Terries Job Tips

The Forgotten Half

As an unspoken rule, most multinationals hiring foreign staff try to hire unmarried job applicants. The general thinking is that singles cost less, are easier to keep focused on the job (especially if long hours are involved), and are easier to reassign as the business requires. Having an unhappy wife, husband or kids that […]

By Terry Lloyd|February 6th, 2014|Terries Job Tips|0 Comments|

This Year’s Most Interesting Job

Getting the Most From Your Resume

Getting a job that you really want in a foreign multinational company requires a lot of thought and planning. In a tight labor market in particular, you want to make sure that the quality of your resume gets you into the first round of interviews. And I can tell […]

By Terry Lloyd|February 6th, 2014|Terries Job Tips|0 Comments|

Year-end Job Hunting

If you’re a non-Japanese job seeker that has just arrived in Japan, you’re no doubt looking for a job. The fact is, though, that most foreign companies have virtually no decision makers in town from the second week of December.

Decision-making in most multinational companies usually involves at least 3 or 4 people. […]

By Terry Lloyd|February 6th, 2014|Terries Job Tips|0 Comments|

Reconnaissance Helps

Although job hunting is one of the most important activities of our lives, it’s amazing how little “smarts” people put into making sure that they get the right job. The procedure usually is to go to a job Web site, or read the Monday edition of the Japan Times, and after seeing an ad […]

By Terry Lloyd|February 6th, 2014|Terries Job Tips|0 Comments|

How to Get Results from Your Job Ads in Japan

This week’s article is targeted at employers. Running a job site, I see a lot of ads in japan coming through the company every week. The difference between a well-written ad and a poorly written one is like night and day, with the best ads pulling up to 50 times as many resumes.

The business […]

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Getting the Most From Your Resume

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Learning Japanese Language – What is being bilingual worth?

I often get asked if DaiJob.com can help non-bilingual people find a job in a multinational. While it is true that we have a number of positions for monolinguals – typically Japanese speakers with a little English reading skill, or highly skilled English-only speakers – there is no doubt that being bilingual completely opens […]

By Terry Lloyd|February 6th, 2014|Terries Job Tips|0 Comments|

Where Have All Our Old Folks Gone?

In today’s troubled economy, one type of employee that has borne the brunt of all the head-cutting at most major Japanese corporations over the last 3 months is those people over 50 years old. Here at DaiJob.com, we are being inundated with resumes from highly skilled and highly experienced people who are on the […]

By Terry Lloyd|February 6th, 2014|Terries Job Tips|0 Comments|

Japan, Land of Agents

Often people ask me whether the headhunting industry is well suited for the social structure of Japan. People here are not used to switching jobs (although that is changing) and even less used to confiding in a stranger about their ambitions, hopes, problems, and shortcomings. After all, you can barely find a marriage counselor […]