1. The role of recruit agencies for Working Japanese Women in Singapore Yoshimichi YUI (Hiroshima Univ.) The 4th International Conference On Population geographies 12 th. July 2007 The Chinese University of Hong Kong

2. What is Human Resource business in Japan ? temporary staff employment agencies dispatching: regulated by the Law for Worker Dispatching Undertakings recruit agencies regulated by the Employment Security Law. as fee charging employment placement bodies matching between those seeking workers and those seeking jobs

3. Service Menu of Recruit Agencies in Singapore [Sales]: Collecting job information from client companies [Consultation]: Matching between job offers and job seekers Quite high ratio in women [Staff education/training] [Others]: Translation service etc. (In Singapore, many job offers for translation )

4. Recent Tendency of Human Resource Business in Japan Liberalization by the deregulation in 1999: influenced by economic globalization Increasing, recruiting white-collar workers, engaging in clerical and engineering works. Diversified job market: increasing mid-career recruitment and job change, headhunting, and reemployment support for the middle-aged or elderly people.

5. Recruit agencies business contents http://www.singaweb.net/

6. Network of recruit agencies

7. Registration condition

8. Information of recruitment agencies in Singapore

9. Information on job offer in web site

10. Characteristics of job offers from Japanese and foreign companies: from interview with recruit agencies in Singapore 1. Japanese companies seek more traditional Japanese female employees than real Japanese. (a great sensitivity to tea serving, and arrangements ). 2. Japanese companies request for personnel thriving on adversity, in negotiation and trouble with local employees and customers. (Familiar with Singaporeans ’ ordinary behavior characteristics) 3. Understanding in culture of the company concerned, and in corporate culture are important 4. Foreign-affiliated companies also need language proficiency for negotiation with Japanese-owned companies. * Demand for call centers and customer service

11. Characteristics and image of registrants according to interview with recruit agencies

12. Concluding and remarks : the role of recruitment agencies in Singapore high demand of Japanese women in Japanese companies well attitude for Japanese companies arrangement ability of Japanese women high job turnover in Singapore both Singaporean and Japanese (Japanese women tend to go back Japan till 35 yrs old) Personnel outsourcing major Japanese-owned firms : Japanese companies depend screening on recruit agencies Small and medium-sized enterprises : with few applicants even for advertised job in the newspaper, and without HR specialist screening personnel, also have to depend on recruit agencies