As lifetime employment decreases in Japan, major players of each industry have begun actively hiring not just fresh graduates but also job hunters seeking mid-career change.
Below is the list of the top 30 companies people want to job hop to according to data from DODA, a recruitment company for mid-career job seekers, surveying 5,161 white collar workers age 22 to 39 years old done between March 20 to March 26, 2015.
30th: Japan Railway (JR) Central
29th: Meiji
28th: Amazon Japan
27th: Fuji Television Network
26th: Mitsui & Co.
25th: Canon
24th: Denso
23rd: Takeda Pharmaceutical
22nd: Keyence
21st: Proctor & Gamble (P&G) Japan
20th: Microsoft Japan
19th: Nintendo
18th: Japan Airlines (JAL)
17th: Hitachi
16th: Yahoo
15th: Japan Railway (JR) East
14th: Dentsu
13th: Mitsubishi
12th: Recruit
11th: Rakuten
10th: Suntory
9th: Shiseido
8th: Panasonic
7th: Honda
6th: Apple Japan
5th: Oriental Land
4th: All Nippon Airways (ANA)
3rd: Sony
2nd: Google
1st: Toyota
I had expected the number 1 company to be an IT company though.
Haha, cool.