JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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- 秘書及び業務サポート
- 加治金属工業株式会社, Tokyo
- Salary: ¥4.0M / Year
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- English Instructor (Osaka, Kyoto, Kobe)
- Berlitz Japan, Inc. (ベルリッツ・ジャパン株式会社), Kansai
- Salary: ¥125,000 ~ ¥250,000 / Month
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- ALT - Mie Prefecture - Yokkaichi City - June start
- NPO法人グローバル教育推進機構（GLAD), Mie
- Salary: ¥230,000 / Month For a full working month. Some months differ.
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tkoind2
If he wants to work 20 hours a day and pay tax, great, more power to him.
If a young college student reads this and decides to work 20 hours a day to make his dream happen, no matter what, more power to him or her too.
The article is about a guy who works his tail off to go forward no matter what happens or how hard he has to work, pretty good example as things now are so dark.
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@ tkoind2
My take from this article, is a guy who has built his own company and is by his own efforts trying to do something no one else has and willing to work hard to make it happen, a good message.
The guy in the article answered a question that maybe you have not:
How far am I willing to go to make my dream happen?
Have you asked, or are you afraid of what answer you have?
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What this world needs is more cookies. Cookies are " happy food " and a great way to strike up a conversation no matter what the topic of the meeting is.
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This article challenges common sense, ignores what is clearly accepted normality and is contrary to the "listen to those who know" mentality amongst the lifers here.
Loved it.
Keep writing articles buddy, let the 英会話族 nim-witts keep whining about them!
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@Japlan :
The point of reaching out to them is to show them their future is not as scary as their past.
Singular pursuits? We helped the kids to see both sides of the table not just their own.
Division of labor work force economics? big word, no meaning. Perhaps you think in 5 years when they hit the labor force that the economy will be gone, we will all be wearing mad max clothes and have mohawks. I disagree, its important to practice transferable skills and exercise emotional intelligence.
Have a challenge for you, please contact the institute and send them a donation, actions and cash speak louder than posts.
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Thanks for the comments. A part of the workshop is kids becoming a company owner, then think of the kinds of questions they would use to interview for the job "they" wanted and then role play back and forth as a job seeker and hiring manager. It's amazing how quickly these kids caught on and at 10 years old they killed me in interviews, one demanding I draw pictures for a comic book company job saying "if you can't draw what are my customers gonna buy?!"
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one more thing, thanks for the article Terrie, always good to read your stuff!
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Interesting, guess everyone is listening now. Study up, be effective in your job and SAVE as much cash as you can. The depression will last until 2012 or 2013 in my opinion, but the toughest part will be this year until Q1 2010. save up cash people, don't buy anything big for a while...
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MMWK2008, if you have a question contact me via my website: www.smartpartners.co.jp happy to offer what advice I can, cheers.
Posted in: The future of contract work in Japan: First steps to change
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The 3 year law is the maximum you can have a haken staff onsite for one job. That is why there is a lot talk of the "2009 mondai" which is the 3 year milestone after the limit of 1 year maximum haken was bumped up to 3 years back in 06. April 1st 2009 will be the day 1,000's more contractually finish their agreements and can't complain even if they wanted to. And yes, you can fire people and you can be fired. SPACE MONKEY- Spot on mate, could not have said it better myself!
Posted in: The future of contract work in Japan: First steps to change
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There is something growing in popularity known as a "career portfolio" where one person works at 2 sometimes 3 companies at a time on a contract basis. As Japan follows the world into this depression, you will see more companies farming out sections of work in a "just in time" mindset for staffing. Don't think so? Look into the ideas of "work-sharing" that have started in the government here. Like I have written before, for 1,000`s here in Tokyo, haken will be the only choice for many in the tough years to come. Plan, earn, save and prepare.
Posted in: The future of contract work in Japan: First steps to change
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tkoind2 at 10:30 AM JST - 5th January
Spot on. Nice post, lots to think about.
Posted in: Gloomy predictions for 2009
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Like I wrote in my article, start counting your yen for next year and learn to live very lean...
Posted in: Japan turns to bargain-hunting
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Let's see how many of these compulsive negative posers (misspelling intended) are here online by Q4 2009.
Posted in: How not to get fired in a bad economy
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ronaldk- that is very sound advice. Scary how a simple purchase adds up at the end of the month huh?
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Altria- ha ha that is a good one!
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That is a very sharp idea, Gaijintraveller. Nice post, thanks.
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hmmm, good point, why don't you contact him and ask?
Posted in: Strong year ahead for language schools
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Jeremy, go get a seibu card. They'll sign you up with a 100K yen limit. Buy some stuff, pay it off then go for another credit card and you'll get approved. It's a pain, but you will get one if you keep trying. Good luck mate.
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You are wise, I agree completely.
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