Expectations were dashed when 263,000 jobs were added in November, but October was revised sharply higher.

The Labor Department reported on Friday that a better-than-expected 263,000 jobs were added in November, indicating that the labor market is refusing to bend under the weight of higher interest rates and a weakening economy.

The figure was much above predictions of 200,000, while Octobe...

ADP: Employers Added 239,000 Personnel in October, Exceeding Expectations.

Employers added 239,000 jobs in October, considerably above expectations, according to a poll issued Wednesday by the private payroll firm ADP.

Following the revised 192,000 jobs added in September, economists had anticipated a total close to 190,00.

In the leisure and hospita...

JOB LOSSES IN MANUFACTURING SECTOR IN SOUTH KOREA VERY WORRISOME

• The manufacturing sector lost 65,000 jobs in the second quarter from a year earlier, a truly dejecting scenario that has continued for the past few quarters driven by the U.S.-China trade anomaly oriented economic slowdown compounded even further by the COVID-19 pandemic, government data ...

HONG KONG GOVERNMENT TO TAP 30, 000 JOBS IN TECHNOLOGY, HEALTHCARE AND WELFARE SECTORS

• The Government is creating a platform from where technology experts and IT professionals will emerge.
• The notion is to create job opportunities catering to technology, healthcare and welfare sectors.

The Government of Hong Kong is eyeing a scenario where they ...