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About Skillhouse

1 Oct

About Skillhouse University

The training available to registered staff, and the support we offer for earning certifications.

Job Search Tips

1 Oct

What People Overlook in Their First Job Change

Not just salary, but the evaluation system, real overtime and where you'll be placed. The points to confirm before you join.

IT Industry Trends

1 Oct

Why Demand for IT Security Talent Keeps Growing

Regulation, the move to the cloud and the structure of talent supply. An analysis of why security openings aren't shrinking.

For Employers

1 Oct

How You Write a Job Posting Changes How Many People Apply

For the same position, the order and specificity of a posting can move application numbers a long way. Explained with real examples of improvements.

For Employers

1 Oct

Three Common Mistakes in Hiring IT Talent

Job requirements, speed of selection and the offer. The stumbling blocks shared by companies whose hiring isn't working.

About Skillhouse

1 Oct

Inside Skillhouse's Four-Stage Support

From registration through to support after you start — how we help the people looking for their next role.

Job Search Tips

1 Oct

Temporary, Temp-to-Perm or Permanent: How to Choose

How each type of employment affects the way you work, your income and your career — compared on the terms, not on feelings.

Career Growth

1 Oct

How Much English Do You Really Need for an IT Job Change?

When a TOEIC score matters and when it doesn't — the reality at both foreign-affiliated and Japanese companies.

Career Growth

1 Oct

Thinking Through a Cloud Engineer's Career Path

From infrastructure operations to cloud design, and beyond. We map out the moves that raise your market value, drawn from real career changes.

Job Search Tips

1 Oct

How to Answer "Why Are You Leaving?" in an Interview

The impression your reason for leaving makes depends less on how you phrase it than on how you organize it. Here is how to build an explanation that convinces.

Job Search Tips

1 Oct

What Makes a Résumé Land — and What Doesn't

The same experience can pass or fail screening depending on how it is written. Here is the order and level of detail an IT résumé needs.

IT Industry Trends

1 Oct

Where Japan's IT Talent Market Is Heading in 2026

Job-to-applicant ratios, supply and demand by role, and why companies are rethinking how they hire — read through the changes in the requests Skillhouse receives every day.