National Mar 1, 2020
Spreading virus cases ruin job-hunting events and shut down Toyosu market
Recruitment companies have canceled job fairs, and companies nationwide are connecting with potential recruits through livestreaming and videos.
National | Regional voices: Chubu Feb 21, 2020
Amid labor crunch, Japan firms seek to win over students' moms and dads
Earlier this month, Copro-Engineered Co., a Nagoya-based firm specializing in the staffing of construction engineers, hosted a party at a Nagoya hotel for students who are expected to join the firm after graduating from university in spring — and their parents. Seventy-six students in dark ...
Business Feb 19, 2020
While job-seekers are enjoying a seller’s market due to severe labor shortages, many firms are busy coming up with measures to deal with the virus situation, including switching to online briefings.
Business Oct 9, 2018
Keidanren to scrap long-held Japan recruitment guidelines in 2021
Japan’s largest business lobby has decided to scrap its long-held guidelines for corporate hiring of university students to give flexibility in recruiting amid increasing competition for new talent.
Business Sep 4, 2018
Cabinet members voiced support for an idea by the head of Keidanren to scrap guidelines that set the recruitment schedule for new college graduates beginning in spring 2021.
Business / Corporate | IDEAS IN ACTION Jun 28, 2018
AI-equipped recruiter tries to mobilize Japan's static labor market
by Cory Baird
Hiroki Shimada can trace the genesis of his company, Scouty Inc., back to a time when he was on the outside of the job market looking in. During his graduate studies in artificial intelligence at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland, Shimada was surprised to ...
Business Jun 3, 2018
Young Japanese warming to idea of switching jobs as employment prospects grow: surveys
The nation's young adults are getting wise to the idea of changing jobs, surveys say. After putting up with years of stagnation in the job market, attitudes are shifting among job-hunting students as more employment opportunities arise, a recruitment consultant said. "Now that it has become ...
Business May 9, 2018
Japanese firms turn to 'referral hiring' in talent search amid labor crunch
Faced with worker shortages and difficulty with identifying and attracting talent, companies are increasingly turning to the underused method of employee referrals to fill their junior ranks. Companies are looking to explore the well-trodden overseas method of tapping into the social networks of younger employees, ...
National Mar 8, 2018
Majority of job-seeking university students put off by AI-powered candidate screening
by Shusuke Murai
As more companies turn to artificial intelligence to discover new talent, a recent survey has shown that a majority of job-seeking university students don't want their abilities judged by the technology. About 67.5 percent of 1,258 university and graduate students slated to graduate in March ...
Business Aug 28, 2017
Over 80% of forthcoming university grads in Japan have a job offer
Over 80 percent of job-hunting university students had secured at least one informal job offer for next spring as of Aug. 1, according to a private survey. The share of such students increased 4.9 percentage points from a year before to 84.2 percent amid the ...
Business Apr 6, 2017
Knocking, 'recruit suits' and bowing: Etiquette key for Japan's job-seekers
by Isabel Reynolds
Ever thought about how many times to knock on the door when you are heading into a job interview? In Japan, it matters. A shortage of young people means there are two job openings for every applicant, prompting some Japanese companies to consider hiring foreign ...
National Mar 30, 2017
Hair care and taxi fares: Firms offer new class of job-seekers a variety of services
The job-hunting season kicked off this month for university students due to graduate next spring, and companies are offering services to assist them while promoting their businesses at the same time. A cosmetics maker is offering a grooming and appearance seminar to give advice to ...