Interview with a IT Hiring Manager in Japan

Interview with Mr. Robert Pauling, Director of Asia Pacific for an IT Services Company

1. Just Introduce Yourself and Tell Us what you do?　Answer 1
2. What area of the Market do you specialize in？Answer 2
3. So in your job, what type of candidates is your company looking for?　Answer 3
4. Is Age something for Candidates to think about?　Answer 4
5. As far as Men or Women, Are there different career paths in IT for Men and Women?　Answer 5
6. Do you offer training to people who haven't had IT or Sales skills up to now?　Answer 6
7. How will they hear about the training? Just watch the Computec website for news?　Answer 7
8. How do you think the Japanese economy will look, heading into the Olympics, over the next 2-3 years?　Answer 8
9. So if a bilingual foreigner is applying for a job, how would they get a visa? Does your company sponsor people?　Answer 9
10. So you've had Japanese people work overseas, even part-time?　Answer 10
11. Is there anything you would like to say to our Meetup members?　Answer 11