日本之旅 第一發 日本的就業博覽會 / Adventures in Japan Episode 1 - Japan's Career Fair

日本之旅 第一發 日本的就業博覽會 / Adventures in Japan Episode 1 - Japan's Career Fair

各位親愛的朋友，久等啦，現在為大家獻上我的日本之旅，不過我想說如果寫一些旅遊的趣事

的話，不就太無聊了嗎？因為每一個去過日本的人都會寫有關於地方旅遊的經歷，爾且每一個人

的文筆都很好，我寫不過他們啦，所以讓我來談談不一樣的東西吧，那就是日本的就業博覽會！

My dear friends! How are you? Here comes my new article of adventures in Japan. However,

I figured out that if I only wrote about my sight-seeing experience, wouldn’t it be boring? Since

everyone has been to Japan writes about their sight-seeing stories all the time, I have decided to

write about Career Fair in Japan. That is something different, isn’t it?

在日本的就業文化與台灣相較下，非常不一樣，幾乎所有的大學生在大三的時候就開始尋找畢

業後的全職工作，如果在畢業前就通過公司的面試，並且確定了在隔年的3月畢業後可以就職的

職位後，就叫做得到了『內定』。在台灣內定也許是一個不好的詞呢，因為台灣的內定代表面

試生認識在企業內部擔任要職的人，並藉由這樣的關係來影響新血徵選的結果。不過日本可不是

這樣唷，日本的內定可是要靠自己的力量去爭取唷。

The job hunting culture is quiet different than the one in Taiwan. In Japan, everyone starts their job

hunting in the third year of college. If they pass all the tests and interviews and get the job before

they actually graduate from school, that is called “Naitei.” (But Naitei is a term with different

meaning in Taiwan. In Taiwan, Naitai means a job seeker has a connection in the company.

And the job seeker uses the connection to talk him/her in the company without necessarily

passing the test. It means totally differently in Japan. In Japan you have to work hard to

get Naitei.)

不過，如果在海外唸書的日本留學生要怎麼辦呢？由於身在異鄉，無法回日本與企業面試怎

麼辦？而其他國家的學校畢業時間大多在於5月甚至是6月，這樣一來，日本海外留學生不就

吃虧了？在國外畢業後，回到日本發現新人的就業市場全都飽滿了！所以在6月以及7月，會

有類似台灣104人力銀行的機構來舉辦『海外留學生就業博覽會』。

However, what should studying-abroad Japanese students do? Since they are studying abroad,

it is impossible for them to come back to Japan for interviews and tests. What is worse is that

the graduation time, around May or June, is usually later compare to the time in Japan, which is

March. After their graduations and return to home, they might find out the market is full.

Therefore, there will be a human resource institute, kinda like Monster.com in USA, holding

the Career Fairs only for those students.

個人覺得日本的就業博覽會辦的非常好，其中有兩點讓我非常驚訝：

1. 會場整齊有秩序：
日本的就業博覽會並不會像台灣就業博覽會那樣有人在叫囂，並且發廣告，會去參

加就業博覽會的人是要去找工作的，除了工作機會以外的廣告訊息應該要被置於場外。

2. 企業與社會新鮮人兩方都非常謹慎地選擇對象：
在日本找工作，就好像在找女朋友，每一個企業每30分鐘到1個小時會在自己的攤

位舉辦一次說明會，就好像是相親大會一樣，企業的發言人詳細地介紹自家企業的制

度、工作內容、以及福利，有興趣的人也會不停的發問來了解這家企業，兩方都非常

的謹慎，就好像在相親一樣，要確定了彼此每一個方面都合得來，才會開始交往。
(在日本的就業博覽會，全部的人都會穿西裝，表示對這就業博覽會的尊重，也表示

自己是認真地在找工作，我在日前7/29參加在台大的綜合體育館的『大專生至企業實

習』計畫的就業博覽會，我看到有人穿牛仔褲還有T恤去應徵呢！在美國找工作也不

能這樣啊！台灣的就業文化比美國人還要放輕鬆呢！我看到都傻眼了！)

Personally, I found the Career Fair in Japan very impressive. Especially the following two points:

1. Everything is well-organized:
Japanese Career Fair is not like Taiwanese Career Fair, where there will be people

shouting and giving out commercial flyers. People attending Career Fairs are people

who are looking for jobs not commercials and nuts. Everything that is not related to jobs

should be excluded from the Career Fair, just like Japan.

2. Job seeker and talent seeker are like boy and girl looking for each other:
Looking for a job is like looking for a girlfriend or boyfriend in Japan. Not just the job

seekers are very careful about the companies they are visiting, but also same thing

happens in company’s side. Every company holds a seminar to introduce themselves

every 30 minutes to 1 hour. Every seminar is like speed dating. They get the chance

to know each other more in the speed date, well, I meant in the seminar. Both parties

have to make sure that they are right for each other before they start to date each

other….well, I meant to start to work for the company.

(Everyone in Career Fair wears suit to show their respect to companies and their

sincerity of looking for a job. However, I was….”impressed” by Taiwanese when they

are looking for a job. Very very few of them wore suits in the Career Fair on 7/29, held

in National Taiwanese University. I don’t think you are supposed to do that. You cannot

even do that in USA, a country famous for laid back working attitude. I guess

Taiwanese working attitude are getting a lot more laid back these days. I was

totally shocked.)

(當天的會場圖，最熱門的企業好像都是旅行業相關的行業；也難怪，因為求職生都是

海外留學生，都很愛玩。This is the Career Fair's map. It looked like the most popular

booth is travel-related companies. Well, it is not hard to guess. Since the job seekers

studied abraod before, their hearts couldn't wait to go out again!))

(這是大會場的演講時間表，如果在各公司攤位沒有排到位子的人，或是剛好沒有機會聽到演講的人，可以在大會場的演講台聽到公司的說明會。This is the agenda of each company introducing their companies on the main stage for those who didn't get a chance to join the seminar at each booth.)

(這有點像是使用手冊，裡面寫著在會場內的資源，包括：企業的攤位、面試專用的攤位、講演會場、可自由索取的資料攤位，統一規格的履歷表、主辦單位マイナビ的攤位，有提供電腦可以臨時使用來惡補將要面試企業的資料等等。This is kind of like a manual book showing the resources that job seekers can use, such as company booth, interview booth, information booth, standardized CV, and My Navi, the institute holding this event, in My Navi booth, you can use their computer and look for company's information to strike in interviews!)