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- What Companies Miss When Their Hiring Strategy Ends with “Let’s Attend a Recruiting Event”At one company’s hiring meeting, the discussion went something like this:
- "It's Too Early" for a Promotion: Is That Really Development?When promotions or assessments come up at work, you may hear this:
- Why Is the Workday 8 Hours Long?At most companies, a workday is 8 hours.
- Why Working Hard Doesn't Raise Your Pay (and What to Look at Instead)You take your job seriously.You get through work faster than other people.You pick up the tasks nobody else wants to…
- “People as the Manual” vs. “The Manual as the Manual” — What Onboarding Revealed About Standardization in Smaller and Larger OrganizationsI entered a long break expecting empty days.
- “Just Change Jobs” Can Be Dangerous Too: How to Work Without Being Swept Along by Companies or Career Services“Devote yourself to the company” alone is dangerous.
- Why a Blanket Ban on Generative AI Is Not GovernanceGenerative AI does carry real risks.
- Why Part-Time Pay Stays Low Even for Highly Capable WorkersBlaming low part-time pay on individual ability or attitude is sloppy.
- Why Japan's Rehire System Turns Into a Pay Reset ButtonSomething about Japan's rehire system feels seriously off.
- Why a ¥6M Section Chief Turns Down a ¥6.5M PromotionCompanies tend to treat promotions and promotion assessments as good news.
- Job Hunting Isn't Spray and Pray: It's Designing Your SearchWhen people talk about job hunting, you'll often hear "just send out enough applications and something will stick."
- Do Recruiters Really Bin Résumés in Seconds?Every so often, job-hunting talk in Japan sets off the same burst of anger:
- Interview Question: Why an In-House Product Company?I'm interested in companies that build their own products.I want to work on an in-house product.
- People don't want to grind at work. They want to tell the story of how their life movedOver the years I've talked one-on-one with about 150 people, in new-hire orientations and in follow-up interviews.
- If street surveys are sales training, give passersby a gift cardNear a festival, a housing salesperson once asked a passerby to complete a questionnaire.
- Asked about “difficult people,” gossip, and pushy coworkers again and again? The interview may be revealing the company, too“What would you do if you had to work with someone you found difficult?”
- "That has to be AI": why hybrid ads mix generated worlds and peopleYou are watching a commercial.
- If AI makes everything, who buys it? Demand after cheap labor“Soon, if you cannot pay hundreds of dollars a month for generative AI, you will not be able to compete in business.”
- Can you win at real estate by following McDonald's? Daiwa House testYes, there is a sensible strategy here: use the places where major homebuilders are committing large amounts of land and capital as a first-pass screen for…
- Are qualifications under 20% pass rate hard? Real estate licensesThe 2025 pass rate for Japan’s Real Estate Transaction Agent examination was 18.7%. The pass rate for the Administrative Scrivener examination was 14.54%.
- The Winning Strategy of Structured Blogging with AI CorrectionThe strength of blogs and X/Twitter is the energy of the individual.
- Why a motivation statement from the company's view worksA strong motivation statement is not always the one with the most beautiful wording.
- The "young people welcome" workplace that pushes young people out“Young people do not come here.”“Young workers do not stay.”“Young people quit too easily.”“Back in my day, we…
- Why BeReal-style data leaks will happen again at workIf even large companies cannot identify people who might take BeReal photos inside the workplace and leak internal information, what is the point of conducting…