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This news service contains Japan-related HR news that matter in a nutshell. Guaranteed less than 50 words linked back to its original news source. Great for busy HR pros like you!

  • Hays Quarterly Report: Demand for Language Skills Resilient Across Japan's Job Market

    30 Jan 2013 11:57 | JHRS (Administrator)
    According to Hays Specialist Recruitment Japan KK ("Hays"), demand for language skills remains strong across employers in Japan - particularly for Japanese nationals with English and native English speakers with Japanese. At the same time on the candidate side, Hays is seeing increased applications from overseas - especially Europe - as experienced mid-career professionals explore opportunities outside of often struggling home markets.

    Source: http://nz.finance.yahoo.com/

  • Japan's police rush to take early retirement before pay cut

    24 Jan 2013 12:44 | JHRS (Administrator)
    About 230 police officers and personnel in Aichi and Hyogo prefectures are seeking to retire early, as they could receive an average 1.4 million yen to 1.5 million yen more than they would after ordinances expected to be revised this fiscal year take effect.

    Source: http://www.asiaone.com/

  • Japanese gov't to beef up youth employment

    22 Jan 2013 12:37 | JHRS (Administrator)
    Aiming to help young people known as NEETs (not in education, employment or training) find jobs, and help young people in temporary positions become regular employees, the ministry will increase the number of local youth support stations by about 40 per cent.

    Source: http://www.asianewsnet.net/

  • Japan's Renesas to Cut Additional 3,000 Jobs

    16 Jan 2013 12:17 | JHRS (Administrator)
    Japanese chipmaker Renesas Electronics said on Thursday it plans to cut an additional 3,000 to 4,000 jobs in September as it slims down management and its design operations.

    Source: http://www.cnbc.com

  • Robert Walters Expands Contract Recruitment Services to Kansai

    15 Jan 2013 12:23 | JHRS (Administrator)
    Robert Walters PLC, the award-winning global specialist recruitment consultancy, recently expanded its specialist contract recruitment service nationwide to businesses in Osaka and the Kansai region. The Group's Osaka contracting team leverages one of Japan's most extensive databases of qualified professionals and offers temporary (haken), temp-to-perm (shokai yotei haken) and fixed-term (keiyaku) contract recruitment, in addition to its established permanent recruitment services.

    Source: http://au.finance.yahoo.com/

  • Morgan McKinley Japan Releases Industry Hiring Survey

    14 Jan 2013 12:28 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Morgan McKinley has today released its annual hiring market reports covering five key industry sectors across Japan. The reports based on a survey of over 300 professionals provide market intelligence and forecasts for 2013 into hiring and employment trends across financial services; professional services; healthcare; IT and luxury, fashion & retail.

    Source: http://www.prnewswire.co.uk

  • Japan's Softbank employees get paid to master English

    11 Jan 2013 22:47 | JHRS (Administrator)
    TOKYO - Japanese mobile carrier Softbank, which made headlines over a US$20 billion (S$25 billion) takeover of US-based Sprint Nextel, is offering employees an incentive to master English - one million yen.

    Source: http://www.asiaone.com/

  • Employers Not Doing Enough to Hire and Retain Mature-aged Workers: Hays Survey

    10 Jan 2013 19:21 | JHRS (Administrator)
    Tokyo, Jan 10, 2013 - (ACN Newswire) - More than half of Japanese businesses have no plans to retain their mature-aged staff and about half say they place age restrictions on new hires, according to a survey by recruiting experts Hays.

    Source: http://nz.finance.yahoo.com/

  • Japan Mulling BOJ Accord Linked to Employment, Mainichi Says

    08 Jan 2013 14:41 | JHRS (Administrator)
    The Japanese government and the Bank of Japan (8301) are discussing a policy accord aimed at achieving stable employment conditions, the Mainichi newspaper reported.

    Source: http://www.bloomberg.com/

  • Japan Unemployment Dips To 4.1% In November

    28 Dec 2012 12:51 | JHRS (Administrator)
    The unemployment rate in Japan was a seasonally adjusted 4.1 percent in November, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications said on Friday.

    Source: http://www.rttnews.com/

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