Job-seeker harassment coming under increased scrutiny in Japan
(WorldNews Japan)

The threat of sexual harassment is an all-too-real concern for Japan`s student job hunters, and it is sometimes university alumni who use promises of patronage to abuse their position of trust. Young people who are looking to enter the workforce commonly contact people who graduated from their university to gain insight and advice into how they might get a foothold in a company, often meeting in person, in some cases at bars or restaurants. `A lot of people get married to coworkers at our company. If you don`t find a boyfriend at work, you will be left on the shelf,` was the inappropriate advice one 23-year-old Sophia University graduate was given after seeking out guidance. And that was...