Asean WEF Puts Spotlight On Industry 4.0 And The Young
At the Asean World Economic Forum (WEF), which kicked off in Hanoi yesterday, the emphasis was on the young, giving students and the general...
Adapting To Industry 4.0 A Top priority: Ministry
Cambodia is prioritising the adoption of new technologies in manufacturing and encouraging investment in sectors that are undergoing rapid technological innovation, according to a...
Hong Kong Firm And UNDP Sign Partnership In Cassava Sector
A new public-private partnership aims to improve the livelihoods of local cassava farmers by guaranteeing a market for their products through contract farming and...
FAO-led Project To Boost Meat Quality In The Kingdom
A new partnership with the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations seeks to enhance the quality of local meat by modernising facilities...
ANU Archaeologist Releases Interactive Mobile App For Angkor Temples
Building on the success of the iBook “An Interactive Guide to Angkor” which was recently awarded the Pacific Asia Travel Association’s Gold Award for...
Crop Insurance In The Spotlight
To spread awareness of the importance of insuring crops and build trust for the product among Cambodian farmers, the German national development agency, known...
New Venture To Invest In Local Tech Startups
OOCTANE Cambodia, a venture capital firm under the umbrella of the Worldbridge Group, announced yesterday the launch of a fund to invest in local...
Cambodia Committed To Vocational Education And Training: Ministry
With the development of the country’s human capital as a top priority, the government on Friday asked the private sector as well as national...
Protecting Intellectual Property Key To Innovation: Minister
Following an application from a local company to patent the process of turning banana trees into fabric, the Ministry of Industry and Handicraft reminded...
Ministry Partners With SCG To Upskill Construction Workers
The Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training has teamed up with Thai building materials company Siam Cement Group (SCG) to train construction workers through...
Kandal’s River Festival To Boost Made-in-Cambodia Brand
The Sun rises in the horizon as Sopheap busies herself preparing the products she will have for display during the River Festival, which starts...
Human Capital Showcased At Graduate Forum
Cambodian graduates from overseas institutions and international experts will share insights on economic growth, business planning, industry and agriculture and information and communications technology...
Startup Weekend Backs Budding Entrepreneurs
The Emerald Hub at Phnom Penh International University hosted the Techstars Startup Weekend Phnom Penh, their second startup meeting with the aim of brainstorming...
Hospitality Continues To Drive Cambodian Employment
With more than 1.5 million tourists visiting Cambodia during the first quarter of 2017, compared to 1.3 million during the same period in 2016,...
Region Backs Safe Food Strategy
Agriculture ministers in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) on Friday endorsed a five-year strategy and action plan to build a region-wide food safety system. The...
Cautious Praise For Pension Scheme
While some in the business community have welcomed a government plan to launch a pension scheme for the private sector next year, a leading...
Management Skills Demand On The Rise
Phnom Penh employers are demanding increasingly qualified candidates to fill management posts, according to data relating to the last two years. A report on the...
Garments Strategy In Pipeline
The Economy Ministry, garment & footwear makers, and the ILO's Better Factory Cambodia program are drafting a long term strategy to maintain high growth...
ADB: Cambodia’s Prospects Are Robust
Economic growth in Cambodia along with its other Asean neighbours is expected to accelerate further with the kingdom’s current account deficit narrowing, according to...
World Bank Commits $540m To Cambodia
The World Bank will disburse some $540m from 2018 to 2021 to finance economic development in Cambodia to support the implementation of the government’s Industrial...
Everjobs: Emerging Interest In Engineering Opportunities
An in-depth quarterly analysis of the Cambodian labour market made by everjobs Cambodia, the fastest growing online career portal in the Kingdom, reveals a...
World Bank: Cambodia Growing Fast
The World Bank says Cambodia, along with Laos and Myanmar are the fastest growing economies in East Asia.
Ellen Goldstein, the newly appointed World Bank...
Cambodia Needs To Catch Up On Innovation: Report
Despite significant inflows of foreign investment capital that could be used to develop innovative technologies, a new report has placed Cambodia last amongst countries...
Maxk Lighting Team Help Raise Funds For Hospital
Over the last weekend of May, the Maxk Lighting Team set out to join the annual Cycling Community Club’s (CCC) fundraising event for Kantha Bopha...
Everjobs To Host Second Career Fair at Aeon Mall
The everjobs Career Fair 2017 hosted by everjobs.com.kh, the fastest growing online career portal in the Kingdom, will be held on June 25 at...
Garment Industry Exports Up, Jobs Down
Exports grew at a solid pace in 2016, rising by 7.2 percent to $7.3 billion, but the number of registered exporting factories fell by...
