It looks as if confidence has finally returned to the M.B.A. jobs market, according to the latest survey of employment trends for professionals and managers around the world. The July edition of the Global Snapshot from the international recruitment specialist, Antal, for example, questioned nearly 13,000 companies on six continents and found 52% currently hiring, up from 50% in February. And in many of the top emerging markets confidence is even higher. In Brazil, for example, 70% of employers are planning to recruit at professional or manageri......[查看详情]

Yes, weve all heard HSBCs dramatic announcement that it will slash 30,000 jobs globally, mostly in the back office. But some light has now been shed on what this means for Asia Pacific. The Straits Times reports that the firm will not axe staff in Singapore and will instead hire up to 1,000 people in trade, wealth management and financial markets over the next five years. Its a similarly reassuring tune in China and India where the focus is on recruitment, not retrenchment. Likewise, The Sydney Morning Herald reports today that Australia is expe......[查看详情]

FILE IT UNDER WHY? PERHAPS, but the Chinese networking firm Huawei has decided to hire an ex-UK government security executive for a very senior security role. Huawei is likely as secure as any Chinese technology firm, but the UK government is to data security what colanders are for transporting water, which makes its hiring of John Suffolk as global cyber security officer pretty confusing. Suffolk was at a UK government post where he worked as its CIO for five years. What work he did there we cant say, but we can say that during and around the p......[查看详情]

Officials in Clark and Champaign County are hopeful for economic growth despite having higher unemployment rates than the state average. Both counties have been able to attract new businesses and provide job opportunities for locals. Champaign County Mike Morris, Champaign County economic development director, said despite the countys 10.3 percent not seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in June compared to 9.6 percent in Clark County and the 9.2 percent state average he remains hopeful. Weve got opportunities with some other companies that hav......[查看详情]

SPECIAL PRIVILEGES?Taiwanese students are being recruited to help the Chinese adjust to Taiwan, a service not provided to foreign students from other countries By Mo Yan-chih and Liu Jung / Staff Reporters With the opening of the nations universities and colleges to Chinese students in September, many universities are recruiting students to serve Chinese students in Taiwan, a Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Taipei City councilor said yesterday, challenging the universities over their extensive efforts to attract Chinese students. Under an edu......[查看详情]

NEW YORK, July 30 (UPI) Merck announced earlier it would cut 20,000 redundant jobs after its purchase of Schering-Plough in a $41 billion deal, The New York Times reported Saturday. In the latest round of cuts, the firm said between 35 percent and 40 percent would be U.S. jobs. Similar to other U.S. firms, Merck said the cuts did not apply to its operations in China, where it would be adding jobs. This week, medical device maker Boston Scientific announced it would lay off 1,400 workers, but hire 1,000 in China. Pharmaceutical industry analyst E......[查看详情]