Jobs for techies! Japan to recruit 2 lakh Indian IT professionals after US makes visa difficult
There are around 9,20,000 IT professionals in the country and there's an immediate demand for 2,00,000 more that is likely to grow to 8,00,000 by 2030.
Japan, struggling with rapid technological advancement and a need for more IT assistance is opening its doors to Indian IT professionals. Executive Vice President at Japan External Trade Organisation (JETRO), Shigeki Maeda, said that the country is looking to bring in around 2 lakh IT professionals and issue Green Cards...
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Japan to recruit 200,000 IT professionals from India to fill manpower gap
The Japanese government is also planning to issue Green Cards for highly skilled professionals. After a year of lay-offs by Indian IT companies, IT professionals now have a reason to cheer, as Japan is looking to hire about 200,000 professionals from India in the coming months. “Currently there are around 920,000 IT professionals in the country and there is an immediate demand for more than 200,000 IT professionals from India...
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Good news for IT professionals: Japan to hire 2 lakh techies from India
Japan could be next top favourite for Indian IT professionals as the country is looking to recruit around two lakh techies from the Indian land.
The good news came at a point when the country's IT industry is facing serious concerns in the United States, which recently made it tougher for professionals to get the coveted H1B visas.
Even back at home, the career prospects of IT professionals are not too bright. In 2017-18, the net employee addition has been about 100,000 against the earlier projection of 150,000...
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Japan to Indian techies rescue: Country wants to recruit 2 lakh IT professionals
BENGALURU: Japan will open up its doors to about two lakh IT professionals from India, and issue green cards to settle down in Japan and support the country's rapidly expanding IT infrastructure, said Shigeki Maeda, Executive Vice President at Japan External Trade Organisation (JETRO), a government body, here on Thursday.
“Currently there are around 9,20,000 IT professionals in the country and there is an immediate demand for more than 2,00,000 IT professionals from India which is likely.....
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Few takers for Indian engineers
Few takers for Indian engineers at home or abroad, but Japan loves them
When engineersNSE 0.58 % increasingly face shrinking job opportunities and layoffs in India and immigration restrictions abroad, there is one country which wants them in large numbers — Japan. The country immediately needs 2,00,000 information technology (IT) professionals, and the demand is likely to grow to 8,00,000 by 2030.
Now about 100 companies in the Nagasaki region in Japan are ready to induct Indian engineers to support their IT...
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Japan looking to recruit 200,000 Indian IT professionals
News in Numbers: Japan looking to recruit 200,000 Indian IT professionals
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Why is it important? Kalanick, who was forced to resign as CEO of Uber last year, on Thursday said he was launching his venture investment fund by the name of 10100 (pronounced ten one hundred) to oversee both his for-profit investments and his non-profit work. In the investments space, its big theme is “large-scale job creation", with investments in real estate, e-commerce and emerging innovation in India and China. On the non-profit side, its initial focus will be on education and future of cities...
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The great wall of Japan before Indian engineers
Getting conservative, risk-averse, companies in the country to look at India seriously is proving to be an uphill task, the biggest obstacle being one of language.
Japan needs tens of thousands of IT engineers, with the current shortfall of 2,00,000 likely to swell to 8,00,000 within a decade. India has IT engineers in need of thousands of jobs. Japan is a hardware heavyweight. India’s software prowess has garnered it global recognition. It is a marriage that any matchmaking algorithm would immediately green light.....
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Japan's need to open up Japan’s new immigration policy is good news for Indian techies
After decades of a long slugfest to tide over labour shortages, Japan – a country known for its antipathy to foreign workers – opened the nation to foreign workers with mega reforms in immigration. On December 7, 2018, the Japanese parliament made a bold reform by passing an immigration law to attract 345,000 foreign workers over a period of five years. Accordingly, with effect from April 1, 2019, Japan decided to issue two sets of visa to foreign workers – Technical Intern Class 1 and Class 2 in 14 designated industries, such as agriculture, construction, healthcare, hotels, restaurants, food and beverages, fisheries, industrial machinery, electronics, shipbuilding, vehicle maintenance, airport maintenance, etc.....
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