Having a 'side hustle' can transform your career
Creating a product or service based around a personal experience makes it a lot easier to tell a compelling brand story and connect with prospective customers and clients.
Foreign students in Japan hunt online for jobs amid pandemic
Virtual job fairs have attracted hundreds of students from a number of countries, all looking for opportunities in Japan.
Job offers for 2022 university graduates improve as COVID-19 fears subside
Such offers dropped 1.0% to an estimated 676,400, compared to the 15.1% tumble in 2021 when firms grew cautious about hiring new graduates due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Major firms in Japan to hire fewer graduates next year amid pandemic
A survey of 110 large companies found over a fifth plan to curb hiring next year, with sectors such as transport and tourism more significantly affected.
Lingering virus crisis to affect hiring of Japan's new graduates
The number of companies planning to take on more new graduates in spring 2022 than in 2021 stood at only eight, down from 10 for this year and hitting the lowest level in 12 years.
Job-securing rate for new graduates falls for first time in decade
The rate for male students stood at 88.1%, while the figure for female students stood at 91.2%.
Many have changed their plans and decided to study at university or vocational school or work as public servants due to the coronavirus pandemic, according to the labor ministry.
Japanese government conducts unified tests to hire workers from 'ice age' generation
It is the first such tests to be conducted as part of efforts to support people in their 30s and 40s who struggled to land jobs after Japan's economic bubble collapsed in the early 1990s.
Japanese firms begin to reconsider gender question on resumes
The practice of identifying gender on resumes through responses and photos is particularly problematic for transgender people, often leading to obstacles in getting hired, experts say.
Job offers to new graduates in Japan fall sharply due to pandemic
As of Oct. 1, 69.8% of university students who will graduate next spring had received job offers.
