Recruiters: Michael Page, Robert Half, Intelligence GlobalSearch, Vision Consulting, JAC, Robert Walters, Recruit, EnWorld
Caveat: I have dealt
with nearly all of these recruiters in my time here. Frankly, most of them are
rather useless although I did get my first job at a large financial services
company through one of them. The key is to find a niche or a specific job
description where your skills fit in, either roughly or very specific. I will
explain what I mean. These recruiters are tasked with finding bilingual
English-Japanese speakers for their clients. Given that many Japanese are very
poor in English speaking, some companies will be more lenient with foreigners
who have limited Japanese skills yet have a strong background and matching
skills for the position. Modifying and targeting your resume by emphasizing
your financial analysis skills or your years of legal experience, and
mitigating the weakness of your Japanese skills (if that is the case) by
showing a determination to learn and apply what you have learned helps a long
way to securing an interview. I have had interviews done completely in Japanese,
even with my limited skills at the time, as I had shown an interest in learning
Japanese, improved my reading and speaking skills to the point where I could
read newspaper articles and have full conversations without any hestiation
Job sites: Careercross,
Daijob, Glassdoor, Nikkei Career, Tenshoku En World, Linkedin, Career
Engine, Gaijinpot, Twitter: search by “Tokyo Jobs”, jp.linkedin.com, search by “ネイティブ英語”
