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第５５回　WORKSHOP報告（３月２日） / 参加者１１１名

 

（１：前半のマテリアルメーカーMさんのご挨拶です）

 

 

（２：みなさんシリアスな表情です）

 

 

（３：メイン会場のディスカッションの様子です）

 

 

（４：過去最高の参加者で会場が熱気にあふれています）

 

 

（５：後半のディスカッション中です）

 

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《　今回のworkshop　》

 

○workshop参加人数：１１１名（うち新人の方：１２名）

 

○【前半】：「あなたは賃貸派？持家派？」をテーマとしたディスカッション

 

○【後半】：「海外勤務についてどう思いますか？」をテーマとしたディスカッション

 

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みなさんこんにちは！

3/2（土）に行われた第５５回workshopの報告をさせていただきます。

 

この日はE’s club立ち上げ以来最多の１１１名のメンバーにご参加いただきました。

ディスカッションが始まる前に、１つの会場に全員が集まってマテリアル作成者の方に

ご挨拶いただくのですが、さすがに１１０人を超える方々の前でご挨拶するとなると、

マテリアル作成者の方もかなり緊張されたのではないでしょうか。

 

前半はMさんによる「あなたは賃貸派？持家派？」をテーマとしたディスカッションでした。

E’s clubには独身の方々が多数ではありますが、既婚のメンバーもたくさんおられます。

結婚後何年かを経て、お子さんが生まれたり、また持ち物が増えて、収納場所が必要となったりと、

すまいの選択に関しては、「まさにいま考えていたところだった」

という方も多かったのではないでしょうか。

今後の経済や少子化問題など、多くの社会問題も関連する興味深いマテリアルでしたね。

Mさんありがとうございました。

 

後半は、「海外勤務についてどう思いますか？」をテーマとしたディスカッションでした。

2/2のworkshopでのマテリアルで「workshop後半で取り上げてみたいテーマ」

を考えるディスカッションが行われました。

その際に行われた、「取り上げたいテーマ第２位」に選ばれたのが、このマテリアルでした。

E’s clubには海外勤務経験者、留学経験者が多数おられます。

今回のディスカッションでは代表のKさんの発案で、

それぞれのテーブルに、海外勤務経験者が一人ずつ配置され、

生のご経験をご披露いただきながらディスカッションが行われました。

なかには１テーブルに複数の御経験者もおられ、

さまざまな具体例を挙げながら、ディスカッションが盛り上がったテーブルもあるようでした。

 

近日中に「取り上げたいテーマ第１位」のディスカッションも開催される予定ですので、どうぞご期待ください。

 

それでは今回のworkshop案内メールをご覧ください。

 

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＜英語サークル　E’s club　第５５回workshopのご案内＞

 

みなさまこんにちは、E’s club幹事のKです。第５５回workshopの詳細をお送りいたします。

今回のマテリアルは前半をMさんにご作成いただき、後半は前々回のworkshopで得票数２位となったトピックを元に、私の方で作成させていただきました。

前半は「あなたは賃貸派？持家派？」、後半は「海外勤務についてどう思いますか？」というテーマでのディスカッションを行います。

 

 

[今週のマテリアル]

＜FIRST HALF＞

「あなたは賃貸派？持家派？」

～To rent or to own a house?～

 

That’s the question most people face at some point in their 20s or 30s.

Some people say that renting is akin to “throwing money out the window.”

May be true, may be not. I guess it depends. What do you think? Please share your idea!

 

1. Which do you prefer to rent or to own a house (including apartment)? Why do you think so?

 

2. Please discuss the merits and demerits to rent.

 

3. Please discuss the merits and demerits to own.

 

4. Based on the understanding of the merits and demerits, have you changed your mind?

 

5. Finally, regardless of whether you buy or not, in what kind of house do you want to live in the future?

 

 

＜LATTER HALF＞

[Agenda]

How do you think about working abroad?

 

[Questions]

1. If your company (or organization you belong to) asks you to work abroad, how would you do?

 

2. What do you think you could gain from the experience of working abroad?

 

3. When you work abroad, you might face some difficult problems.

Mental health problem is an example. (Please read the Reference below.)

Give examples of the problems you should take care of when you work abroad.

 

4. To avoid the problems you’ve given, and to make overseas work more fulfilling,

what are the useful skills or knowledge you should acquire before you work abroad?

 

5. To acquire the useful skills or knowledge to work abroad, what kind of workshop should E’s club hold?

Make a list of ideas (1～3 ideas) on the distributed paper.

(I’ll collect these papers after the discussion.)

 

[Article]

Boundaries melt as people move freely across Asia

January 27, 2013 THE ASAHI SHIMBUN

 

When Yoshihiro Yamada first moved to Malaysia, his neighbors in Japan were astonished.

 

“Will you have to live in the jungle?” they asked.

 

That was in 1989. As the president of TDK-Lambda’s local subsidiary, Yamada, 59, is now on his third posting to Malaysia, and with a total of 13 years there, you might call him a veteran expat.

 

To begin with, Yamada found himself as the only Japanese in a factory employing 800 workers.

 

“For the first three months, my staff and I couldn’t really communicate,” he said. “It made me feel crazy.”

 

Now the number of Japanese personnel has increased, and Yamada says he has more friends in Malaysia than in Japan.

 

“Malaysia suits me. Its climate is warm and its people are very serene: they don’t sweat the details.”

 

He says he hopes to stay there after retirement.

