Breakfast with Ryan Huang, Emaad Akhtar and Audrey Siek

In this period of economic recovery, HRnet stocks are one to watch. As a company that operates in the areas of flexible staffing as well as professional recruitment in various industries, it has renewed programs such as those with MOH in order to capitalize on the high job vacancies not just in Singapore but around Southeast Asia. Jarick Seet, Head of Small-Mid Caps (Singapore), RHB Investment Bank tells us more about it.

According to research from recruitment firm Randstad, 43 percent of US employers surveyed have said that this particular ‘trend’ is currently happening when hiring a Gen Z. It's the scenario where a Gen Z candidate has accepted the job offer but only to bail out on it after, or what is known as “ghosting”.  The Breakfast Huddle speaks to Felix Tan, Co-Founder & CEO, Skilio us about the mindsets of Gen Z group entering the workforce and how it is related to companies getting their recruitment strategy wrong.

Covid-19 has not spared the hostel industry around the world, as we see many closing down, not being able to stay afloat. But, as borders around the world are reopening, the industry is finally seeing the light at the end of the tunnel.  The Breakfast Huddle speaks to KlaraGrintal, Chief Marketing Officer, Mad Monkey on how Mad Monkey Hostels is planning to expand across the region after securing US$4.6M of investments.

Today in The Breakfast Brief, Facebook seems to be bouncing back after terrible previous quarter. Qualcomm shares are pushed up by 5 percent despite the issues caused by the lockdown in China, rising inflation and the Ukraine war. Lastly Boeing faces backlash from Air Force One deal made with then-President Donald Trump in 2018.  

Ken Peng, Citi Private Bank’s Head of Investment Strategy for Asia, discusses the various traits investors can look out including three themes: play defense, invest in areas of shortage, and invest in areas of policy turnaround.

To maintain stability and efficiency businesses must manage their financial infrastructure carefully. This includes managing their approach to tax compliance, allowing for flexibility to adapt to changing market conditions. This allows a company to thrive. Sarita Singh, Revenue & Growth Lead for Southeast Asia, Stripe tells us more about how her company provides these opportunities for growth and expansion.

Businesses are making efforts to employ more sustainable methods to combat climate change. With Singapore’s scarcity of space, how can we instead capitalize our advantages to overcome these challenges? Also, how can AI assist businesses’ move to a more sustainable future.  The Breakfast Huddle speaks to David R. Hardoon, Managing Director, Aboitiz Data Innovation about this.

In this morning's TheBreakfast Brief we discuss Alphabet reporting a first-quarter revenue that fell short of analysts’ expectations, their announcement of a $70 billion share buyback program and Microsoft slightly outperforming as its shares still struggled to rise. 

How will the global economy cope with the downward trend of the Malaysian ringgit and Indonesia’s surprise ban on palm oil exports? Also, could Paetongtarn Shinawatra, the youngest daughter of former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra be the next PM? To give us an analysis of those headlines and more, we have Leslie Lopez, Regional Correspondent, The Straits Times  Follow The Straits Times' Asian Insider Podcast channel - co-produced with Money FM 89.3 - like us and rate us: Channel: https://str.sg/JWa7 Apple Podcasts: https://str.sg/JWa8 Google Podcasts: https://str.sg/Ju4h Spotify: https://str.sg/JWaX Website: http://str.sg/stpodcasts Feedback to: podcast@sph.com.sg Asian Insider newsletter. Asian Insider videos: https://str.sg/JoVb SPH Awedio app: https://www.awedio.sg/