世論 What Japan Thinks

This is the second in a pair of separate but related surveys; this one being a lighter look at for what reasons do people change jobs by goo Ranking, with the previous by Yahoo! Japan Value Insight being a serious look at the job hunting market. Between the 20th and 24th of July 2007 an unspecified number of people who wanted to change jobs were asked the question.

I don’t really think there are too many differences between the reasons for dissatisfaction in Japan when compared to the West.

Ranking results

Q: What was the reason that gave you cause to want to change jobs?

Rank	Reason	Score
1	Breakdown in relationship with boss	100
2	To increase my salary	96.5
3	Breakdown in relationship with colleagues	63.9
4	Want a new challenge in a different job	60.6
5	Job is not interesting	53.9
6	Want to work at something I like	51.3
7	To progress my career	47.1
8	To improve myself	40.6
9	To have a job with no overtime	31.3
10	Want to work somewhere with an easier commute	31.0
11	To have a job with lots of overtime	29.0
12	Stuck in a rut	27.7
13	Don’t fit into the company’s culture	25.8
14	Company management policies, management situation changed	22.6
15	Breakdown in relationship with underlings	18.1
16	Want to work on something bigger than current	13.5
17	Want to work at a company with good fringe benefits	12.9
18	Want to change my employment status (full-time to contract, for example)	12.9
19	Want to start a new business	12.9
20	Just because	11.3