Information at IUJ and in our Network:

• IUJ Subscription to Vault.com - Access available only to IUJ students registered with CC&S and only from on-campus computers.  See Gretchen for details.
• IUJ Membership to MBAExchange.com  (To use MBAExchange, Gretchen must register your name, class, degree and @iuj email address. They will send you your password.  See Gretchen to get started.)
• IUJ's Career Library Holdings related to your job hunt: resumes and cover letter help, to industry guides and leads to International Organizations, etc.
• "!!Resources you should Know about and Use.doc" is on the iuj-home/CC&S folder and where I put new info regularly.  Here is the copy from August 2009.  Info below is just a quick start.
• List of many job sites in Japan.  CareerCross.com is listed under CC Consulting.
• Lists of Resume Book recipients, former internship hosts since 1995, and potential contact list that Gretchen can introduce you to are available on the CC&S folder, Application How Tos, folder (for IUJ registered students only).
• Subscription to International Career Employment Opportunities -
• Free Information and 3-month Subscription opportunities for jobs in Development fields at DevJobs Network! 
• International Recruitment News, UN Vacancies -2 publications that come in to CC&S regularly (see blue binders)
• Career Exploration - find out more about your field, active and leading players in it, and recruiting pages
• Researching Companies - before you apply to a company you should know as much about it as possible. Certainly before you interview you need to research the company thoroughly. These links will help you.
• Searching by regions - if you are looking world wide, in Japan, in the USA, or other specific regions, this will help you get started in your online hunt.
• Searching for NGOs, NPOs, IOs, etc.
• Internship listings in Japan
• Headhunter listings that know IUJ
• And other sources of help in your general hunt.

Information and Job Leads on other web sites

Tokyo Employment Service Center for Foreigners

CareerCross.com is a MUST place to registered for all IUJers hoping to work in Japan.  It offers job hunt tips, resume banks, cover letter and resume samples, job postings by companies and executive search firms, and an email service for new job postings as they are posted. This site also offers some basic information for living in Japan, getting set up in Tokyo and leads to health insurance, etc. The site is Bilingual.

MBAExchange.com 

IUJ entered a new relationship in early 2007 with this service for our business focused students and alumni.  You need NOT be in the MBA program to use this, but should be looking for a career in the business fields.  If you are not registered, see or contact Gretchen.

Daijob.com knows IUJ well. They list bilingual jobs online, offer search tips, living in Japan tips, and much more. Watch for their information in the Wednesday Daily Yomiuri too.  Subscribe to Terrie's Takes to keep abreast of interesting news about and that affects business in Tokyo.  Get info from their WorkingInJapan.com resource pages too.

This service is new to the IUJ community, and has a wealth of job listings in Japan or those overseas requiring Japanese, from Accounting to Legal to Transportation and Logistics, and more.

The Wall Street Journals, CareerJournal.com is a free e-magazine subscription with good corporate info and leads, salary advice, and much much more.

Wetfeet.com offers a lot of good advice and timely topic articles to help you in the job hunt.  They also have salary converters and guidelines, tips for the current economic situation and much more.

Vault.com is helpful in getting info on specific companies and industries.  Many items are free of charge, some you need to pay for.  Lots of advice and guidance for free.

is a recruitment consultancy based in the UK.  Besides job leads, they also offer guidance on resumes, cover letters and interviewing techniques, and more.

  This is a new resource to check out.  Their coverage: asset management, brokers, capital markets, credit, commodities, consultancies, corporate banking, energy, funds of funds, hedge funds, insurance, investment banking, private banking & wealth management, private equity, retail banking and trading houses.  Their  roles: accountancy, audit, compliance & legal, human resources & recruitment, information technology, M&A, operations, quantitative analytics, research, risk management, sales & marketing, strategy & planning, trading and treasury.

More sites to check out
http://www.bilingual-jobs.com
http://gaijinpot.com
http://hijobs.com - also has imode job hunt pages, and a good section on links to living in Japan in their AboutTown section.
http://www.japanesejobs.com/findjob.html
http://www.intercareer.com/japan - includes internship links and online applications!
http://www.asia-net.com/
http://www.jintern.com - internship and summer work possibilities for a variety of companies.  Homepage shows language and skills requirements, open dates and pay.

Internships in the USA for Japanese Nationals

Use the News creatively.

Keep abreast of the business movements that may suggest openings for you to pursue. Who is doing what in the world, and how can you be apart of it? Where are there new aid programs sponsored by Japanese money sources and can you use your Japan-base to get you in it? Here are links to online newspapers:

• Online Newspapers - These are Non-USA papers from everywhere you can imagine and all in English.
• Wall Street Journal - not only great news, but great Career resources, resume banks and leads.
• The Straits Times - Get the news from Singapore now.

Publications and Newspapers (recommended by an IM01 student. Thanks

Send in your favorite News Sources OR Job/Internship hunt resources, and we will link it here