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Employment trends demand mindset change for human resources

The latest Classified Post HR Conference held on January 17 featured expert speakers who envisaged a mindset change for the HR professional community when combating various challenges facing talent recruitment and retention in 2020. ...

Employers set to slash job growth in the second half, the Hudson report on employment trends shows

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Firms keep tight rein on pay

In predicting employment trends and prospects, HR professionals and employees know that forecast salary levels for the year ahead tell them more than GDP figures, trade statistics and economic data ever can, writes John Cremer. ...

Wal-Mart to expand 70k jobs

Wal-Mart Stores is hiring 55k seasonal workers and 70k more part-time or full-time positions for the holiday season. ...

Talent supply in the red as finance recovers

With recruitment in the financial-services market steadily improving, employers around the globe are on pins and needles over losing their best and brightest to other opportunities, according to the latest survey by Robert Half. ...

Employers hunt overseas as local skills dry up

Although it has been a fairly good start to the year for the employment market, not everyone is cooking with gas just yet, as the Hudson Report: Employment Trends for Q1 2013 shows, writes Billy Clarke. ...

Rising withdrawals giving employers the shakes

Have you ever got halfway through the interview process for a new job and, for whatever reason, suddenly decided that you don’t want to continue? ...

Searching for right solutions

According to the latest Hudson Report: Employment Trends Q1 2013, information technology (IT) is the most positive industry in the Hong Kong employment market in terms of hiring intentions, writes Chiu Po-sze. ...

Young blood's sweat, tears and fears

Across the world, millions of young jobseekers are struggling to find employment. Youth joblessness inched up this year, with the current levels moving closer to ... ...

Cloudy with spots of sunlight

Lacklustre forecasts and highly publicised job cuts in the banking industry may give the impression the finance sector has gone into a tailspin, but this is not ... ...