“Chuuto saiyou, or mid-career recruitment, means recruitment activities targeting personnel who already have a certain amount of work experience at a company. Recruiting these kinds of mid-career candidates means that the company want to employ a work-ready person with a high level of expertise. In the past, Japanese major corporations have tended to prefer recruiting new graduates and usually don’t employ mid-career job seekers on a large scale. However, mid-career recruitment has gradually become more common in response to changes in employment practices.
The list of glossary
- Aki saiyou: Joining a company in Autumn
- Arubaito: Part-time job
- Aki saiyou: Joining a company in Autumn
- Burakku kigyou: Company with terrible working conditions
- Chuuto saiyou: Mid-career recruitment
- Hello work: Employment service center operated by the Japanese government
- Highly-skilled professionals （as in, highly-skilled foreign professionals）
- Howaito kigyou: Company with good working conditions
- Immigration Services Agency （Immigration Bureau）
- Ippanshoku: Assistant position limited to general office work
- Kisotsu: Former graduate
- Minshuu: Online review site for job hunting in Japan
- Mothers Tokyo Stock Exchange
- Nenkou joretsu: Seniority system
- Oinori mail: Notification email sent by a company to unsuccessful candidates
- Permanent residency visa
- Recruitment agency
- Rikunabi: Job hunting site
- Shinsostu saiyou: New graduate recruitment
- Sougoushoku: Regular full-time position with the prospect of promotion
- The First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange
- Tsuunen saiyou: Year-round recruitment
- Venture kigyou: Startup with a small number of staff
- Zairyu card: Residence card
