70%
The percentage of companies in mainland China who plan to hire fresh graduates in 2012. And with over 6 million fresh graduates coming out of universities in China each year, they’ll have plenty to choose from.
Source: 2012 research on 335 business decision-makers in mainland China carried out for Regus.
72%
The percentage of employers who are planning to award salary increases in 2012 based on performance.
Source: Michael Page Salary and Employment Forecast 2012.
25 million
The number of LinkedIn users in APAC.
Source: LinkedIn.
50%
The percentage of employers in APAC—including SMEs, midsize companies and MNCs—who plan to enhance their employee health programmes in the next two years through an expanded use of health risk assessments. Many will also launch intervention programmes to better manage stress and chronic disease among their employees.
Source: Mercer Marsh Benefits Survey.
16
The number of countries in which HR Magazine is now distributed including: Australia, Brunei, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, Vietnam, UK, USA and most recently…Pakistan.
2,423
The average number of job postings in APAC in Q1, 2012.
Source: eFinancialsCareers Q1 2102 Job Barometer.
62%
The percentage of employers who believe salaries will rise above inflation rate due to a skills shortage over the next 12 months.
Source: Michael Page Salary and Employment Forecast 2012.
60%
The percentage of companies planning to increase headcount in the next 12 months.
Source: Fifth Annual American Express/CFO Research Global Business & Spending Monitor.
42%
The percentage of employers who will award salary increases in the range of 4-6% in 2012. A further 26% of employers are planning to offer increases between 3-4%.
Source: Michael Page Salary and Employment Forecast 2012.
85%
The percentage of Asian companies that are likely to send their staff on international assignments within Asia from now until 2014.
Source: 2011 Talent Mobility Study by Towers Watson.
67%
The percentage of executives receiving Short Term incentives (STIs) in New Zealand and Australia in 2011.
Source: Mercer—Short-Term Incentives around the World Report.
43%
The percentage of Asian companies who project an increase in international assignments from now until 2014.
Source: 2011 Talent Mobility Study by Towers Watson.
90%
The salary hike recent junior HR candidates in Beijing have received to move company.
Source: Profile Salary Survey, Human Resources—Hong Kong, Singapore, Shanghai, Beijing–April 2012.
62%
The percentage of organisations that reengineered key HR processes within the last 18 months.
Source: 2011-2012 HR Service Delivery and Technology Survey by Towers Watson.
33.3%
The percentage of Hong Kong professionals who accept their first job offer.
Source: Robert Walters Global Web Poll 2012.
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