Keita Sugai Academic Degrees

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Japanese

私が勤めている職場にはありませんけれども、大企業や官公庁では出身校や学歴というのを重視する傾向があると思います。アメリカでも学歴、例えば、取得学位ですとか専攻分野、こうしたものが、ええ、仕事につく際に非常に重要であるということは言うまでもありませんけれども、日本におけるいわゆる学歴というものはこうしたものにとどまらず、会社や組織に入ってから様々な影響を及ぼすと思います。学歴以外に年次、つまり何年にその会社、組織に入ったかということも重要視されることがあり、それは人事の昇進、昇給を決める際の一つの要素になることがあります。

English

I think there is a tendency that emphasizes one’s alma mater or academic background at large corporations or public offices even though it is not the case at the office where I work. When getting a job, the academic background, for example, such things like one's acquired degrees or major fields etc. are, needless to say, very important in the U.S. as well. However, so-called academic background in Japan is not limited to something like this, but I think it also influences things after entering a company or organization. Besides academic background, there are times when seniority, in other words, in which year one has entered the company or organization, gets emphasized as well, and it often becomes one of the factors when deciding promotions or salary increases.

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