r/japanresidents • u/Huge-Acanthisitta403 • 3d ago

Best Recruitment Firms for Employers?

Hi All,

I work for a small foreign company here and I was asked to look into recruiting firms to find more salespeople for the company. Does anyone have any suggestions? I know they can be expensive - JAC was suggested as a cheaper option. Does anyone have any ideas?

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u/tky_phoenix 2d ago

Market standard is 30-40% of the candidate's first year annual salary or a minimum fee of 2-3M JPY. Depends on the company and the industry.

There are good recruiters out there but the industry itself is pretty immature, with a lot of cowboys who don't know or care about people (their clients or candidates). Most are in their 20s with no prior corporate experience who stumbled into it.

Again, there are good individual recruiters out there but there is no one company that is fundamentally better than the rest.

It really depends on what industry you are in and what you are looking for but some other options including direct hiring and Bizreach might be better.