日企向礼貌的外国求职者敞开大门

2014-09-24 18:21:11来源：可可英语

　　TOKYO — Brendan White, a senior at TempleUniversity's Japan campus, says he has it all figuredout. He is dressed in his "job hunt" black suit,accessorized with shiny leather shoes, a crisp whiteshirt — plain, no stripes and no wrinkles — and ablack briefcase, for which he ponied up $20, just forthis job-hunting season.

　　东京——天普大学(Temple University)日本分校的毕业班学生布伦丹·怀特(Brendan White)说自己全算计好了。他穿着自己的“求职”黑色套装，搭配了闪亮的皮鞋和一件干净挺括的白色衬衫——纯色的，没有条纹，也没有褶皱——和一个黑色公文包。公文包花了他20美元(约合123元人民币)，仅仅是为了这个求职季用。

　　He also knows how to finesse his way into an interview room, Japanese style: You mustknock three times, etiquette experts say — not once, not twice. Once in the room whereinterviewers are seated, "you close the door without turning away from the interviewers," saidMr. White, a Massachusetts native. "You are not supposed to show your behind."

　　他还知道如何巧妙地进入面试的房间，用的是日本风格：礼仪专家说，必须敲三下门，不是一下，也不是两下。进入坐着面试官的房间后，“关门时不能转过身去，”来自马萨诸塞州的怀特说。“不能背对着面试官。”

　　Every move thereafter, including sitting down, should follow the interviewer's cue, he noted.

　　他指出，之后的每一个动作，包括落座，都必须按照面试官的提示进行。

　　All of this used to be a preserve for Japanese college students, who go through an arduoussearch process, lasting five to eight months, to land the job of their dreams. But, in a sign ofchanged times, a recent job fair in Tokyo, where Mr. White was scurrying around to meetofficials at different corporate booths, was aimed exclusively at foreigners. Japanesecompanies are gearing up for an extensive international student recruitment campaign — ahuman resource strategy supporting a larger game plan to deploy their businesses moreglobally.

　　过去，所有这一切都是日本大学生所特有的。在找到理想的工作前，他们要经历一个艰难的求职过程，这个过程会持续五到八个月。但前不久东京举行的一场招聘会只针对外国人，这表明，情况发生了变化。在那场招聘会上，怀特匆匆忙忙地和不同企业展位上的领导见面。日本公司正在为一场大规模的国际学生招聘活动做准备。这是一项人力资源战略，目的是支持一项更大范围内的策略——将他们的企业更广泛地部署到全球。

　　Isao Ogake, director of global career and education at Disco, a job fair organizer that hostedthe international job bazaar in Tokyo, said corporate Japan's appetite to engage more non-Japanese has been soaring, reflecting a growing desire to go global and to add diversity tothe workforce.

　　招聘会组织机构迪斯科(Disco)全球职业与教育总监大悬德(Isao Ogake，音译)说，日本雇佣更多非日籍员工的需求在飞速增加，反映出走向全球以及增加员工多样性的愿望越来越强烈。东京那场国际招聘会便是由迪斯科组织的。

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