Employers beware: Hiring software could weed out future stars
Many employers have turned to software to whittle down hundreds of candidates. But there’s a problem: The software can snub perfectly good workers.
Nearly 10% of Japan firms to add regular staff after minimum pay hike
The survey appears to show that more employers are deciding it's better to shift their labor force to nonfixed-term regular workers.
China's slowdown is just as important as the U.S. jobs shocker
China's V-shaped recovery is showing less vigor. Authorities have gone from worrying about too strong a resurgence to scrambling to put a floor under a new slowdown.
Europe's electric car revolution risks job loss backlash, unions warn
Fewer auto-workers will be needed in the new electric car sector, threatening mass layoffs in an industry that directly and indirectly employs about 7% of Europe's workforce.
The United States added far fewer jobs than expected in August as businesses grappled with the delta-caused wave of COVID-19.
Uber Eats Japan halts hiring of foreign students for food delivery
The firm said checking foreign students' visa status every half year in person and confirming their attendance at schools "requires a lot of human resources."
Japan's July jobless rate falls to 2.8%, down for second straight month
Despite a coronavirus resurgence and a fourth state of emergency, the number of unemployed dropped by 120,000.
Record-low number of children on day care waiting lists amid pandemic
The figure of 5,634 marks the first fall below 10,000 since the welfare ministry began collecting data in 1994.
Xi crackdowns aim to whip China’s ‘lying flat’ youth into shape
Chinese President Xi Jinping's push for "common prosperity” is in part aimed at turning the younger generation into motivated, patriotic and productive workers.
Even after pandemic, Japan's labor market faces shortages and mismatches
The country's hospitality and tech sectors will face a number of crucial decisions in terms of their workforces once society returns to some semblance of normality, experts say.
Millennials getting raises have retiring baby boomers to thank
Retiring baby boomers and massive government aid in response to the COVID-19 pandemic may help explain the rising incomes and workers quitting in huge numbers.
Japanese firms worry about business impact as Myanmar unrest grows
Many of the more than 400 Japanese companies with local operations in the country have taken steps such as putting business plans on hold.
