Obstacles, Trends, and Ideas for Addressing the Japanese Talent Shortage with Alan Acosta

In today's episode, I chat with Alan Acosta of Workshift Solutions, Japan's largest platform of registered overseas freelancers. Workshift Solutions allows companies to quickly and inexpensively access talented, multilingual overseas freelancers online for inbound and E-Commerce support, multi-language translation, overseas market surveys, overseas market research, telephone appointment assistance, sales channel expansion, design and much more. Alan himself grew up spending many years of his life moving from country to country learning new languages and lifestyles before settling in Japan. We chat about what is already being done to address the labor shortage in Japan, how universities are already adapting to the need for more foreigners to join their ranks, and why it’s still difficult for foreign freelancers to find their place in the Japanese job market.

Today's word:

しゅうしょくかつどう

shu-u-sho-ku-ka-tsu-do-u

就職活動

meaning: job-searching (activities)

Alan's Links:

Workshift Solutions: https://workshift-sol.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alan-acosta-146b1810/

Inter-University Center for Japanese Language Studies (IUC): https://iucjapan.org/index_e.html

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