Missed your turn? 'Recalculate' your career route

I work in the recruitment industry. I also share many frustrations with the recruitment processes which excludes more than it includes.

No amount of lists and “framing” the jobs market will change a few facts. The jobs market in Japan is very very simple. If you’re young (and therefore cheap) with a good University or blue chip on your CV your in, regardless. The recruitment system in ALL but one company is totally ineffective due to the processes that exclude the best people.

Not sure who put the word “talent” in the job title but “talent acquisition” teams are CV matchers (usually ex recruitment consultants who didn’t make enough sales) who prevent the talent from ever reaching the hiring managers.

With the greatest respect to the author of the book, pivoting as described is false hope.

Best advice: stay employed until the jobs market changes and build a great network.

Cute words however its not that simple. Its a cruel world out there with cruel people who use the pandemic as their power play. The job market is dead for most people in Japan.

There are five rules. Embrace creativity. Prioritize action. Control what you can. Know your non-negotiables. And ask for help, because you don't have to go it alone.

The first four are meaningless nonsense, which leaves us with the last one. Should we switch to a job in helping people find a new career? Isn't there a name for that kind of work? Don't I wish I had a certificate in Talking Bollocks.

Sorry, grumpy today. I think I need a new career. :-)

No career for me, no career for the whole country... And believe me, that works astonishingly good. I can even prove it by three samples. lol

I often wonder what younger people will do. I am fortunate enough not to need to work and not worry about climbing the ladder, but I would think it must have to do with positive attitudes, pushing harder and actually sex appeal to make strides forward and upward.