Companies desperate for tech leadership overlook tech-savvy millennials
While millennials are expected to account for 75% of the global workforce by 2025, business executives are not thinking too much about recruiting millennials. This is one key insight stemming from a...
View ArticleHR adapts to the GIG economy
HR is acutely aware of the radical changes that the employment model has undergone in the last few years. The gig economy has impacted all business sectors and the way HR interacts with talent has...
View ArticleLocal Hong Kong workers benefit as companies place higher value on Chinese...
Recently released data on Q3 job statistics revealed a shift from expat to local workers in Hong Kong. In the autonomous territory, Q3 2017 saw a seasonal dip in jobs, quarter-on-quarter. This is...
View ArticleProfessionals need to be increasingly aware of HR AI trends
AI is expected to replace nearly 10% of jobs in 10 years. Allegis Group recently surveyed more than 300 HR professionals—senior-manager level and above—who reported mixed feelings about AI and its...
View ArticleMercer launches Thrive45
Why HR must thrive to stay alive... ‘Going to work’ turned upside down In today's dynamic business environment, technological advances are completely reshaping value chains, making people and...
View ArticleLocals or Expats? Impact of Latest Reforms on Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan...
By Johnny Chan, Partner, DLA Piper On 3 August 2018, the State Council made an announcement (Announcement) to cancel several administrative permits, including the work permits for Hong Kong, Macao and...
View ArticlePersonality characteristics perceived differently in male and female leaders
Study finds no discernible difference between successful male and female leaders Leadership traits in male and female leaders perceived differently by workforce Dated leadership stereotypes around...
View ArticleHK talent slumps six places behind Singapore in world talent ranking
Hong Kong has fallen six places to trail Singapore in the annual IMD World Talent Ranking released this month. One of the world's foremost reports on the quality of international workforces, Hong Kong...
View Article1 in 4 organisations spy on staff
How to avoid risk whilst being open Research by Gartner found that 22% of organisations around the world are using employee-movement data, 17% are monitoring data on how employees use their work...
View ArticleWork from home forever?
Work from home forever: HR pipedream or HR virtual reality? To be fluid as water, as Bruce Lee once wisely said, now seems the key to facilitating an organisational and an economic bounce back. HR is...
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