In Japan, March means stress for young graduates who, dressed in a black suite and white shirt, start applying in businesses. Unlike human resources in the western world, these youngsters are not judged on individual technical criteria but on their persevering spirit. Thus, for HR management in a Japanese company, what matters is the firm as a whole and as a community, not meeting the need for a special job.
University training has nothing to do with the job done. In Japan, studying something that isn’t related with the job done in the company later is very common. It is the case for Akiko, who has a Master’s Degree in foreign literature and who was recently recruited as a salesperson in a big pharmaceutical firm. In practice, professional integration for new employees is characterized by apprenticeship in businesses for up to 2 years after recruitment. These companies would rather train...
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