Hi!
So I am participating in a job fair from JETRO this week looking at company presentations and whatnot. To my understanding the purpose really is recruiting foreigners. It was more so on a whim since I am not really looking for white collar jobs. But who knows, maybe I will find a dream job. It is good listening practice for my Japanese so it can’t hurt.
I actually found some tempting positions that made me press the apply button, but they always care about when you graduated.
I know that there is this thing in Japan with hiring new graduated in bulk, but I thought it is only for Japanese nationals or at least for graduates of Japanese institutions. This is what I found out with some online searches.
Now we have this job fair where it is directly assumed most of the time that prospective employees have just graduated and are looking for entry positions.
What is up with this idea? Are you not able to join a company if you graduated 1 or 2 years ago? Is like over if you quit or if you are fired?
I didn’t think about joining the Japanese corporate world until now, I still don’t really since most salaries seem abysmally low. But I really want to understand how it works. Especially since this fair is foreigner friendly, so it seems this whole process is not only for nationals.
I also see almost no requirements. Sales positions that ask for nothing? Sure a bachelors for immigration, but that’s it? No specific sales studies? Same for other positions. Like you can graduate arts and do sales or IT? (ok IT usually has some requirements but you get the idea)
I am really confused. Could someone shed some light on this? It seems weird. I did apply to some that I liked even if they don’t align with my goals since making it big in a nice company could always be in the books so, while being picky, I did give some a shot. But I do not 100% understand what I am doing.
Thanks.
Edit: I did see some posts here on this, but only some vague things about the age preference.
by Radusili