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Mainframes fall short on technical skills
Availability of IT professionals with mainframe capabilities is shrinking in Asia, despite ongoing need for such expertise, say market observers.
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Expats not necessarily first to go in recession
When companies in Asia initiate retrenchment exercises, they consider salaries and skills first and not whether an employee is a foreign worker, say HR experts.
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Employers still grapple over IT pay, skills
While employers now hold bargaining power, increase in skills pool and lower salaries relate more to tech workers with generic skills, say HR execs.
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Fewer IT jobs in Asia this quarter
At least one-fifth of region's IT and telecoms firms--and as high as 43 percent in Hong Kong--are set to reduce their hiring activities, finds new Hudson survey.
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Broader skill sets way to retrain
Economic downturn demands more from job roles, so companies will do well to train staff for more general IT skills, say corporate HR heads.
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Drunk Facebook photos killing your job prospects?
A U.K. survey finds one-third of hiring heads trough the Web and social networking sites to gather background and behavior information on potential recruits and existing employees.
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Hong Kong hiring expectations 7-year low
Only 20 percent of technology firms in the territory plan to grow headcount this quarter, down from 34 percent in last quarter, Hudson survey shows.
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Fewer ads, but IT jobs still available
Seasonality and the credit crunch may have hit appointment advertising volumes in Hong Kong and Singapore during the third quarter, but companies are still seeking tech professionals.
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Asia's hiring expectations fall
Hong Kong sees the steepest dip, but more than half across four economies polled say they intend to keep staffing levels steady, new survey finds.
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Asian employers warm up to telecommuting?
Telecommuting provides to companies in the region, a cost-savings measure against increasiing transport costs and high office rentals.
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