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  • 22 Jan 2013 12:37 | JHRS (Administrator)
    Aiming to help young people known as NEETs (not in education, employment or training) find jobs, and help young people in temporary positions become regular employees, the ministry will increase the number of local youth support stations by about 40 per cent.

    Source: http://www.asianewsnet.net/
  • 16 Jan 2013 12:17 | JHRS (Administrator)
    Japanese chipmaker Renesas Electronics said on Thursday it plans to cut an additional 3,000 to 4,000 jobs in September as it slims down management and its design operations.

    Source: http://www.cnbc.com
  • 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/
  • 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

  • 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/
  • 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/
  • 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/
  • 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/
  • 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/
  • 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/

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