Sustainability is increasingly a priority for organisations, as they consider the impact they have on the environment, the impact of climate-related risks on their activities and their responsibility to act. While there are challenges to becoming a sustainable business, employees could be the solution to addressing them, says Hays, the world leading specialist in workforce solutions and recruitment.

The speed of change the world of work has experienced and will continue to undergo necessitates an updated approach to overcome current and future workforce challenges in Asia, says Hays, the global leader in workforce solutions and specialist recruitment.

According to web polls conducted by Hays, the world leading specialist in workforce solutions and recruitment, young people entering employment don’t have the necessary skills, and relevant work opportunities could be a barrier to obtaining them.

Organisations across the globe are struggling with a shortage of technical skills, however, improving opportunities for neurominorities could help to close the gap, says recruiting experts, Hays. 

The pandemic has led to many workplaces operating within a hybrid model, where employees split their time between working from home and the office. While there are benefits for both employee and employer, it also presents challenges, warns Hays CEO, Alistair Cox.

62% of employers in Malaysia said they were confident about hiring the skilled talent their organisation needs in 2022, according to findings from the 2022 Hays Asia Salary Guide. Yet, most organisations reported undergoing restructuring to adapt to changes in the world of work.

Most employers in Malaysia expect business activity levels to increase in the next twelve months, based on findings in the 2022 Hays Asia Salary Guide.

Malaysia continues to register the highest number of active jobseekers in Asia, finds the 2022 Hays Asia Salary Guide.

To steal a march on the fluctuations of an ever-changing landscape, Malaysia’s life sciences industry is seeking out and implementing the most innovative and advanced technologies. This is of course a priority for organisations wishing to thrive in the ‘new normal’, but according to the Hays Changing Face of Life Sciences report, employees too have highlighted their companies’ technological pathway as an essential consideration. Companies would, however, be advised to better communicate this journey.

Hays, the world’s leading recruiting experts in qualified, professional and skilled people, today publishes a report that analysed the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the global skilled labour market and sets out its potential longer-term effects on the skilled labour markets, globally.

With continued business and social policy support as well as an accelerated vaccine roll-out plan, Malaysia’s much beleaguered procurement and supply chain sector is on track for a recovery with a slow but steady resurgence of pent-up demand in the coming months. 

A world-class, future-proof recruitment strategy is the key to improving the performance of technology companies, finds recruitment specialist Hays. In a recent poll, 45 per cent of nearly 500 respondents agreed that it improves overall productivity, alongside customer experience (26 per cent), product quality (19 per cent), and financial performance (10 per cent).

With expectations of a global economic resurrection in the second half of 2021, Malaysian businesses are preparing to augment their sales divisions, targeting prime position amongst the resurgence. This is particularly apparent in the technology, media, telco and resources industries, while organisations that support a newly revived supply chain are also reactivating sales functions. These developments highlight how essential it is for companies to be assertive in candidate pipelining, as being poised will be critical as Malaysia moves forward in the post-pandemic world.

Despite job market uncertainty due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Hays, a global leader in specialist recruitment, reported that businesses in Malaysia expect business activity to increase by 54 per cent this year in their 2021 Hays Asia Salary Guide.

The recently released Hays Interview Guide provides a comprehensive list of tips to give candidates an edge in their next job interview.  After capturing the interest of a prospective employer and landing an interview, you need to prepare. The new Interview Guide, produced by recruiting experts Hays, looks at every element of the interview, from the questions a candidate should pre-empt to what to do if asked for a second interview.

COVID-19 hit Generation Z’s entry to the world of work hard, damaging not only their career prospects but the sustainability of the future talent pipeline. Fortunately, employers who are returning to growth are uniquely positioned to help the COVID-era cohort of university and school graduates start over.

A strong and integrated sustainability strategy enables organisations to better attract and retain employees, according to recruiting experts Hays.

With the fall out of the global pandemic hampering day-to-day operations through disrupted supply chains and restricted movement, Malaysia’s engineering sector was rightly concerned for the future. This was then compounded as the price of oil – a major driver of the country’s economy – fell to historical lows.

Flexible working options and employee wellbeing are top priorities for job seekers in Asia as they look to the new era of work, finds the new Uncovering the DNA of the Future Workplace in Asia report by leading recruitment experts Hays, which surveyed over 9,000 working professionals across Asia in February and again in September 2020. Respondents across Asia have dropped salary and benefit packages as their top priority and are instead looking at being part of an organisation that values employee wellbeing as not only a crucial element to flexibility, but purpose and connection to their role.

The drive to learn and upskill amongst Malaysia’s professionals, as well as their inherent confidence in their skills, has been a continuing trend that has likely been cemented by the pandemic, says a new report by leading recruitment experts Hays.