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December 2008 Poll Results: The World Economic Crisis Begins to Impact Asia

Posted: 19.01.09

The Chapman Consulting Group has completed its December web poll on whether HR practitioners in Asia Pacific Japan expect any downsizing in their HR teams due to recent world economic events. The poll, which opened on 1 December and closed on 30 December, recorded 184 votes from the HR community. According to Oscar Fuchs, Associate Director of The Chapman Consulting Group, the month of December saw recruitment activities across the Asia Pacific Japan region stall - not only on the back of the traditionally slow pre-Christmas period, but also due to worsening economic conditions causing nervous companies to push non-essential HR hiring into 2009.

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