Japan: Between A Rock and a Hard Place
The origin of idioms like ‘between a rock and a hard place’ are found as far back as Homer’s Odyssey where Odysseus must pass between Charybdis, a treacherous whirlpool, and Scylla, a cliff-dwelling, man-eating monster. Recruiting in Japan After our delegation’s sojourn this past week it seems to me that Japan faces similar, equally difficult choices in today’s […]
Konnichiwa
Setting off on our recruiting delegation to Japan I’m fascinated by how cultural differences play out in the workplace. Whether it’s the hiring process, a job or an entire career, there are undercurrents of culture that ebb and flow throughout- seldom discernible to anyone from the ‘outside’. In some way every person can be seen […]
