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Jobs in Japan: Increased Market Volatility = Increased Mobility?

Large scale auctions for offshore wind sites, long-term decarbonisation auctions for energy storage capacity, and CfD scheme for hydrogen projects are facilitating the growth of various clean energy projects across Japan’s energy systems, and attracting healthy interest from domestic and international firms alike. The win or lose nature of these schemes presents challenges for employers […]

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Jinji Ido, the Generalist Approach

Candidates / Andrew Statter

To generalize or to specialize? This is one of the age old questions of career planning and personnel development, with strong advocates on both sides. Where does Japan tend to lean? Here, the generalist approach is typically favored, and there is a Japanese expression ‘Jinji Ido’ (personnel reshuffling) that’s common practice, especially in larger firms.

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Choosing a Representative in Japan: Expat or Local Hire?

Hiring, Management / Andrew Statter

Choosing a Representative in Japan: Expat or Local Hire? As the Japanese energy market evolves, we’re seeing an increase in the number of multinational firms investing in the country, and setting up a local entity and creating a direct presence. Making a move to set up a local office is a big decision, and shows

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Salary Trends Across Japan’s Energy Sector

Hiring, Management / Andrew Statter

For many years, the energy industry had certain perceptions about salary. That oil & gas pays higher than renewables; that multinational companies pay higher than Japanese firms; that large corporations are the best-paying players in the market. As the energy industry transitions and diversifies, subsidies and large-scale investment have flowed into new technologies across renewable

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The Great Energy Talent Squeeze

Hiring, Management / Andrew Statter

As Japan and the world transitions their energy mix from fossil fuels to renewables and new fuels, the workforce is transitioning as well. With new sectors such as offshore wind and hydrogen growing quickly, companies need to hire more people than experienced professionals exist in the market. With highly competitive tender processes and immature markets,

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Fast Movers Benefit the Most in a Tight Market

Candidates, Management / Titan Greentech

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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First Hire in Japan? Don’t Panic

Clients, Management / Titan Greentech

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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Corporate PPAs: the Ultimate Shortage of Professional Talent

Clients, Management / Andrew Statter

Corporate PPAs are big business these days. Developers, off-takers, traders, and utilities are all in to secure long-term, price-stable electricity that’s generated from renewable energy. First and foremost, this means they need to hire people who can formulate, facilitate and structure CPPA deals. The PPA sector is still a young industry, however, and there are

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Japan Is Open for Business, But How About Overseas Talent?

Clients, Management / Andrew Statter

At the start of 2020, just as Japan was getting a new wave of overseas investment into the energy sector via the upcoming auctions for offshore wind, Covid-19 hit the world and locked down borders for over two years. Dozens of companies that planned to expatriate experienced talent were not able to do so, whereas

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2022 Energy Talent Trends – A Year of Transition

Management / Andrew Statter

Last year was very interesting and eventful for the energy industry. The highlights include Japan’s fundamental shift in nuclear policy, the war in Ukraine, LNG shortages and record energy prices, a pause on Japan’s offshore wind auctions after a shock Round 1 result, as well as a major spotlight on co-firing with hydrogen and ammonia.

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Recruitment Trends

Jobs in Japan: Increased Market Volatility = Increased Mobility?

Jinji Ido, the Generalist Approach

Choosing a Representative in Japan: Expat or Local Hire?

Salary Trends Across Japan’s Energy Sector

The Great Energy Talent Squeeze

Fast Movers Benefit the Most in a Tight Market

First Hire in Japan? Don’t Panic

Corporate PPAs: the Ultimate Shortage of Professional Talent

Japan Is Open for Business, But How About Overseas Talent?

2022 Energy Talent Trends – A Year of Transition

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