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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!

  • 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/

  • Research and Markets: Employment Services in Japan

    17 Dec 2012 11:25 | JHRS (Administrator)
    Employment Services in Japan industry profile provides top-line qualitative and quantitative summary information including: market size (value 2007-11, and forecast to 2016). The profile also contains descriptions of the leading players including key financial metrics and analysis of competitive pressures within the market. Essential resource for top-line data and analysis covering the Japan employment services market. Includes market size data, textual and graphical analysis of market growth trends, leading companies and macroeconomic information.

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

  • Quarter of workers in Japan experience 'power harassment'

    13 Dec 2012 15:12 | JHRS (Administrator)

    In the past three years, 1 in 4 workers in Japan experienced "power harassment," a Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry survey revealed Wednesday, suggesting workplaces with employee of unequal status and management-labor communications shortcomings may be aggravating the problem.


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

  • Hays Japan Talent Trends for 2013: Outbound Growth Reshaping Talent Management

    11 Dec 2012 15:08 | JHRS (Administrator)
    According to Hays Specialist Recruitment Japan KK ("Hays"), Japan's continuing push for outbound economic growth is fueling changes in the way businesses source and manage talent, and this is expected to continue well into 2013 and beyond.

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

  • Japan Oct overtime pay falls 2.3 pct yr/yr

    04 Dec 2012 11:25 | JHRS (Administrator)

    TOKYO, Dec 4 (Reuters) - Japanese wage earners' overtime pay fell in October from a year earlier at the fastest pace since the aftermath of the 2011 earthquake and nuclear disaster, government data showed on Tuesday, in a worrying sign that lower wages could hurt consumption.

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

     

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