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Month: August 2020

How to Write an IT Resume for Japan – A Guide

11/11/202208/30/2020 by Paul

I’m often asked how to write an IT resume for the Japan market. Over the past 20 years, I’ve read thousands of resumes written by IT people from all over … Read more

Categories Guides, Recruitment Tags CV, Living in Japan, Resume 1 Comment

Profile #1: Andy Hall – Tilting at GameDev Windmills

11/25/202208/26/2020 by Paul

Paul: Andy Hall is an indie game developer, originally from the US. Now living in Kawasaki, Japan, Andy and I met in early 2000, when Andy joined a Tokyo-based IT … Read more

Categories Profiles Tags Coding, Indie Games, Living in Japan 1 Comment

50 is the new 40 (unless you’re job hunting)

11/23/202208/21/2020 by Paul

I originally wrote this piece for LinkedIn and it received far more exposure than anything else I’ve ever written for the platform (almost 40,000 feed views so far). The topic … Read more

Categories Recruitment Tags Ageism, Living in Japan, Rants 1 Comment

Employer Branding. When donuts are just not enough.

08/04/202208/21/2020 by Paul

All the Employer Branding activities in the world will not help you hire the best talent if your current employees think you’re a crap place to work. Posting photos of … Read more

Categories Employer Branding, Recruitment Tags Rants Leave a comment

Do call me, I won’t call you…

08/04/202208/20/2020 by Paul

I saw an advice post that a “busy” recruiter wrote: If I don’t get back to you in 2 WEEKS send ME a follow-up email. This recruiter was very busy … Read more

Categories Recruitment Tags Rants Leave a comment