ZURICH, Aug. 21, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- On August 20, 2019, EF Education First (EF) became the Official Language Training Services Exclusive Supplier of Beijing 2022.

At a ceremony held at the Organising Committee's headquarters, Yan Cheng, Director General of Beijing 2022's Human Resources Department,...

As the world enters the era of Industry 4.0, the role of Institutes of Higher Learning (IHLs) to impart knowledge and skills is set to grow in importance, serving not only youth but also mature workers seeking to adapt to the changing nature of work. That was the key message at the SkillsFuture Festival @ NUS (SFF@...

SEOUL --( ASIA TODAY )-- KOISRA recently sign on representation and cooperation agreement with The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Executive Innovation and Entrepreneurship Program. The Program is a unique and exciting program of special tailor made seminars and workshops that reveal the core of the outstanding...

New Space Accommodates Growth as Studio Hires For Various Development Roles

A plan by US President Donald Trump to punish US firms outsourcing jobs abroad or even ban the practice could massively disrupt the Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) industry in the Philippines, a study by London-based think tank Capital Economics said.

The Philippines stands to be the biggest loser in Asia...

The way that you manage your business will have a massive impact on its overall success. Be a bad manager, and your workforce isn’t going to feel motivated to work for you. Show yourself to be a good manager, on the other hand, however, and you’ll be sure to see your business’s productivity levels soar through the...

A potential shutdown of Malaysia’s national carrier Malaysia Airlines would directly and indirectly affect 400,000 people, the company’s CEO Izham Ismail said in an interview with Malay Mail.

Besides 13,500 staff at stake of losing their jobs, a closure would affect jobs at third-party service providers,...

Disney spends a lot of money on training their employees, including the street sweepers because they realize how crucial it is to have a functional team from bottom to the top. When you work in an organization, you are serving many purposes other than the roles you are hired to do. You need to be able to work in a...

Peking University, May 19, 2019: In order to enhance overseas publicity and to recruit more high-level talents, a team led by PKU Vice President Tian Gang and leaders of many departments held five overseas academic talents meetings at five US universities, namely UC Berkeley, Stanford University, U Chicago, MIT,...

Technology has made many things possible and helped businesses to thrive in today's digitization. The education industry is evolving, nonetheless. People at any age learn how to manage and better themselves online. But is it really enough to harness all the skills
needed in today's workforce?

With the...

Exam Adoption Grows in the Philippines, NMAT by GMAC™ Exam Now Available for On-Demand Testing

MANILA, Philippines--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC), a global association of leading graduate business schools, announced today that Ateneo GSB, a leading business school in the...

26 April, 2019, Taipei, TAIWAN --( ASIA TODAY )-- 2019 Creative Expo Taiwan announces five Best of Cultural & Creative Award winners. The five Best winners were awarded trophies at the ceremony in S Hotel Taipei on the evening of April 25, along with twenty-five other Cultural & Creative Award winners who...

Beijing, March 17, 2019 — Today marks the launch of the inaugural class of The Asia Foundation’s “Accelerate Women’s Entrepreneurship: Supporting Migrant Women-Owned Businesses” program in Shanghai, China. This program is part of Moody’s Reshape Tomorrow™ initiative, an innovative global program to help owners of...

To be successful in your career will require you to work hard and go above and beyond in your professional life. There’s a lot of competition out there, and it’s not always easy to get noticed on the job.

Be glad to know there are steps you can take that will help you to create a brighter future for...

If your business is a success in your home country, it’s natural to be curious about the possibility of taking this success to the next level with global expansion. Companies which manage to do so open a whole new world of possibilities for their business’ potential, but not every business has what it takes....

The Philippines is the only nation from the region to make the Global Gender Gap Index's top 10.

Despite a shrinking gender gap in many parts of the world, a lot of work still needs to be done to fully eradicate inequalities between the sexes.

Asian economies that recognize the contribution gender...

My first introduction to the world of protocol was in the 1990s, and back in those days (I can’t believe I’m saying this), everything seemed to be a bit more formal and more glamorous. Formal occasions like “black tie” were far more the norm than the “cocktail” or “business” attire that we see nowadays.

Singapore, 7 March 2019 - The third edition of the Startup Career Fair returned to LaunchPad @ one-north today following the enthusiastic response from job-seekers and employers alike since it was first held in 2017. Presented by the Action Community for Entrepreneurship (ACE), Singapore’s largest startup career...

Hanoi, February 19, 2019 — The Boeing Company and The Asia Foundation announce a one-year vocational training program in Hanoi and Hai Duong to provide a holistic training program focused on practical information technology skills development for disadvantaged young adults in Hanoi and Hai Duong provinces. The Asia...

Is people analytics as developed in Asia as it is in the US? If not, what opportunities remain untapped?

I was at the Wharton People Analytics conference, watching a machine learning expert describe the power of algorithmic hiring.

＂Can an algorithm make a better hiring decision than a human?＂ the...