

With Hong Kong's new Companies Ordinance coming into effect in March, businesses are coming to grips with a raft of changes to the way they operate, writes Kathleen Healy. ...

Survival as a temp

The number of temporary assignments is rising. Employers are embracing headcount flexibility, managing workload peaks and hiring specialist help for projects and to cover leave, writes Marc Burrage. ...

Turn of the temps

More businesses in Hong Kong are turning to contract and temporary workers, as they allow employers to fill a short-term staffing need or provide assistance for special projects without the commitment of a permanent hire, writes Marc Burrage. ...

HK feeling the heat in scramble for talent

Hong Kong's business-friendly environment remains a magnet for companies looking to establish a presence in Asia, writes Chris Davis. ...

Accent on niche hiring

Investment banks and financial services firms remain cost-conscious, and therefore in 2014 we expect the majority of permanent hiring to be for replacement positions or for specific, niche roles such as front office developers and technical infrastructure support positions, writes Christopher Aukland. ...

Contracting is cool

It's time for Hong Kong professionals to embrace contract or interim employment status, as most of them now seem to appreciate the positives of such flexible arrangements, writes Kate Harper. ...

'Free agents' may just win the race

According to Carl Camden, president and chief executive of recruitment firm Kelly Services, a new employment model is fast taking shape, based on the “free agent” concept and reflective of shifting economic realities, writes John Cremer. ...

Diligent employers need full picture of part-time work

In Hong Kong, although many families employ migrant domestic workers to assist at home, some employees – most commonly, women – prefer, or feel pressure, to leave the workforce to attend to their families, writes Fiona Loughrey and Sarah Berkeley. ...

Eye on operations

New banking regulations have forced commercial banks to distinguish compliance functions from their legal departments and focus more on the operational elements of their businesses, says Srisumeth Rittipairoj. ...