Japanese companies prefer to hire foreign students, but language is the biggest obstacle.

Japanese enterprises are more willing to recruit foreign students, but language is the biggest obstacle. It was reported on October 22nd, 65438/KLOC-0. Public trust. Com: According to the report of the New Overseas Chinese News Network of Japan, with enterprises such as Uniqlo and Lotte recruiting students studying in Japan (Weibo) in order to realize the internationalization concept of their enterprises, more and more Japanese enterprises have joined the ranks of recruiting international students. According to a private survey, by 20 14, the number of Japanese enterprises wishing to recruit overseas students in Japan will reach 50%.

However, from the perspective of international students, there are frequent cases of "declining desire to stay in Japan for employment". So what is the background of this situation?

More than 70% of Japanese companies have high requirements for Japanese.

A non-governmental investigation agency in Japan launched an investigation on the employment of foreign employees by national enterprises. According to the survey data, in 20 13, the number of foreign students employed by Japanese enterprises was 35.2% of that of national enterprises; In 20 14, 48.4% of enterprises planned to employ international students, nearly half of them. Among them, enterprises with a scale of more than 1,000 people account for 69.0%.

Among the enterprises that recruited overseas students in 20 13, about 80% directly "stayed in Japan to work", while 2 1. 1% said "work in Japan first, then sent overseas". However, only 2. 1% directly send international students to overseas branches.

At the time of recruitment, enterprises have the highest requirement for foreign students' Japanese proficiency. Whether they are liberal arts students or science students, their Japanese proficiency has become a stepping stone to Japanese enterprises. Many enterprises even require foreign students to reach "mother tongue level" and "professional level". In this regard, about 50.5% of the enterprises surveyed said that it is hoped that these foreign students will "not cause communication obstacles due to language problems" when responding to customer requests in the future, so as to "understand each other's intentions as soon as possible". Some companies that have recruited international students even regard language ability as one of the daily performance appraisal. In addition, some enterprises also put forward the requirements of "understanding and dealing with foreign cultures" and "communication skills" respectively.

As can be seen from the Employment Information Network, many enterprises have listed the enlightenment of recruiting international students, which shows that Japanese industry has opened its doors to the world. Among them, the recruitment enlightenment of trading companies, manufacturing, food industry, medical industry, petrochemical industry and other industries is everything.

A China woman who worked in the insurance industry wrote down her personal feelings on the employment information website. She wrote: "When receiving Japanese guests, the ability to communicate in Japanese is very important, otherwise you can't understand the needs of the guests and you can't really show concern for the customers." The importance of language learning is revealed between the lines.

Facing foreign students with the conditions of dealing with ordinary Japanese.

Although Japanese companies have a great demand for international students, international students have also expressed their concerns. On March 29th, 20 13, Japan Institute of Labor Policy Research and Training, an independent administrative legal person, also published an investigation report entitled "Employment Activities for Overseas Students". The report analyzes the "development needs of international students after graduation" and cites the relevant survey data every two years since 2005. According to the data, in 2007, 61.3% of foreign students said they wanted to work in Japan. Two years later, in 2009, this figure dropped to 56.9%; By 20 1 1, the data dropped to 52.2% again.

Analysis of the background reasons for the decline, experts believe that it is because "there are problems in the internal employment system of Japanese enterprises, such as how to identify new people and how to select future management talents from new people." This is also the main factor that foreign students feel uncomfortable after taking office in Japanese companies. "At the same time, while international students expressed their wish to stay in Japan, many people added that they wanted to be sent to work overseas, with 20 1 1 reaching 46.8%. According to relevant surveys, after Japanese companies hire foreign students, 80% of them leave foreign employees to work in Japan first, which is inconsistent with the original intention of foreign students to stay in their jobs.

In addition, there are some "employment frameworks" in the systems of some enterprises that are not suitable for international students, and international students are selected according to the recruitment conditions set for ordinary Japanese candidates. One of the most obvious problems is also in language. Then for foreign students whose mother tongue is not Japanese, this aspect has obviously become an obstacle for them to enter or develop in enterprises.

Therefore, experts in related fields believe that Japanese enterprises wishing to attract foreign students had better fully realize the differences between foreign students and Japanese applicants. Japanese companies should also be psychologically prepared in advance for the job-hopping situation of international students. Because the national conditions of some international students are different from those of Japan, job-hopping is the normal state of life, unlike Japanese who can serve a company for a lifetime. In addition, there are various differences such as different ways of thinking.