Bae, Kim & Lee

Strategic Hiring · Asia

Pasir Gudang Hospital in Johor has only 343 nurses against 856 approved positions, a shortfall of 513, which has kept some wards unopened despite all 14 specialist services running. Overall staffing rose to 52% from 48% in September, and the state committee has urged the Health Ministry to deploy more nurses and support staff.

Strategic Hiring · Asia

Mid-cap IT firms are ramping up sales, customer support and business development hiring while larger peers scale back. Headcount in these functions rose 12% YoY, from 8,400 to 9,400.

Strategic Hiring · Asia

Tracxn plans to grow its sales team responsible for closing deals from 34 members (Dec 2025) to about 60 by Dec 2026, with 56 of the planned positions filled by September. Sales and marketing rose to 30% of headcount in Q2 FY27 from 25% a year earlier.

Strategic Hiring · Asia

NTT DATA plans to nearly triple its workforce in Mangaluru to 2,500 employees by 2027, with a focus on AI, data and specialised industry capabilities.

Strategic Hiring · Asia

KDDI and its AI subsidiary Elyza launched Elyza Robotics, a physical AI company planning about $190M (30 billion yen) in R&D and more than 1,000 robot deployments by fiscal 2030, with a physical AI organization of 300+ specialists.

Strategic Hiring · Asia

Johor Gleneagles Hospital plans to expand university and educational partnerships under its Nursing Sponsorship Programme, which covers tuition, monthly allowances and medical benefits with a pathway to employment after graduation.