I spent last Friday compiling a list of headhunting/recruiting/consulting companies that deal specifically with people who speak Japanese. It's geared kind of toward what I want (a job in the United States) but there are some that recruit for companies in Japan and the UK as well. If this list is of any use to anyone I will be happy. I learned a lot just making it.
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Bremar Staffing Professionals http://www.bremar.com/ (USA)
Executive Resource Group http://www.jobschicago.com/ (Chicago area, IL, USA)
GaijinPot http://www.gaijinpot.com/job_search.php (Japan, some China/Taiwan/Hong Kong and Korea)
Interesse International, Inc. http://www.iiicareer.com/index.php (USA, Europe & Japan)
Kimata Personnel & Consulting http://www.kimata.com/ (Midwest US & Japan)
MAX Consulting Group http://www.maxjob.com/ (USA & Japan)
MRJapanese http://www.mrjapanese.com/ (USA)
O-hayo Sensei http://www.ohayosensei.com/index.html (English teaching in Japan)
Pacific Advisory Service http://www.paschgo.com/en/home/default.aspx (Midwest US & Japan)
Pacific Bridge http://www.pacificbridge.com/index.asp (Asia)
Q-Jin http://www.q-jin.com/ (USA, mostly Midwest)
Staff Service http://www.people-first.co.uk/staffservice/ (UK)
Teruko Weinberg Inc. http://www.twinc.com/ (USA)
TOP HR Professionals http://www.top-us.com/ (USA & Japan)
WIN Advisory Group http://www.winadvisorygroup.com/AllJobs.html (USA)
DIRECTORY OF RECRUITERS
http://www.i-recruit.com/index.html
NONTEACHING JOBS IN JAPAN
http://jguide.stanford.edu/site/employment_in_japan_238.html
Showing posts with label japan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label japan. Show all posts
11.19.2007
11.13.2007
NHK Radio Online
I'm going to try to listen to this often, mostly because I don't understand Japanese news programs at all when I see them on TV except for the images and the headlines at the bottom of the screen (basically anything that moves slowly enough for me to read, or anything I can easily see). With this, it's basically just the audio track of the daily news (although there are other programs, hopefully music ones ^^), so it's interesting to figure out exactly how much I understand. I COULD just put it in English, but then it's not studying anymore...
10.29.2007
konbini life
the owner of Konbini Life posts curiosities from Japanese convenience stores that he bought and tried. I must say that I visited convenience stores nearly every day of the 9 months I was there, and product connoisseurship was an entertaining hobby, if a slightly expensive one. But if I was already buying a snack anyway, I guess it wasn't that bad.
Maybe that's why I gained 10 pounds while I was there ^^;;
I've been thinking a lot about the JLPT lately, and the more I see practice questions and data from previous level 1 exams, the more nervous I get. Apparently there's about a 25% pass rate, meaning that only about 25% of people that take it in any given year receive a passing grade. You only have to get 70% to pass...so are most people that take it just kind of dumb and unprepared, or is the test just really, really hard? I guess all I can do is make sure I'm prepared. The sample questions on the kanji/vocabulary look pretty difficult, so maybe I'll start with those.
On the job front, I had an interview at See's yesterday that seemed to go pretty well, and the lady will let me know by Wednesday if they've decided to hire me. I kind of hope they do. A chocolate shop would be a nice happy place to work, even if only until Christmas Eve.
Christmas.
I know one thing I want, and I hope I can have it.
I also was in touch with a job recruiter today for people who can speak Japanese and they want to set up a phone interview for this week. Thank god it's not a face-to-face meeting yet because I still need to hem up the pants for my suit and get the thing dry cleaned. And I'm not good at interviews. :) Surprisingly, though, for the two I've been to this past week, I've been fairly calm once I get to where I need to be. And lately I feel like I'm not as bad on the phone as I thought I was. I just hope these things transfer to looking for a permanent job.
Maybe that's why I gained 10 pounds while I was there ^^;;
I've been thinking a lot about the JLPT lately, and the more I see practice questions and data from previous level 1 exams, the more nervous I get. Apparently there's about a 25% pass rate, meaning that only about 25% of people that take it in any given year receive a passing grade. You only have to get 70% to pass...so are most people that take it just kind of dumb and unprepared, or is the test just really, really hard? I guess all I can do is make sure I'm prepared. The sample questions on the kanji/vocabulary look pretty difficult, so maybe I'll start with those.
On the job front, I had an interview at See's yesterday that seemed to go pretty well, and the lady will let me know by Wednesday if they've decided to hire me. I kind of hope they do. A chocolate shop would be a nice happy place to work, even if only until Christmas Eve.
Christmas.
I know one thing I want, and I hope I can have it.
I also was in touch with a job recruiter today for people who can speak Japanese and they want to set up a phone interview for this week. Thank god it's not a face-to-face meeting yet because I still need to hem up the pants for my suit and get the thing dry cleaned. And I'm not good at interviews. :) Surprisingly, though, for the two I've been to this past week, I've been fairly calm once I get to where I need to be. And lately I feel like I'm not as bad on the phone as I thought I was. I just hope these things transfer to looking for a permanent job.
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