Describes Japan's two-tiered approach to recruitment in which graduates from top Japanese universities are automatic hires, while those from second-place schools must do job searches to find employment. Notes that, in Japan, university personnel play very large role in recruiting and that Japanese companies are concerned with goodness of fit…

Kaizen is a Japanese management concept that means gradual, ongoing improvement involving everyone from top management to production workers. This concept is starting to appear in American companies, and it requires the personnel department to do a much more thorough assessment of job applicants, testing for leadership skills, interpersonal…