Many employees at big Japanese corporations see their business environment change dramatically when they are transferred overseas.
Suddenly they are their own bosses, dealing with different work customs and being pressed to speak English.
Such experiences, according to Kevin Gibson, managing director of Japan operations at U.K.-based recruitment consultancy Robert Walters, are "invaluable," and add "premiums" to the market value of these people.
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