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- Foreigners in business: The recruiting industry
- February 28th, 2011Category: Work Tips
- When the recession hit Japan in 2008, it also hit many executive recruitment companies whose clients stopped hiring. But some recruiters have managed to not only survive but grow by positioning themselves and adapting to the changing business environment. One of thos ... » Continue Reading
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- Fast Retailing to boost support for refugees in Japan
- February 24th, 2011Category: Work Tips
- Fast Retailing Co, operator of the thriving Uniqlo clothing chain, said Wednesday it will go beyond just ensuring it broadens its standard recruiting to expand support for refugees in the world under a global partnership agreement with the U.N. refugee agency — the fi ... » Continue Reading
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- Work in Japan – Sales jobs on GaijinPot
- February 21st, 2011Category: Work Tips
- GaijinPot Jobs is a place for companies in Japan looking to find the best people to fill their positions, and every week we provide and highlight a selection of the latest jobs. In this week’s edition, the main feature is sales jobs. As we have been reporting on rec ... » Continue Reading
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- Foreigners in business: Costco reshapes wholesale industry
- February 21st, 2011Category: Work Tips
- In 1999, when U.S. wholesaler opened its first warehouse in Japan in Hisayama (Fukuoka), many Japanese people thought the concept wouldn’t work in Japan. They were wrong. Today, the wholesaling giant has more than 2 million members in Japan, and is operating in 9 loca ... » Continue Reading
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- Lessons learned from the end of a 1,400-year-old business
- February 17th, 2011Category: Starting a Business, Work Tips
- Kongo Gumi is, or rather was, the world's oldest business concern. Located in Japan, the temple building company ran for 1,400 years, survived wars, shoguns, upheavals and the introduction of other religions such as Christianity only to finally succumb to bankruptcy ... » Continue Reading
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- Sanyo ends historic Piccadilly Circus signage
- February 16th, 2011Category: Work Tips
- As mentioned on GaijinPot earlier in the week, Japan is facing some tough questions as it downsizes its economy and expectations. Sanyo, a former giant of the electronics world and long an innovator in battery-tech, is ending its iconic advertising in London's Piccad ... » Continue Reading
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- Which Japanese companies are hiring international graduates?
- February 15th, 2011Category: Work Tips
- Over the past few months we have seen a flurry of Japanese companies announce that they are hiring candidates who are from overseas but are now in Japan. Significant numbers of both university students and experienced workers with the right skill set are being sought ... » Continue Reading
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- Work in Japan – Top jobs on GaijinPot this week
- February 14th, 2011Category: Work Tips
- GaijinPot Jobs is a place for companies in Japan looking to find people to fill their positions, and every week we provide and highlight a selection of the latest jobs. In this week’s edition, the main feature are jobs in Japan's hospitality industry. Bars and clubs ... » Continue Reading
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- DeNA – Taking the best of Japan overseas
- February 9th, 2011Category: Work Tips
- With over 20m subscribers registered to its Mobage-Town Social Networking Service, DeNA has taken Japan's love of gaming and its know-how for the mobile web, and turned it into one of the most successful businesses to come out of the country in recent years. The comp ... » Continue Reading
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- Work in Japan – the latest jobs on GaijinPot
- February 7th, 2011Category: Work Tips
- GaijinPot Jobs is a place for companies in Japan looking to find people to fill their positions, and every week we provide and highlight a selection of the latest jobs. In this week’s edition, we feature 2 translating positions. We often have job vacancies from compa ... » Continue Reading
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