 

It is clear from individuals like Yamada that the distance between Japan and the rest of Asia is rapidly shrinking. An increasing number of Japanese living abroad has led to greater services geared specifically for expatriates and easy access to local information in the Japanese language. Veteran expats use social media to help each other out, which in turn encourages more Japanese try out a spell of living abroad.

 

When you enters a cafe in Singapore, it is easy to forget that this is, in fact, a foreign country. The interior is clean, the service staff attentive, and the prices are comparable to those in Japan.

 

30-year-old expat Megumi Kishida has started up her own business in Singapore.

 

“I want to work hard in this country as long as I can be useful,” she said. “If I have children in the future, I’ll decide then in which country to educate them.”

 

From the 19th century to the early years of the 20th, the Japanese government urged people to take a one-way ticket and move overseas. Many responded, steeling themselves to look for new beginnings.

 

After the end of World War II, Japan’s increasingly successful companies began to dispatch workers abroad to establish foreign subsidiaries.

 

Today, Japanese continue to head overseas, either abandoning or being squeezed out of their homeland with its ongoing low economic growth.

 

Akira Tachibana, an author who has studied the phenomenon, says it is only natural that go-getters should want to make the move.

 

“Asia is one of the few remaining regions where Japanese can make use of their strengths. However, even now, it is only the pioneering types who are making the move.”

 

Supporting the flow is Asia’s remarkably strong growth. When Yoshihiro Yamada was first posted to Malaysia 24 years ago, income levels in Japan and living conditions were the highest in Asia. Personnel dispatched by their companies had little choice, but Japanese who voluntarily left their homeland were in the minority in those days.

 

Now, however, Singapore’s GDP per capita has eclipsed that of Japan and countries like Malaysia and Indonesia are developing a strong middle class. Continued overseas expansion by Japanese companies means it is possible for expatriates to enjoy a standard of living on a par with that back home. Even the retail and service sectors can match those in Japan.

 

At the same time, the number of foreigners coming to Japan to work or study-or even simply as tourists-is growing. It is now possible to taste the diversity of Asia in pretty much every walk of life in Japan: in the office, in school, and on the street.

 

From Japan to the rest of Asia and from the rest of Asia to Japan, boundaries that previously restricted mass movement have melted. People are now freely migrating, be it for school, work, or a place to live. Quite apart from political and economic integration under way between nations, a huge, liberal sphere for living one’s life is right now being born in Asia.

 

In the not-too-distant future, people will not be surprised to hear that their neighbors are packing up–and moving to Malaysia.

 

RESEARCHER: GO-GETTERS SHOULD GO OVERSEAS

 

Tatsuwo Moriyama is an author who has studied the international job market.

 

“Employment in Asia is a hot topic. I first started writing a blog about job hunting in seven Asian countries in the fall of 2011. Social media users would come across it when searching for keywords such as ‘overseas,’ ‘job hunting,’ and ‘studying abroad.’

 

“Now my blog about Indonesia has received more than 45,000 hits, up tenfold from two years ago. And over the past year, there has been an increase in the number of books and television programs about job hunting in Asia. Recently, I have been receiving requests for consultations or lectures on an almost weekly basis.

 

“I was job hunting at the time. It was when Yamaichi Securities had gone bankrupt, and I saw for myself that even if one joined a major corporation there was no guarantee for the future. For my generation, if you yourself don’t take action, things will only get worse. It’s like being stuck on a down escalator. If you look outward, toward Asia, you can change escalators and once again aim for the top.

 

“It is said that Japanese youth are inward-looking. However, many are in fact highly active and inquisitive. Compared to 10 years ago, the range of activities of those with high aspirations and the ability to learn from their surroundings is expanding dramatically–as shown by college students who become entrepreneurs or volunteer for projects abroad or to work in Japan’s disaster zone. For them, Asia can become a place for growth.

 

“Someone who leaves Japan comes to appreciate what it means to be Japanese. Even a part-time job for just one or two weeks in Japan can earn a young person the money needed for a round-trip air ticket to another country to examine the job situation there. This is the stuff of dreams for young people in many other countries. A Japanese passport makes it comparatively easy to get a visa for any country. And if you already have a certain amount of work experience, as a person familiar with Japanese customs, you have a clear advantage over others in seeking employment at a Japan-affiliated company.

 

“I believe there will be no immediate reduction in the numbers of people leaving Japan. Not yet. Leaving Japan does not equate to abandoning one’s country. Today’s young people do not need to question themselves as their parents once did about the risk of trying something new: “What’s the point in going abroad?” “What will you do if you don’t succeed?” was the mentality of their parent’s generation–back in the days when lifetime employment was a given.

 

“However, if more and more Japanese go abroad, they cannot expect the current seller’s market to continue. People will need to sharpen their skills and be prepared to move to other countries when necessary. Additionally, it is not always easy to live abroad. It can be difficult to leave the country in which you were born and raised to live and work in another country with a different culture and lifestyle.

 

“Individuals need to consider carefully whether or not they could overcome such challenges. In the end, deciding whether or not to work abroad is just another of life’s choices.”

 

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Born in 1976, Tatsuwo Moriyama writes under the pen name Morizo. He is a graduate of Waseda University and has worked for Oracle Japan and Nissan Motors. He has hunted for work in seven Asian countries and currently discusses his experiences in seminars and a blog focusing on career theory and working abroad. His publications include “Ajia Tenshoku Tokuhon” (Guidebook to Changing Jobs in Asia).

(This article was written by Eri Goto and Kyoko Horiuchi)

 

[Reference]

海外在留邦人のメンタルヘルスの実情 (財団法人 海外法人医療基金HP)

http://www.jomf.or.jp/report/kaigai/18/030.htm

 

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