{
  "id": 1902142,
  "title": "Skills remain key as Asia hiring outlook cools in third quarter",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/skills-remain-key-as-asia-hiring-outlook-cools-in-third-quarter",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-19T08:28:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Bangkok Post Business",
    "slug": "bangkok-post-business",
    "url": "https://www.bangkokpost.com/business/general/3304424/skills-remain-key-as-asia-hiring-outlook-cools-in-third-quarter"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Employers across Asia Pacific and the Middle East are slowing their hiring plans for the third quarter of 2026, but workers with artificial intelligence (AI) expertise and strong people skills can still expect to command higher salaries as companies compete for increasingly valuable talent, according to a new ManpowerGroup survey.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}