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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!

  • Japan must promote women

    01 Apr 2012 17:05 | JHRS (Administrator)
    Japan wants to increase the proportion of women in leadership roles at companies and public offices to 30 percent by 2020, according to a Cabinet paper in June 2011.

    Source: http://www.journalgazette.net

  • Japan's Legal Recruiting Trends: Hays Legal Survey Results

    26 Mar 2012 11:53 | JHRS (Administrator)
    Tokyo - One in four (26 per cent) legal firms are seeking to fill a legal position, while almost one in three (31 per cent) have grown their headcount over the past two years, according to recruiting experts Hays Legal.

    Source: http://www.japancorp.net/

  • Takashimaya tells new recruits to dress, speak casually

    24 Mar 2012 11:34 | JHRS (Administrator)
    Department store operator Takashimaya Co. will ban new recruits from wearing suits at its initiation ceremony April 1, hoping to create a relaxed environment in which the young employees feel free to voice their opinions.

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

  • Former Goldman Employees Form Union in Japan

    23 Mar 2012 11:24 | JHRS (Administrator)
    TOKYO – A Goldman Sachs employee on Thursday recounted in a faltering voice how he toiled away in the back offices of the bank’s Japanese operations for nearly a decade before being told last year that his job was being eliminated.

    Source: http://dealbook.nytimes.com

  • Dire job situation still plagues Japan's grads

    21 Mar 2012 11:52 | JHRS (Administrator)
    Half the 2010 graduates from Japan's universities and technical colleges, and two-thirds of high school graduates, are either unemployed, working as temporary staff, or have quit or are expected to quit their jobs within three years, according to government estimates.

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

  • Informal job offers for Japan's graduating students increase

    17 Mar 2012 11:35 | JHRS (Administrator)
    A joint survey by the labor and education ministries indicates improvement in the job market for this spring's university graduates, as 80.5 per cent of university students set to graduate this month had received unofficial job offers as of Feb. 1, up 3.1 percentage points from the record low at the same time last year.

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

  • Japan's Giants accused of salary breach

    15 Mar 2012 11:36 | JHRS (Administrator)
    TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's richest baseball team, the Yomiuri Giants, could face an investigation after a newspaper report said they regularly burst the professional league's salary limit between 1997 and 2004.

    Source: http://news.yahoo.com

  • Panel advises keeping nursing test in Japanese

    13 Mar 2012 11:57 | JHRS (Administrator)
    A health ministry panel is urging the government to keep holding the national nursing test for foreign examinees in Japanese, despite strong calls to let them take it in their mother tongues.

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

  • Hays Outlines How to Maximise the Value of Your Salary Increase

    12 Mar 2012 11:42 | JHRS (Administrator)
    Almost one fifth of Japan's workforce can expect a salary increase above three per cent this year, according to the 2012 Hays Salary Guide. According to Hays, listing your achievements and proving your value to the business are two steps in ensuring you join this group to maximize the value of your next salary increase.

    Source: http://www.japancorp.net/

  • Wages crept up 0.3% in January

    07 Mar 2012 12:02 | JHRS (Administrator)
    The regular monthly wage for workers crept up 0.3 percent in January from a year earlier to an average ¥261,074, climbing for the first time in 13 months on pay raises in the welfare, medical and manufacturing sectors, the health ministry said Tuesday.

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

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