Whether you are a university senior looking for your first "real job" or a company veteran looking for a change, the most important thing to include on your resume is a concise summary of specific skills you can provide, whether that be system engineering, knowledge of corporate law or a flair for foreign languages.
As demand for people with specific skills rises amid the economic recovery, some job-hunters are stressing what might seem at first glance like an odd selling point: membership in official university sports clubs. Although highlighting one's athletic prowess as a means of landing a job is relatively rare, some venture companies are starting businesses that introduce sports-oriented, would-be employees to companies seeking physically and mentally tough workers.
About 50 former sports club members, mostly in their 20s, looking to change jobs gathered in Tokyo last month to meet with human resource staff from a dozen companies.