lifetime employment

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 ...

National / Politics Sep 8, 2015

Revamp of Japan's temp sector may create lifelong job seekers

by Mizuho Aoki

With the bill to overhaul regulations on the use of temporary workers poised to clear the Diet this week, thousands of temps dispatched from staffing agencies worry they may lose their jobs in three years after the change takes effect. Observers say those most affected ...