Singapore - Senior Minister of State for Trade and Industry and Education has urged the local retail sector to buck up after research found that Singapore was tailing behind Hong Kong and New York in terms of productivity levels.

India - Jobseekers should exercise discretion when uploading personal information on online social networking sites because it may very well thwart their chances at employment.

Australia - Both male and female employees think women bosses are prone to severe mood swings, incapable of separating their personal life from work and happy to talk behind their staff's backs.

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India - Hindustan Unilever (HUL) are exporting large numbers of its Indian managerial talent to key markets in Asia to drive further growth for the global fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) company.

China - Flextronics International will hire up to 6,000 and not move all its production factories in China to other locations even though labour wages are predicted to rise along with the country's economy.

Japan - Japanese female employees who lead business divisions in traditional large corporations remain few and far between despite the equal employment law that was passed 25 years ago.

Middle East - More employees working for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the Middle East are taking periodic holidays off work so they can recharge themselves.

Singapore - Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Singapore can look forward to hiring 2,000 young local talent over the next five years upon the implementation of two talent attraction initiatives by the government.

Singapore - More employers are providing work-life schemes for their workers. However, to have both successful career and personal life, employees need to take charge of their lives first.