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外国人材と日本の職場

Foreign Talent in Japanese Workplaces: development department

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shoushi koureika ni tomonau roudouryoku busoku o haikei ni, gaikoku jinzai no ukeire wa nihon shakai ni totte sakete toorenai kadai to natte iru. toriwake ITgyoukai de wa, paison o hajime to suru gijutsu ni seitsuu shita jinzai no kakutoku kyousou ga, kokkyou o koete kurihirogerarete iru.

Against the backdrop of labor shortages from a declining and aging population, accepting foreign talent has become an unavoidable issue for Japanese society. In the IT industry especially, the competition to acquire talent versed in technologies like Python is unfolding across borders.

aru kigyou no kaihatsubu de wa, shain no sanwari o gaikokuseki no enjinia ga shime, omoni jaba o mochiita kaihatsu o ninatte iru. kouyougo o eigo ni kirikaeru sentakushi mo atta. daga, kono kigyou wa aete "yasashii nihongo" o kyoutsuugo to suru michi o eranda. aimaina shiji o sake, ketsuron o saki ni noberu to iu gensoku o tettei shita tokoro, nihonjin shain doushi no komyunikeeshon made kaizen sareta to iu.

In one company's development department, engineers of foreign nationality make up thirty percent of the staff, and they handle development mainly in Java. Switching the official language to English was one option. This company, however, deliberately chose to make "plain Japanese" the common language. When they enforced principles like avoiding ambiguous instructions and stating conclusions first, even communication among Japanese employees improved.

ippou de, kadai mo nokoru. kenshuu no kikan ga mijikasugiru to iu koe wa, kinnen youyaku heritsutsu aru. shoushin no kijun ga futoumei de aru, kaigi no hatsugen kikai ga katayotte iru, to itta shiteki wa izen toshite ooi. seido o totonoeru dake de naku, hyouka no toumeisei o takame, tayouna haikei o motsu shain ga nouryoku o hakki dekiru kankyou o kouchiku suru koto ga kyuumu de aru.

On the other hand, issues remain. Complaints that the training period is too short have at last begun to decline in recent years. Complaints that promotion criteria are opaque and that speaking opportunities in meetings are unevenly distributed are still common. Beyond putting systems in place, it is urgent to raise the transparency of evaluations and build an environment where employees of diverse backgrounds can demonstrate their abilities.

tayousei wa, tannaru rinen de wa naku, inobeeshon no gensen de aru. kotonaru shiten ga majiwaru tokoro ni koso, atarashii kachi ga umareru. nihon no shokuba ga sono shinka o hakki dekiru ka douka wa, korekara no juunen ni kakatte iru to ieyou.

Diversity is not a mere ideal but a source of innovation. It is precisely where different perspectives intersect that new value is born. Whether Japanese workplaces can demonstrate their true worth depends, one might say, on the coming decade.

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gaikoku jinzai no ukeire ga sakete toorenai kadai to natte iru no wa, nani o haikei to shite imasu ka.

Against what backdrop has accepting foreign talent become an unavoidable issue?

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