By Ayman Khwaja

In recent weeks, I met a HR professional from Japan and we got chatting about different working cultures. I found myself quite stunned by what he shared. To this day, a job in Japan is a job for life. He explained that in many companies in Japan, employees have no say in their career; what their next job will be, for example, is decided entirely by HR.

Employees are discouraged from applying for jobs internally and very few would contemplate applying for roles outside of the business they joined straight after school or university.

He explained that this has many advantages, in Read full story ›

Source: Marketing Week