Singapore’s newest university graduates are entering an increasingly difficult job market, with some turning to government-funded traineeships that pay less than half the median starting salary for degree holders as artificial intelligence
Vietnam is confronting a growing tension between its reliance on overseas employment and the labour demands of industries at home, as workers increasingly seek higher-paying jobs abroad despite efforts by domestic employers
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Predictions that artificial intelligence will either trigger mass unemployment or dramatically reduce the amount of work people perform have dominated public debate for years. According to sociologist Florian Butollo, neither outcome is
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Europe’s automotive industry could lose as many as 726,000 jobs by 2040 unless measures are taken to strengthen key technologies, according to a study by the Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Engineering (Fraunhofer
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Leading Chinese pharmaceutical companies are facing growing difficulties recruiting internationally experienced professionals as they expand into overseas markets, with industry executives warning that shortages of specialized talent are becoming a major obstacle
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A resignation letter from inside Alibaba’s workplace communication platform DingTalk has become a rare public reckoning over the pressures facing China’s technology workers, sparking debate about a corporate culture built around relentless
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OpenAI has introduced a new version of ChatGPT designed specifically for the workplace, marking a significant shift in how the company envisions artificial intelligence being used in everyday professional life. Rather than
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China’s rapidly expanding gig economy is absorbing millions of workers affected by a weak job market, but the shift from traditional employment to flexible work is creating growing challenges for wages, social
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Military-style training programmes for civilian co-operative jobs in Indonesia have come under intense scrutiny after several trainees died during mandatory boot camps, raising fresh concerns over the expanding role of the armed
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In major Chinese cities, a growing number of unemployed professionals are turning to an unlikely refuge: community service centres operated under the framework of the Communist Party’s local infrastructure network, which are
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Microsoft is preparing to cut fewer than 2.5 per cent of its global workforce in a new round of layoffs that could be announced as early as next week, according to a
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