A South Korean startup, KOREC, connects South Korean youth facing job shortages with Japanese employers struggling to fill positions. This trend, driven by South Korea's youth unemployment and Japan's aging workforce, is also being adopted by other tech talent placement companies like Wanted Lab and LAPRAS.
A new leftwing manifesto from the Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union (AMWU) proposes significant tax reforms, including a new rate for high earners, wealth and inheritance taxes, and increased revenue from gas companies. These proposals aim to fund free education, higher welfare payments, and nationalised aged care, setting a progressive backdrop for the Labor party's national conference in Adelaide.
Spain's registered unemployment dropped to 2,291,982 in June, the lowest since January 2008, driven by the service sector and a significant fall in female unemployment. Social Security registrations hit a record 22.47 million, primarily boosted by wholesale, retail, and hospitality.
A Delhi jobseeker's costly trip to Hyderabad for a 10-minute interview, followed by rejection, has ignited an online discussion about opaque hiring practices, travel reimbursements, and candidate desperation in India's competitive job market.
Beijing has pledged to expand vocational training for young jobseekers this year, as it looks to help millions of unemployed graduates find work in emerging industries such as robotics and AI. But the policy drive – which includes plans to encourage university graduates to return to technical school – has drawn mixed reactions from a generation already hit hard by China’s youth unemployment crunch. The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security vowed on Tuesday to upskill 1 million young...
Young Chinese graduates are facing severe challenges in the job market amid deflationary pressures and economic uncertainty. Bai Xi, a finance and management graduate from Hebei province, is among many who failed local-level civil service exams after months of preparation and part-time work. She has given up on retaking the exams, citing exhaustion and the belief that further attempts would be a waste of time.
A 58-year-old former mechanic from Jiangsu province is struggling to find work in Shanghai, highlighting a paradox in China's financial hub where the city desperately needs workers to counter a shrinking population but ageing jobseekers face high fees and physically demanding jobs. Labour agencies charge upfront fees of around 1,200 yuan (US$175) before introducing any work, and most available jobs involve long hours. The search coincides with Shanghai's new government initiative to mobilise the elderly to address a worsening demographic crisis.
