CareerCross and which recruiting companies to stay away from

The problem with CareerCross is that it's filled with recruiting companies, of which, most, if not all, are blood sucking leeches who throw random candidates to job posting that completely are unrelated. In particular, the foreign recruiters, most of whom are from English speaking countries such as the US, UK, Australia in particular, are working on a low base salary and subsist on commissions. As such, they push any candidate with a pulse to their clients, ending up with resentment from both sides. However, they are a necessary evil as the conservative business culture in Japan usually dictates that companies use recruiting companies rather than other means of securing talent.

This is changing with newer ways of finding workers, which I will discuss in another post. However, to continue with CareerCross, avoid the following recruiting companies:

Michael Page
Robert Walters
Robert Half
Morgan McKinley
Hays
enWorld

Unfortunately, this basically sums it all up. Avoid all foreign recruiting companies. Why in the world are they here in Japan is another quandry? The majority of these recruiters do not speak Japanese, have no ties to Japan other than just wanting to be here, and many are former teachers/JET staff who have refused to go back to their countries.

In my next post, I will recommend some Japanese recruiting firms. In a nutshell, Japanese firms provide more relevant service and will not blindly send your resume to any company.