This year, Japan’s renewable energy labor market has retained its authentic trait of being largely candidate-driven. There is a shortage of candidates amid an abundance of job openings, in contrast to the situation in most developed economies with a strong renewable energy industry, such as the UK or Australia. The market structure is not the
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Finding the right talent is only one half of your hiring solution. Although Japan is still far behind other developed countries in terms of career switching, professionals here are becoming more active when it comes to considering new career opportunities these days. If you are hiring now, or have a small team in which each
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As we all know, the labor market consists of two major parties: Quite often the first group is looking for a “dream candidate”, while the latter seeks a “dream career”. In theory, it’s best to aim high and to fine tune your expectations while exploring the market. In practice, it can be rather painful to
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It’s hardly a secret that hiring / recruitment in Japan is just as unique as the local culture, and very much in contrast to how things are done in the rest of the world. This of course means there’s going to be pitfalls and challenges, but also opportunities and advantages. In this column, I’d like
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In highly-diverse societies such as the United States or Europe, talk of “diversity” in the labor force has been around for a long time. In Japan, the issue is rather different, to put it mildly. Diversity is certainly not the strongest aspect of Japan’s labor market. There is a long history of local tradition, work
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