Aon Hewitt, the global talent, retirement and health solutions business of Aon and Radford, a part of Aon Hewitt, has shared an update on the latest talent and rewards trends in the technology sector across Asia Pacific.
With global economic growth declining this year, mainly due to slower growth in emerging markets, Asia's largest markets are experiencing very different growth trajectories. Global GDP is now forecast at 3.1% for 2015, a decline from 3.4% in 2014. Overall, this has led to slowing economic growth across Asia and the developing markets.
China's economic growth rate has been steadily declining from the double digits last experienced in 2007 to a planned "new normal" of less than 7% as it rebalances its economy to more sustainable growth levels. At the same time, India's economy has rebounded from a low point of less than 4% GDP growth in 2008 with steady acceleration, bringing it to a forecast GDP growth rate of 7.3% for 2015.
For other Asian economies, changes in GDP growth are more subtle. Japan, while dipping into a recession last year, may grow marginally this year. The five countries of ASEAN as a group may see growth of 4.6%, the same as last year*.
Spurred by advances in mobile, social networking, cloud, and e-commerce, the technology industry is experiencing a third wave of evolution characterised as the Internet of Things (IoT)**.
Olivier Maudière, Director at Radford, says: "Adding to this dynamic from a talent perspective are changing employee demographics and expectations about careers and how work gets done, enhanced by increased mobility and diversity of global talent. Increasingly in many emerging markets, foreign multinationals compete with leading local companies and startups as to who can offer the most attractive employee value proposition. This is especially true of the technology sector in Asia Pacific."
Further demonstration of this is seen in the Radford Trends Report - Q3 2015 edition:
On a global basis, 40% of technology companies expect to increase the size of their workforce over the next 12 months. Hiring will be strongest in the Internet/e-commerce and software sectors, where 50% of companies expect to hire and half of those plan to increase headcount by more than 15%.
Geographically, the most aggressive hiring is planned for the US, China and India; the countries that are among the largest markets and largest hubs for technical talent. Ten percent of companies plan aggressive hiring in China, while close to 20% of companies plan aggressive hiring in the US and India.
In Singapore, APAC regional headquarters to a large number of multinationals, normal or selective hiring is planned, with only 6% of companies planning for aggressive hiring or growth.
The flip side of hiring is voluntary employee turnover or attrition. Where there is more job opportunity, employee turnover tends to be higher. Voluntary employee turnover is running at about 11% in the US and China; in India, it is higher at 14%, while slightly lower in Singapore at 10%. However, turnover varies by industry sector - Internet/e-commerce is highest, and type of job.
Overall salary increase budgets for 2016 are forecast at similar levels as in 2015. That means a continued 8% to 9% in China, 10% to 11% in India, and 4% to 5% in Singapore.
Interested?
More talent and rewards trends in the technology industry will be shared at upcoming Radford Annual Talent and Rewards conferences:
Hong Kong - 29 October 2015
Singapore - 30 October 2015
Bangalore - 4 November 2015
Taipei - 27 October 2015
Seoul - 2 November 2015
Register online, or call Jane at +86 21 2306 6910.
*International Monetary Fund (IMF) World Economic Outlook projections, October 2015.
**http://www.aon.com/apac/human-resources/thought-leadership/asia-connect/2015-vol8-issue3/managing-talent-in-the-age-of-internet-of-things.jsp
With global economic growth declining this year, mainly due to slower growth in emerging markets, Asia's largest markets are experiencing very different growth trajectories. Global GDP is now forecast at 3.1% for 2015, a decline from 3.4% in 2014. Overall, this has led to slowing economic growth across Asia and the developing markets.
China's economic growth rate has been steadily declining from the double digits last experienced in 2007 to a planned "new normal" of less than 7% as it rebalances its economy to more sustainable growth levels. At the same time, India's economy has rebounded from a low point of less than 4% GDP growth in 2008 with steady acceleration, bringing it to a forecast GDP growth rate of 7.3% for 2015.
For other Asian economies, changes in GDP growth are more subtle. Japan, while dipping into a recession last year, may grow marginally this year. The five countries of ASEAN as a group may see growth of 4.6%, the same as last year*.
Spurred by advances in mobile, social networking, cloud, and e-commerce, the technology industry is experiencing a third wave of evolution characterised as the Internet of Things (IoT)**.
Olivier Maudière, Director at Radford, says: "Adding to this dynamic from a talent perspective are changing employee demographics and expectations about careers and how work gets done, enhanced by increased mobility and diversity of global talent. Increasingly in many emerging markets, foreign multinationals compete with leading local companies and startups as to who can offer the most attractive employee value proposition. This is especially true of the technology sector in Asia Pacific."
Further demonstration of this is seen in the Radford Trends Report - Q3 2015 edition:
On a global basis, 40% of technology companies expect to increase the size of their workforce over the next 12 months. Hiring will be strongest in the Internet/e-commerce and software sectors, where 50% of companies expect to hire and half of those plan to increase headcount by more than 15%.
Geographically, the most aggressive hiring is planned for the US, China and India; the countries that are among the largest markets and largest hubs for technical talent. Ten percent of companies plan aggressive hiring in China, while close to 20% of companies plan aggressive hiring in the US and India.
In Singapore, APAC regional headquarters to a large number of multinationals, normal or selective hiring is planned, with only 6% of companies planning for aggressive hiring or growth.
The flip side of hiring is voluntary employee turnover or attrition. Where there is more job opportunity, employee turnover tends to be higher. Voluntary employee turnover is running at about 11% in the US and China; in India, it is higher at 14%, while slightly lower in Singapore at 10%. However, turnover varies by industry sector - Internet/e-commerce is highest, and type of job.
Overall salary increase budgets for 2016 are forecast at similar levels as in 2015. That means a continued 8% to 9% in China, 10% to 11% in India, and 4% to 5% in Singapore.
Interested?
More talent and rewards trends in the technology industry will be shared at upcoming Radford Annual Talent and Rewards conferences:
Hong Kong - 29 October 2015
Singapore - 30 October 2015
Bangalore - 4 November 2015
Taipei - 27 October 2015
Seoul - 2 November 2015
Register online, or call Jane at +86 21 2306 6910.
*International Monetary Fund (IMF) World Economic Outlook projections, October 2015.
**http://www.aon.com/apac/human-resources/thought-leadership/asia-connect/2015-vol8-issue3/managing-talent-in-the-age-of-internet-of-things.jsp
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