Online Job Platform Everjobs Marks Two Years In Cambodia
The Kingdom's fastest growing online career portal, everjobs.com.kh, celebrates two years of operations in Cambodia this month. With an average of 7,500 visits per day,...
Everjobs Career Report Shows Rise In NGO Industry Opportunities
An in-depth quarterly analysis of the Cambodian labour market made by everjobs Cambodia, the fastest growing online career portal in the Kingdom, has revealed...
Events Of The Year: Cambodia’s Biggest Annual Festivals
Cambodia is no doubt a festive place, enjoying a wealth of traditional and international festivals, more so than most other nations. These events bring...
Everjobs Report Finds Top Skills For Accounting & Finance Positions
A recent report from online career platform everjobs Cambodia has revealed the skills that are most demanded from employers in the Accounting & Finance...
The Trends Of The Cambodian Millennial Consumer
Encouraged by information accessible through social media channels, Cambodian millennials are in “full exploration mode” as they seek personalised experiences and look for products...
Startup Finalists Move Into Epic Acceleration Phase At Impact Hub
Five finalists of the Epic Cambodia – the yearlong incubator program launched by Impact Hub Phnom Penh – have received business mentoring and $20,000...
First They Killed My Father Netflix Film Premieres In Siem Reap
The Cambodian premiere of First They Killed My Father took place at the Terrace of the Elephants at the Angkor Wat temple complex in...
Industry Insight: Dealing With Cambodia’s Skills Gap
Most businesses in the Cambodian IT sector struggle to hire the employees they are looking for and generally find it difficult to recruit competent...
Discussing The Cambodian Job Market With Everjobs’ Gijs Verheijke
With around 7,500 visits per day and over 3,500 listed openings, everjobs Cambodia is the fastest growing online career portal in the Kingdom. It first...
Cambodian Government Pushes For More Homegrown Vegetables
A move to stem the flow of an estimated $200 million per year on imports from neighbouring countries has been initiated by the Cambodian government...
Travelling On The Job: Q&A With Remote Year’s Meredith Dreman
If you think that you need to quit your job to see world, think again. Today we go to Emerald Hub – one of...
Contract Farming A Potential Saviour For Rice Farmers
The current struggles of Cambodia’s rice industry could be alleviated by a contract farming model, according to agricultural experts from Hong Kong-based independent think...
Maybank Cambodia Hosts Event To Boost Banking Talent Development
A first-of-its-kind event to help accelerate the development of skilled talent and create a sustainable pipeline of human capital for the country’s banking industry...
Most Popular HR Software Solutions In Cambodia
All over the world, businesses are replacing manual and paper-based processes with digital workflows and content automation, making their administration swifter, and relying on...
The Cutting Edge Of Cambodian Office Space With Raintree’s Zoë Ng
Cambodia's sturdy economic growth in recent years has seen a marked increase in the number of multinational companies establishing offices in Phnom Penh. Other...
Interest In Marketing Jobs In Cambodia On The Rise, Finds Report
The number of job seekers interested in marketing positions in the Kingdom is increasing, according to a report from online jobs portal everjobs Cambodia.
Data...
Setting Up Shop In Cambodia With Endorphine Concept’s Adrienne Ravez
Endorphine Concept is a creative agency that specialises in social media and new forms of digital communication. Founded in 2010 in France by Yohan...
Date Palm Industry Set To Take Root In Cambodia
Date palm cultivation will be introduced to Cambodia following the signing of a memorandum of understanding yesterday between local firm Kheng Lay Co Ltd...
Finance Sector Still Accounting For Lion’s Share Of New Jobs In...
Accounting & Finance has retained its position as the top hiring category in Cambodia’s labour market, according to a report from online job platform...
Growing Interest For Part Time Jobs In Cambodia, Everjobs
Everjobs Cambodia, the fastest growing online career portal in the Kingdom has recently launched the latest edition of its Career Report, an in-depth quarterly...
Staff Development Strategies Are Key, Kevin Britten
Why would a recruiter, the owner of an executive search agency like me, be interested in the retention and development of staff?
Many people think...
Decathlon’s Inspiring Recruitment And Employee Retention Methods
A pervasive challenge for companies operating in Cambodia, whether they are big multinational corporations or small or medium-sized businesses, is bringing the right people...
Cambodia Ranks Low On Human Capital Index
The Human Capital Report 2016—released yesterday by the World Economic Forum (WEF)—ranks Cambodia 100th out of 130 countries in terms of human capital development,...
Bridging Cambodia’s Skill Gap
One of the most chronic complaints we hear at B2B from our partners relates to the significant misalignment between what universities teach and the...
Recruiting And Retaining Talented Staff
Recruiting talented staff is a challenge in any country, and when you find yourself outside of your comfort zone it can seem like an...
