Employers' expectation on the employment market:
more positive than 2017
Employers' expectation on employment market
(2017 vs 2018)
55% of companies
are going to increase headcount in 2018
Predicted change in headcount
(2017 vs 2018)

Top 3 considerations of employers
when giving out offers to candidates:


Nearly 70% of employees
are predicted to receive a pay rise in 2018
48.3% will receive
more than 4% salary rise
81% of surveyed companies provided
double pay and/or performance bonus in 2017:

Average performance bonus provided in 2017:
1.36 months of basic salary

Architecture / Building / Construction

Financial Services

Accounting / Audit / Tax Services

Entertainment / Recreation

Electronics / Electrical Equipment
Average predicted performance bonus in 2018:
1.46 months of basic salary

Architecture / Building / Construction

Financial Services

Education

Accounting / Audit / Tax Services

Manufacturing
Average performance bonus by employee level

Among companies which provide performance bonus in 2017, most of them issue the bonus in
January (34%), February (27%) or March (15%).

Most common types of
work-life balance benefits offered in 2017:

(e.g. X'mas eve, mid-autumn day)"

