Despite lingering impact of COVID-19, job vacancies in Asia are on the rise | JAC Recruitment press release
https://prtimes.jp/a/?f=d7720-20220127-2d4e6cb224cfa3e0a0317c6654d23ed8.pdf
Tokyo: January 27, 2022
JAC Recruitment Co., Ltd. (Hiromi Tazaki, Chairman and General Manager) provides recruitment services in 11 countries around the world and is the largest recruitment consulting firm in Southeast Asia*1. JAC Recruitment has prepared this summary of white collar recruitment market trends across Asia for the fourth quarter of 2021, covering the three months from October to December. (*1 According to JAC Recruitment’s internal research based on a comparison of sales generated by peer companies engaged in recruitment services throughout Asia.)
- While COVID-19 continues to weigh on the market, the number of job vacancies across Asia has been rising as businesses show increasing interest in hiring.
- In Malaysia, the number of job vacancies is significantly higher than in the fourth quarter of 2020 due to increasing demand for recruitment, especially in the IT and construction industries.
- The number of vacancies also increased significantly in Indonesia, India and South Korea compared to the fourth quarter of 2020, and these countries are recovering very quickly.
Job vacancies rise in Asia despite lingering coronavirus fallout
White-collar recruitment market trends in Asian countries from October to December 2021
JAC Recruitment Co., Ltd. (Chairman and President: Hiromi Tazaki), which operates recruitment businesses in 11 countries around the world and has one of the largest scales in Southeast Asia (*1), will announce its results for the fourth quarter of 2021. We would like to inform you that we have summarized the trends in the white collar recruitment market in Asian countries. (*1) Internal research (comparison with sales scale of other companies in the same industry operating recruitment business in Asia)
- Despite the lingering impact of COVID-19, job vacancies are recovering across Asia amid stronger hiring intentions
- In Malaysia, the number of job vacancies has increased significantly compared to last year due to the growing desire to hire people in the IT and construction industries
- Job vacancies in Indonesia, India and South Korea also increased significantly compared to the same period last year.Countries with rapid recovery stand out
Please refer to the link below for the press release (in Japanese)
https://prtimes.jp/a/?f=d7720-20220127-30dcb45ff4ce43c656dca96c7550c9eb.pdf