Find your next hire in Japan
From labour laws and compliance to the increasingly candidate-driven market, it can be difficult to find qualified candidates in Japan to fit your growing business. Our experienced team of consultants in Tokyo can help you navigate the challenges and complexities of the Japanese market, and attract and hire top senior leaders to drive your organisation forward.
Looking to hire in Japan? Contact our executive search team in Tokyo.
Practice areas
We use our longstanding network in Japan to provide you with specialist expertise at both the sector and functional level.
What makes Profile, a WilsonHCG company, the right partner?
We are flexible, pragmatic, and personal. We act as partners to our clients, with the single goal of helping them achieve their human capital objectives.
In this extremely competitive talent landscape, we fully represent our clients throughout the recruitment process. From approaching the candidate about an opportunity to the offer stage and beyond, we take the time to understand our clients, leading to a high success rate. The supply of talent in Asia is tight, and, at Profile, we believe this advocacy approach is key.
Our approach
TEAM CONSTRUCT
For each search, we create a dedicated team of 4-6 people, including a team lead and senior consultants across multiple geographies, all of whom have specialist functional knowledge and a long tenure in their practice areas.
BESPOKE RESEARCH
We use multiple, proactive approaches to source the right candidates given high performing professionals are hard to find, including actively mapping and headhunting key individuals as well as using our extensive database of talent, discrete online advertising, referrals and our consultants’ regional networks. Our team of experienced in-house researchers are adept at finding and attracting high-quality candidates, including those who might not necessarily be actively looking. Throughout the process, we offer market and competitor intelligence. We never outsource research.
CANDIDATE ASSESSMENT & MANAGEMENT
Candidates are interviewed and screened using a behavioural-based approach, with questions structured around the appropriate technical and interpersonal competencies required. Throughout the process, candidates are briefed thoroughly, and detailed feedback is gathered after each interview stage.
The state of hiring in Japan
Japan’s recruitment landscape has incredible potential for those with local knowledge and a successful talent attraction strategy. This rings especially true from its late 2022 reopening – with resilient year-over-year growth of 0.9% expected for 2023. With this rise, hiring demand will also continue to increase.
Without on-site presence and management tools, however, this market presents unique cultural and economic challenges that can stifle growth. To properly maximise your growth potential in Japan requires a partner with discernment in cultural nuance to both attract and retain talent. Download our guide to learn how to best approach talent acquisition and retention in Japan's unique and ever-changing market.
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Contact us
Speak to one of our experienced consultants in Japan today.