HR & Education
Unemployment rate remains at 2.8% in July-September
The underemployment rate was the same at 1%.
Overall average turnover percentage ranges from 8.9% to 26.4%
The higher the employee level, the lower the turnover percentage was recorded.
Hong Kong employees record the highest salary hike in GBA: study
HK fresh graduates with engineering function was the highest with $20,950.
Gov’t opens applications for tech scheme
The government allocated $10b for the scheme aiming to commercialise research and development (R&D) outcomes.
Gov’t increases pay for helpers by 3%
The new minimum wage and food allowance will apply to all contracts signed from 30 September.
1 in 2 young professionals seeking to work overseas: survey
Over 1 in 10 wants to move out “as soon as possible,” Robert Walters Hong Kong found.
4 Hong Kong universities fell in global top 100 university rankings
Only one Hong Kong university climbed in the rankings
Microsoft, Education Bureau join hands to advance AI education in HK
Amongst Microsoft’s efforts is to make Generative AI accessible to K-12 schools in the city.
Unemployment rate sits at 2.8%
There were 112,100 unemployed people from June to August.
Hong Kong is the fifth most expensive place to study for international students
Other educational costs averaged HK$22,436
Hong Kong’s business scholars target top finance employers for work-life balance
Educators at business schools confirm that students’ career priorities have shifted.
HK, Guandong ink pact on education collaboration
Amongst areas of collaboration will be talent cultivation.
Hong Kong employees express dissatisfaction with their jobs, salaries: study
Of 1,000 employees, only 30% said that they find fulfillment in their jobs.
HK’s anti-job hopping rule seen to burden employment agencies
Proposed rule preventing domestic workers from breaking two-year contracts may cost job agencies more and make HK less attractive to migrant workers.
Hong Kong okays 28 aviation firms' applications to import labour
A total of 2,841 quotas were approved.
Language requirement bars HK firms from attracting foreign talent
An HR expert advises firms to re-assess ‘baked-in’ job fit expectations.
Nearly three-quarters of workers prepare to look for new job
Inflation and workplace instability fuelled this development.
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