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Topic
①Job Hunting
②Life time employment VS Changing
jobs
③Business manners
①Job Hunting
Job hunting “Environment” (Japan)
The rate of informal job offered in 2010 is
the lowest level since 1996.
Job hunting → earlier and longer
Therefore
Environment for job hunting
become harder.
Called “Ultra ice age”
Procedure of job hunting
1.
2.
Job fair
(in 3rd grade)
Employment application form
3.
Employment exam
4.
Interview
5.
Get job!
New job-hunting style “So-katsu”
・Job-hunting is called “Shu-katsu” in Japan.
(Shushoku-katsudou is called “Shu-katsu” for short.)
・So-katsu’s “So” means a Social media.
Example) Facebook, Twitter, Ustream, Skype
Advantages
Advantages for Recruiters
・Transmit their information
・Check students’ life and personality
・Contact with students studying abroad
Advantages for Students
・Get companies’ information
・Contact with recruiters without money
・Share information with friends
Job hunting school
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Interview, Group discussion
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Employment application sheet
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Business manner
•
Make-up
…etc!
Question
Which do you think is better for you,
Starting job-hunting before or after graduation?
②Lifetime Employment
VS
Changing jobs
Which do you prefer?
merits and demerits
from the perspectives of the individual
Lifetime Employment
merits
○Can make life planning
demerits
○Can’t find own potential
and more perspectives
○Get professional field
○Sense of boredom
○Sense of security
→work hard not only for
yourself but also for company
→future is decided
Changing jobs
merits
○Get more skills
→wider perspectives of
working / better ability
○Get better treatment
→higher salary / position
demerits
○Make your business
network worse
○Take risk of get worse
work environment
○Can’t be professional
Which will you choose?
③Business manners
hair
shirt
suit
bag
shoes
Contradictions
Some enterprises claim that…
“real aspects” of applicants are hidden.
2.Lack of one’s characteristics.
3.Everyone looks the same.
1.
Why such a fashion
is important?
The reasons
• It ruled to make easy to compare
one’s characteristics
• It became a cultural thing
• Everybody is afraid of overstepping
safe way
Conclusion
There is a lot of customs about working in Japan.
We should compare ours with yours
and discuss the problems.
Thank you for your listening!
①Which do you think is better for you,
Starting job-hunting before or after graduation?
②Which will you choose Lifetime Employment or Changing jobs?
③Should we wear same clothes when we are job-hunting?