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APAC Salary Guides for 2011
1 Comment | Posted by Chris Jay in Careers, Commerce and Industry, Financial Services, IT
Our latest salary guides offer market intelligence on hiring and remuneration across the financial services and commercial sectors in Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore and Sydney.
We hope you find these reports informative. If you have any questions, feedback or would like to discuss any of the findings, please contact us directly.
2011 Singapore Salary Guide
Singapore’s reputation as a stable economy, with excellent infrastructure and talented professionals, has seen it pull out of the economic downturn fairly quickly and move into a prudently optimistic recruitment market. The city-state’s recovery is solid rather than stellar, but many sectors are now rapidly expanding and enjoying robust growth.
2011 Hong Kong Salary Guide
Across the board, 2010 was a year of robust economic recovery for Hong Kong. The city’s unique position as the gateway to China meant most firms were looking at expansion. This growth is set to continue in 2011 and companies’ hiring patterns will match their expansion plans. Businesses are not only growing their core areas; many are also investing in new areas to take advantage of the strong economy.
2011 Japan Salary Guide
There have been significant impacts on the Japanese market following the country’s devastating earthquake and tsunami in March. As the country works to recover, it is going to become increasingly important to sustain the Japanese economy. As well as looking after our own employees, we will be supporting companies in meeting their immediate resourcing needs, to ensure that where possible, their business operations can continue.
2011 Sydney Salary Guide >>
Overall, the Australian economy is solid in an ever-changing world. The nation came out of the global financial crisis at an impressive rate in 2010 compared to other advanced economies. There is a sense of stronger business and consumer confidence as 2011 progresses, which will naturally lead to investment in business growth and the people needed to implement expansion strategies.
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Welcome to the new Morgan McKinley Singapore Website
0 Comments | Posted by Chris Jay in Careers, Commerce and Industry, Financial Services
Welcome to the new Morgan McKinley Singapore blog. As a specialist recruitment firm we have moved with the times to embrace social media. I must say this blogging thing is new to me, but I’m always keen to find new ways of engaging with our candidates, clients and anybody else interested in working for us or finding out more about Morgan McKinley.
So what to blog on in my first attempt??– Well as Asia’s Lunar New Year celebrations come to an end and we enter the Year of the Rabbit, I thought it a good opportunity to talk about where we are now in the annual recruitment cycle following this holiday period.
In terms of recruitment activity, as we turn over a new leaf at New Year, so we see the ramping up of hiring activity from both the perspective of the businesses we work with and the professionals that we are looking to place in new roles.
Traditionally, most recruitment firms view Q4 as the quieter of the four quarters because most financial institutions and commercial enterprises are in consolidation mode, having hired heavily in previous quarters or because headcount budgets have been used. Also, professionals’ appetites to move are less during this period, as they wait in anticipation for bonus announcements at the start of Q1.
Most recruiters look forward to the Chinese New Year celebrations, not just because it gives us another public holiday, but also because the ‘lay of the recruitment land’ often becomes more apparent at the end of this period. Bonus rounds arrive, people are interested again in searching for better opportunities and the volume of roles on offer from employers rises. Therefore, the “merry go round” or “musical chairs” as most people know this recruitment period starts now.
It seems the coming and passing of the Chinese New Year, is often the starting point for us in the recruitment industry to see whether the view of recruitment activity that was talked about by our clients in Q4 comes true. As you can see from the banner at the top of our newly designed website, we have recently published a survey on hiring trends where hundreds of clients were polled in late 2010 on various topical recruitment questions, (full report and results). It is this outlook, which seems fairly upbeat for the year 2011 that we are all hoping holds true to form in the Year of the Rabbit!!!
