Work in Asia
What Asia's labor markets reveal, before the data does.
I'm an APAC recruiting lead at a Fortune 500 company. Two decades of hiring across China, Japan, and Vietnam — distilled into essays on work, wages, and where the numbers are heading.
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英语专栏The Column
Weekly long-form essays: Japan's demographic arithmetic, China's hiring floor, Vietnam's wage ladder.
职场随笔Workplace Notes
Shorter field notes from the recruiting desk — offers, interviews, and the small tells of a market.
学术文章Research & Papers
Quarterly working papers. Slower, cited, and built to be referenced.
中文参考Chinese Reference
Selected pieces published in Chinese — the source material behind the English essays.
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Japan series · №1
Japan's 98% Graduate Employment Rate Isn't a Miracle. It's Demographic Arithmetic.
Everyone quotes the 98%. Almost nobody asks what's in the denominator. A veteran recruiter breaks down the math — and why China sits fifteen years behind the same equation.
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