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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’s companies are beginning to rethink paternity leave policies

    31 Mar 2018 12:57 | JHRS (Administrator)

    When it comes to child care in Japan, women typically take on the lion’s share of the workload. Men, by comparison, are generally too exhausted after work to help out in any way.

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

  • Japan's job availability eases in Feb. for 1st time since 2012

    30 Mar 2018 12:53 | JHRS (Administrator)

    TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's job availability dropped for the first time in over five years and unemployment inched up slightly in February, government data showed Friday, with economists pointing to a temporary lull in strengthening labor demand.

    Source: https://mainichi.jp/

  • 40% of firms to hire more grads in ’19, but not banks: survey

    25 Mar 2018 14:33 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Nearly 40 percent of major companies plan to hire more graduates in fiscal 2019 than they did the previous year, a survey of 112 companies shows, underscoring their positive stance on recruitment amid gains in earnings and an acute labor shortage.

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

  • Facing labour shortfall, Japan firms turn to refugees

    23 Mar 2018 14:28 | JHRS (Administrator)

    At an office in Tokyo, a group of asylum seekers clutching resumes listened to three Japanese companies describe their openings — rare opportunities in the country’s often impenetrable job market.

    Source: https://citizen.co.za/

  • Japan labour unions squeeze small pay rise from top firms

    17 Mar 2018 12:26 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Japan’s labour unions have won pay rises for workers, although they’re still too small to generate the big increase in consumption that the Bank of Japan needs for inflation.

    Source:http://www.gulf-times.com/

  • Yamato to offer contract workers permanent status

    16 Mar 2018 12:23 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Yamato, Japan’s largest package delivery company, is offering to convert thousands of contract staff into permanent employees in a sign of management panic amid the most severe labour shortage in four decades.

    Source: https://www.ft.com/

  • Revised labor law gives staff on fixed-term contracts a route to job security, but some firms are already finding loopholes

    13 Mar 2018 12:30 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Acute shortages of manpower in Japan are prompting changes in the country’s labor market, and a new rule to facilitate the conversion of fixed-term contract workers into indefinite-term employees will come into full force in April.

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

  • Keidanren mulls earlier start to job interviews

    08 Mar 2018 14:09 | JHRS (Administrator)

    TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The Japan Business Federation, or Keidanren, is considering allowing member companies to start job interviews for prospective graduates in March, three months earlier than currently, informed sources have said.

    Source: http://www.the-japan-news.com/

  • Foreign employers have edge in battle for Japan's IT graduates

    02 Mar 2018 13:57 | JHRS (Administrator)

    TOKYO -- Japanese companies are at a disadvantage against international rivals when hiring the country's young information technology professionals because of lower pay and self-imposed recruitment restrictions.

    Source: https://asia.nikkei.com/

  • ‘Make or break’ job-hunting season begins for university students in Japan

    01 Mar 2018 14:05 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Job fairs were held across Japan on Thursday, kicking off the job-hunting season for students graduating from university next spring.

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

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