Getting Ahead With STEM Education
As Cambodia continues to improve its education system, one area experts agree that needs improvement is the quality of STEM education, or the disciplines...
The Quest for Sustainable Development
An idiosyncrasy of Phnom Penh is that the city hosts a dizzying number of NGOs striving to make durable impact on Cambodia’s developing society....
Cultural Considerations In The Workplace
Culture plays a crucial role in the harmonious functioning of any workplace. This is particularly true in expat-heavy cities such as Phnom Penh, where...
Talking Hospitality
Rob Ainge, the man behind upmarket BKK restaurant Deco, talks to us about the hospitality industry in Phnom Penh.
Ainge’s brainchild Deco, an elegant...
INNOV8: Cultural Sensitivity Key To Success
Foreign entrepreneurs who set up business in the Kingdom often mention excessively high staff turnovers and conflicts in the workplace brought about by the...
Mastering Marketing In A Cambodian Context
With the growth in Internet usage, an influx of international businesses and a recent jump in the number of marketing agencies operating in the...
Know Your Customer – Khouri & INNOV8
In the last decade, Cambodia’s meteoric economic growth has attracted a wealth of foreign expertise into the country. Together with a growing pool of...
Building A Sustainable Phnom Penh
Re-Edge Architecture + Design has been leading the sustainable building design in Cambodia. Their portfolio, which features a consistent emphasis on green spaces, clean...
Short Term Impact Creates Dependency, Veuve
We meet the social impact worker Aimee Veuve, who believes that sustainability, opportunity and fair pay lies at the heart of the Cambodian workforce’s...
Three Tips For Workplace Training In 2015
Training is no longer about classroom hours or number of workshop days but how businesses and organisations create results.
Results in individual and organisational performance....
Khmer Sales Staff In High Demand
Kevin Britten, Managing Director of Top Recruitment, believes the current patterns in local labour demand offer a "pretty good snapshot of the present Cambodian...
Chasing Sporting Success With Seara
Seara International, founded in Thailand 24 years ago, commenced operations in the fresh-faced Cambodian health and fitness market four years ago as Seara Cambodia:...
Build Your Capacity, People First.
Mr. Gabriel Helmy, CEO of The Capacity Specialists, suggests the concept of Human Resources as a strategic partner in business is growing in Cambodia.
Learning...
Team Building Is Worth The Investment
The Cambodian Labour Market
After two years working in Cambodia, Mr. Jan Van Den Wyngaert, Director of CC Incentives, a company providing custom made incentive...
Boost Staff Self-Esteem
As the inevitable differences arise when running a multi-cultural office, raising employees’ self-esteem can be essential, claim our panel of experts.
During the first of...
Manpower Outsourcing
Following the lead of international companies operating in Cambodia, some local businesses are willing to standardise and leverage their operation costs, by thinking about...
Motivating Staff- Tips From Our Experts
Motivating employees was the topic of the table at B2B Cambodia’s first business breakfast event.
Implementing incentive schemes, handing out stocks and shares and earning...
More Than Just Burgers
Restore One began education, micro finance initiatives and infrastructure development projects in Kampong Thom Province, Cambodia, in early 2014. With guidance from the Global Development Group (GDG),...
Cambodia The Focus Of New IT Training
Cambodia boasts one of the youngest populations in Southeast Asia, with youth under the age of 30 making up nearly 68 percent of the...
The Cambodia Recruitment Market – A Beginner’s Guide
Recruitment is the process of attracting, selecting and appointing suitable candidates to jobs within an organisation. Larger companies have Talent Acquisition staff to carry...
Benefits Of Business Chambers
Signing up to a chamber of commerce comes hand-in-hand with a whole string of benefits for new businesses, says EuroCham Cambodia Chief Executive, Sheila...
Innovation Hub Spells Bright Future
Cambodian’s entrepreneurial skills are being called on to use technology to build a better future for the country. And innovative ideas look set to...
Helping New Employees Become Productive
Employees who receive good induction and orientation are generally more productive, more quickly, because they know more about the company and their role in...
Finding The Best Staff
An innovative approach to recruitment that puts the job seeker at the heart of the process is helping businesses across Cambodia find the perfect...
Building A Strong Team
Helping develop a strong team in the workplace is a vital component to running any business. Even with the strongest team in place, a...
A Business With A Heart
Having a heart is a vital element when it comes down to business, according to Dana Vadhana Sreng.
Since launching Dynamic Outsourcing Services (DOS) in...
Sales – It’s All About People
Customer relationships are the key to sales so staff who understand and drive relationships are the most valuable staff, whatever your business. Identifying people...
Labour Market Trends
Cambodia’s GDP growth has been running at something like 6% throughout 2012 but this national figure masks a much higher growth figure in the...
