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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!

  • 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/

  • Japan’s Jobless Rate at Quarter-Century Low

    01 Mar 2018 13:55 | JHRS (Administrator)

    TOKYO—Japan’s jobless rate fell to a low of almost 25 years in January, while a ratio of job openings remained at a 44-year high, the latest signs that the labor market is tightening as the world’s third-largest economy continues its growth streak.

    Source: https://www.wsj.com/

  • College graduates to be in high demand

    28 Feb 2018 13:52 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Many companies in Japan will start recruiting on Thursday for college students graduating in March next year. Graduates are expected to continue to be in high demand amid a labor shortage.

    Source: https://www3.nhk.or.jp/

  • Japan plans to ease visa rules for skilled workers

    25 Feb 2018 14:32 | JHRS (Administrator)

    The government says it will consider an expansion of visa categories and easing of rules. The main target is technology professionals but it will also look at sectors with severe labour shortages such as care, construction, transport and agriculture.

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

  • Companies compete to snag job changers

    22 Feb 2018 14:38 | JHRS (Administrator)

    The career-change market is booming, fueled by a recovering economy and a tight labor market in which the number of job openings significantly exceeds that of employees seeking to change jobs.

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

  • Abe calls for foreign employment review to bring in skilled workers from overseas

    21 Feb 2018 14:34 | JHRS (Administrator)

    In a bid to address the nation’s acute labor shortages, the government aims to draw up a plan by summer to reform the immigration system in order to allow in more professional and skilled foreign workers, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told the Council of Economic Fiscal Policy on Tuesday.

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

  • Japan's parties spar over overtime system as government accused of bending data

    19 Feb 2018 18:32 | JHRS (Administrator)

    TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's ruling and opposition parties wrangled Monday over a proposed expansion of an overtime work system, with the opposition suggesting the government deliberately manipulated a survey to make it look like the system could improve the country's chronic overwork problem.

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

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