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15 Dec 08
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Employment experts have begun to call these workers hodo-hodo zoku, or the "so-so folks." They say these workers, mostly in their 20s and early 30s, are sapping Japan's international competitiveness at a time when the aging country must raise its productivity to keep the economy growing.
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Information-technology job consultants at Intelligence Ltd., one of Japan's top recruitment agencies, report a recent rise in people looking to switch jobs not to get ahead, but to get out of positions they say are too demanding. "They find responsibilities a chore," says consultant Yoshihiko Fujita.
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With management posts increasingly harder to fill, Sanyo recently started holding compulsory career-training retreats for workers turning 30. At the retreats, executives give pep talks "to remind them their best years are still ahead," says Jun Nakamura, Sanyo's head of human resources. "We want to tell this generation that though it's been tough, they shouldn't give up yet."
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03 Nov 08
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In a sign of the times, "Otaryman," a comic-book series about a less-than-driven salaryman, has become one of this year's surprise hits. In the book, the protagonist passes his days worrying about his colleagues' files spilling onto his desk rather than trying to impress bosses. "He just plods along (in) life, and has very small ambitions," says Makoto Yoshitani, the series's 28-year-old author. "I think people my age find that comforting."
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01 Nov 08
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