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- HRnetGroup Limited (SGX: CHZ) is an investment holding company that provides professional recruitment, flexible staffing, and human resource solutions primarily in Asia. Founded in 1992 and headquartered at 391A Orchard Road, #23-03 Ngee Ann City Tower A, Singapore, the company operates across 18 Asian cities including Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan, the People's Republic of China, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, and Vietnam, serving industries such as financial institutions, information technology, telecommunications, retail and consumer, manufacturing, healthcare and life sciences, insurance, logistics, legal and compliance, finance and accounting, and government sectors. It delivers professional recruitment services under brands including HRnetOne, PeopleSearch, PeopleFirst, SearchAsia, Recruit Legal, HRnetRimbun, REForce, AllwaysHRnet, and RecruitFast; flexible staffing solutions under Recruit Express, RecruitFirst, Recruit Express Services, Center Point Personnel, Octomate Staffing, and Crew by HRnet; and other services such as payroll processing via YesPay!, workforce management technology through Octomate, business transformation consultancy via LEAPS by HRnet, employer of record services through DouDou, mobile job portal EASE, and recruitment process outsourcing. In the first half of 2025, HRnetGroup advanced its leadership renewal strategy by appointing 10 new Business Leader Co-owners, increasing the total to 45 and enabling organic and inorganic expansion into 16 new business units since its 2017 IPO, including Octomate Staffing, AllwaysHRnet, LEAPS by HRnet, Crew by HRnet, DouDou, and AllwaysFirst Vietnam; it also incorporated a wholly-owned subsidiary, AllwaysFirst Vietnam Co., Ltd., in Ho Chi Minh City in September 2025 to target the booming IT and tech sectors amid high demand for engineers, data scientists, and product teams.