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Wall Street Banks Are Battling for Japan’s Top Young Talent

2025/6/10
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Lisa Du: 我观察到华尔街银行正采取强硬手段争夺日本顶尖人才。他们不仅提供高薪，还采取一些非常规的招聘策略，例如长时间劝说候选人、高档餐饮招待等。这主要是因为日本劳动力市场非常紧张，职位空缺多于求职者。日本市场因通货膨胀和宽松的货币政策而再次变得活跃，吸引了国际银行的目光。这些银行都在竞相进入日本市场，希望抓住这个机会。然而，他们面临着劳动力短缺的问题，尤其是在金融领域。为了吸引人才，银行不得不提高薪酬，并采取更具创意的方式，例如举办校友聚会，试图吸引离职员工回归。同时，日本的文化也重视员工忠诚度，这使得从其他公司挖人变得更加困难。年轻一代的价值观也在发生变化，他们更看重工作与生活的平衡，以及工作的意义和影响力，这使得金融行业对他们的吸引力下降。

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Wall Street banks are employing intense recruitment strategies, including lengthy meetings and lavish dinners, to attract Japan's top young talent amid a booming market and tight labor conditions. This contrasts with the global financial downturn in other regions. The Japanese market's resurgence, fueled by inflation, low borrowing costs, and a weak yen, is driving this competition.
  • Wall Street firms using aggressive tactics to hire Japanese graduates
  • Two-hour meetings with managing directors to pressure candidates
  • Japan's tight labor market and hiring boom in finance
  • Resurgence of Japanese market due to inflation, low borrowing costs, and weak yen

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Japan’s hottest banking talent is in high demand as Wall Street goes all out to woo new hires with fancy dinners, strong-arm tactics and higher salaries.

On today’s Big Take Asia Podcast, Bloomberg’s Lisa Du talks to host K. Oanh Ha about why firms are resorting to extreme measures and the problems they face in hiring top talent.

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