"I will go to Taiwan on business next month to talk about the snow season at the end of the year." This year is the third year of He Yangxuan's work in Japan. After introducing the teacher, He Yangxuan graduated from the Japanese Department of Kaohsiung Baptist University and Work in a tourist hotel group in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. He did not have full-time experience, started with basic housekeeping, and started to take care of the Taiwanese traveler's housing business last year during the snow season. Due to his good performance, he officially took over the Taiwan travel agency this year.
There is a growing number of young people working in Japan like He Yangxuan. In recent years, Japan’s labor force has continued to decline, and manpower demand has had a magnetic effect on Taiwan. In addition to the number of working vacation places that have grown from 2000 to 5,000 in a single year in 2014, Japanese companies also began to actively recruit Taiwanese people to Japan in the past two years, and even started to accept IT talents who do not understand Japanese.
According to the statistics of the Japanese Ministry of Justice, from December 2012 to June last year, the number of Taiwanese who stayed in Japan increased from 23,000 to 54,000, growing by nearly 140%. More than half of the more than 50,000 people are 21 Young and middle-aged people between the ages of 40 and over. In terms of visas, the largest increase is in addition to being granted permanent residents, followed by those who are engaged in “Technology, Humanities, International Business” in Japan.
As the Japanese job market has begun to open to the outside world, what are the benefits of social freshmen working in Japan? What professional skills are required? How do you deal with the most distressing interpersonal problems in Taiwan?
In recent years, local companies in Japan have begun to actively beckon young people in Taiwan. It is the feeling of recruiting first-tier human consultants. Liu Yuhan, marketing director of the company’s management consultants, said that Bao Shengna has been in Taiwan for six consecutive years. In the past, there was a large number of employees in Japan and Taiwan, but for the first time this year, there were more “vacancies for Japan” than for “minorities in Taiwan,” and there were as many as 60% of the vacancies that were needed. When Japan took office, it also started to seek participation from companies engaged in scientific and technological talents such as machinery and semiconductors. “It used to be a one-on-one recommendation, but the exhibitors wanted to do it all at once.”
In addition to the talent exposition, Japanese companies have also begun to recruit excellent academic talents on the university campus. Nico Uchiha, general manager of the Japanese branch of the company NeoCareer, said that in the first half of this year, a local Japanese leading IT semiconductor company was recruited. In four universities including TSU, Tsinghua, Jiaotong University, and Chengda, they held a briefing and interview meeting. They selected 20 people from 200 graduates for personal interviews, and finally admitted fewer than 10 people. Entered Japan's head office work.
In order to compete for outstanding IT talents, Japanese companies are even willing to spend money for engineers to go to Japanese classes. At the end of the day, Uchiharu said that the company had established an overseas business unit two years ago and started recruiting local people in Japan. There have been IT jobs that do not require Japanese language skills. , Companies that usually have a size will pay for employees to go to Japanese courses. As Japan still needs many IT staff, this trend is likely to continue.
In spite of this, most jobs still need to have certain Japanese or English capabilities. Liu Yuhan said that for the service industry, at least daily N1 should be checked, and whether or not it is flexible is the key point. If the N3 level is practical in the manufacturing industry, The beginning of the information industry is not so demanding for Japanese, but it needs to be able to communicate in English. In a highly internationalized company, internal communication may be entirely in English.
As far as the situation is concerned, Taiwanese have to work in the workplace in Japan. Language and personality traits are advantages. At the age of 27, Yu Ruiyun, who works in Osaka, said that he speaks Chinese and his personalities are easy to get along with. This is the advantage of Taiwanese people. At the same time, if you have a good degree of English, you will be strong. After Yu Ruiyun graduated from the Japanese Department of National Taiwan University, he went to Japan to study modern literature. After graduating from the Institute, he decided to move to the business community. Currently, a large manufacturer is responsible for Taiwan, China, and Malaysia. Overseas marketing, she hopes that she will be able to improve her English ability in the future and deal with all countries.
When employment in Japan becomes a career option, what is the treatment of fresh people in the workplace in Japan? Liu Yuhan said that the monthly salary for services is about 200,000 yen (about NT$5,500) in the metropolitan area, and the non-urban areas are usually slightly lower. 16 million yen (approximately NT$4,400). In addition to manufacturing, a large trading company in the technology industry, the starting salary for college graduates is approximately 260,000 yen (approximately 70,000 yen in Taiwan). She also reminded that there are many Japanese companies. The company will provide dormitories or transportation allowances. When considering the treatment, fresh people should take into consideration the benefits other than their own.
Yu Ruiyun is an example of the company’s housing subsidy. She lives in rented apartments of the company. Although her rent is approximately 70,000 yen, she only needs to pay 10,000 yuan. Her basic monthly salary plus overtime pay is total 27 yen. 10,000 (Taiwan Dollar 70,000), withholding health insurance, annuities, income tax and resident tax totaling 50,000 yuan, can save 50,000 to 100,000 yen (Taiwanese currency 140,000 to 220,000) per month. However, housing subsidies Commonly seen in large Japanese companies, SMEs may not have or have a lower limit.
On vacation, the annual leave of fresh people in large companies is relatively more than in Taiwan. At the age of 29, Wu Jianrong, who once worked in two large manufacturing companies, said that regardless of the seniority, the annual leave is 24 days, and the current company is 17 days. Take off, up to more than 20 days, but most of my Japanese colleagues will not finish the annual leave. He will take a week or so during the Lunar New Year, "I'll be a lot more."
Although working in Japan has become a career option for young people, it is still necessary to make mental adjustments to get into local employment. Shi Xuewen, director of education and housing operations at a manpower consultancy company in Tokyo, said that the Japanese workplace is very particular about it. Rules, young people who are newly arrived should not hold a casual attitude. For the principles of interviewing, such as wearing suits, punctuality, etc., must be taken seriously.
In addition to the workplace culture, Taiwanese people most often encounter work in Japan that is “incorporating local issues.” According to a 2017 survey conducted by Taiwanese WorkLife in Japan, the most troublesome issue in Japan’s life is first place. It is the interpersonal relationship with the Japanese, and more than half of the respondents are suffering from it.
In fact, the co-founder of WorkLife in Japan, Zhixin Xian, said that some Taiwanese have suffered setbacks because they want to become Japanese. He explained that when a foreigner speaks Japanese well and wants to integrate into Japanese, The other party judges him with the criteria of "my own person". "If it is a professional foreigner, the other person's request will not be so high."
After ten years of work at the company, he is currently responsible for overseas business development at the American Business Technology Corporation. His observations are that it is quite difficult to integrate into Japanese culture, but not because of ethnic discrimination but because of the strong collective consciousness in Japanese culture. "Even when the Japanese do not follow the mainstream, they will be questioned why they are not like the average Japanese." After studying in the second country, he studied in Canada. According to Zhixin Xian, even Japanese who grew up in foreign countries will encounter similar problems in Japan. .
For those who are interested in long-term development in Japan, moderate integration but outstanding ability is the path to survival. Zhixin Xian suggests learning about the local culture and letting friends, colleagues, and bosses know that they can live in Japanese culture but live together. You don't need to overshadow your personality. "Let the other person know that you are such a person and be comfortable with it." In the workplace, as a foreign employee, you must be able to show your strengths without fear of showing your superiority.