Characteristics of a Contract Recruiter In Japan
The Japan bilingual recruitment market has for many years been seen as almost exclusively a permanent market for recruiters. There has however for a long time been a hardy band of brothers leading the charge day after day into the complicated and highly competitive contract and temp markets and now their value and experience is soaring as the pandemic forced many agencies to realize that running a business on perm revenue only was risky and limited growth and expansion.
Japan is a unique contract recruitment market so let’s look at what is takes to be successful in the contract world here in Japan
- Tough
- Fearless
- Relentless
- Very fast
- Strong sense of urgency
- Creative thinker
- Problem solver
- Solution focused
- Excellent legal and legislative understanding
- Detailed
- Strong Rapport Building skills
- Relationship Builder
- Information Gatherer
- Efficient
- Good listener
- Quick to understand a client needs
- Very resilient
- Strategic
- Expert business development and account management skills
- Deliver what they say they will and on time
- Good multitasking skills
- Persistent
- Very strong candidate attraction strategies
- Stamina!
- Never give up attitude
- Long term big picture view
- Mentally strong
I could go on, but if you find someone with 70% of the above then you should hire, then you should do everything to support them, compensate them and grow and nurture them and then your absolute best to keep them.
Contract Recruitment in Japan – “The only easy day was yesterday”
