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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!

  • Firms preparing for continued employment of elderly staff

    23 Mar 2013 12:21 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Companies are gearing up for the implementation next month of a law that will oblige them to continue employing all workers who wish to stay on until age 65.

    Source: http://www.japantimes.co.jp/

  • Companies demanding strategic experience in Japan's selective job market

    22 Mar 2013 15:16 | JHRS (Administrator)
    Companies in Japan are hiring back-office professionals with strategic skill sets despite a rise in offshoring activity according to the recently released 2013 Salary Survey by Robert Walters.

    Source: http://www.japantoday.com/

  • Livesense May Raise Fees as Japanese Job Market Improves

    22 Mar 2013 15:13 | JHRS (Administrator)
    “The number of job openings is increasing, as money is starting to circulate” in the world’s third-largest economy, Taichi Murakami, Livesense’s president and founder, said in an interview in Tokyo. Japan’s jobless rate dropped to 4.2 percent in January from 4.3 percent in December in an indication that newly elected Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s drive to boost the economy with anti-deflation policies may be paying off.

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

  • Japanese universities support women in the workforce

    22 Mar 2013 15:11 | JHRS (Administrator)
    Universities such as Kwansei Gakuin University and Japan Women’s University have launched an open lecture project for women who want to go back to work after getting married or having children, Nihon Jinjibu reports.

    Source: http://www.japantoday.com/

  • Japan auto giants to give workers a bonus boost

    13 Mar 2013 17:52 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Japan's top automakers are set to give tens of thousands of employees an annual bonus bump as a weaker yen helped their bottom line while Tokyo presses firms to hike staff pay to lift the economy.

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

  • Hays: Social Media - Everybody's doing it, but are they missing something?

    05 Mar 2013 18:53 | JHRS (Administrator)
    We all accept that social media is a great way of identifying talent, connecting with it and promoting the values of your business. Get your strategy right and the rewards are great. But get it wrong and the damage to an employer's brand can be significant, according to recruiting experts Hays.

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

  • Seven & i Holdings to increase monthly pay

    05 Mar 2013 16:16 | JHRS (Administrator)

    TOKYO- Seven & i Holdings said Monday that it will increase monthly salaries at its group companies by 5,229 yen from April. The companies include Ito-Yokado stores and 7-Eleven convenience stores.The pay rise will be the first since 2009. It comes in response to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s call to the private sector to raise wages in order to stop the deflationary trend in the economy. 

    Source:http://www.japantoday.com/

  • Fujitsu to hire 500 graduates in 2014

    03 Mar 2013 16:18 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Fujitsu has announced plans to hire 500 university graduates in April 2014. Although the number of new hires will decrease compared to this year due to the severe business environment, Fujitsu said it will continue to recruit a diverse group of university graduates to enhance its global business for positions in R&D, system engineering, sales, administration and other divisions throughout the company to sustain growth in its ICT solutions, services, and products businesses.

    Source: http://www.japantoday.com/

  • Japan's deflation persists, business spending down, though job situation improves

    01 Mar 2013 18:12 | JHRS (Administrator)
    Japan said Friday that its chronic deflation persisted in January, with consumer prices falling 0.2 per cent from a year earlier, though the employment situation showed a modest improvement.

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

  • Japan's jobless rate down, prices fall

    01 Mar 2013 16:06 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Japan's unemployment rate edged down to 4.2 per cent in January while the struggling economy remains mired in deflation. The jobless rate slipped to 4.2 per cent from a revised 4.3 percent in December, data from the internal affairs ministry showed on Friday. The figure was in line with economists' expectations.

    Source: http://wap.news.bigpond.com/

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