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Where to find good people?
Posted by Dave Bull on November 14, 2011 [Permalink]
I don't normally do this, but today's post here on the Mokuhankan Conversations is simply going to be an 'outbound' link (although trust me, there is a connection with our woodblock work here!). The Wall Street Journal has a number of associated blogs, and one of them is 'Japan Real Time', in which they follow both news and 'trends'. (If I had no access to any other news source here in Japan, this is the one I would follow to keep in touch with what's happening in this society.)
Anyway, long story short, given that the single biggest 'problem' facing me at the moment for getting Mokuhankan onto its next level is the challenge of finding some more 'good' people, today's post on the Japan Real Time blog is extremely interesting:
Japanese Women Quit Unrewarding Careers
"It's no secret that Japanese women are a woefully underutilized talent pool in the domestic labor market. But in a departure from the conventional wisdom that women tend to drop out of the workforce for family obligations or because a baby has arrived, a new study shows that the overwhelming reason for the female labor exodus is because their careers are unsatisfying."
So why mention this just now? Well, I was talking to a 'little birdie' the other day, and heard ('peep peep') that printer-trainee Tsushima-san - who has now been coming here for just over four months - looks forward to coming to work here each day because this place is 楽しい.
Translation? The dictionary gives us: "pleasant, enjoyable, delightful, happy, pleasurable, merry, cheerful, delectable ..."
Added by: John Becker on November 15, 2011, 10:23 am
When most women, even those with degrees, rise no higher than "office lady," it's not hard to understand their dissatisfaction.
You're offering these ladies a learning experience a unique skill, and flexibility. It's hard to argue with that.
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