Talent Acquisition Careers in Japan: What 299 Job Postings Ask For
Every figure on this page summarizes job postings tracked on AirTA. It describes what employers asked for in their postings, in aggregate, and is shown the same way to every reader. It is not a description of any individual’s career or prospects.
- 299
- 162
- 52%
- 50%
What Gets You In
1-2 years of experience
54
3-4 years of experience
54
5-9 years of experience
36
10+ years of experience
10
15%
21% day-to-day or above
Recruiting
73%
Compensation & Benefits
60%
Social Insurance
47%
Stakeholder Management
23%
Onboarding
22%
HR Business Partner
18%
HR Planning
16%
Data Analysis
14%
299 postings
Levels by Experience
1–2 years
2%
7% day-to-day or above
54 postings
3–4 years
22%
21% day-to-day or above
Organizational Development 24% (+15)
Project Management 22% (+13)
Labor Management 13% (+13)
HR Business Partner 30% (+11)
54 postings
5+ years
26%
52% day-to-day or above
Recruiting 96% (+16)
Stakeholder Management 41% (+15)
Data Analysis 24% (+11)
46 postings
Stated Pay
Median ¥6,300,000 · 150 postings state pay
¥5,100,000
25th to 75th percentile of stated salaries
¥8,000,000
Median ¥6,900,000 · 30 postings state pay
¥5,800,000
25th to 75th percentile of stated salaries
¥8,000,000
Working Conditions
- 122 days
36 postings
- 34%
- 28%
Fully remote
16
Hybrid
63
On-site
10
295 postings
What Comes Next
People management
24
Senior leadership
12
Specialist track
8
Employers naming each step, of 33 that name one
Who Is Hiring
All Talent Acquisition openings
299 postings from 162 employers, as of 2026-09-22
Related Functions
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Talent Acquisition career ladder?
A level-by-level summary of what live Talent Acquisition job postings tracked on AirTA ask for. Levels come from job titles (manager, director, senior and so on) and, separately, from the years of experience a posting states. Every figure is a statistic over those postings, refreshed daily.
Where do the numbers come from?
From the job postings AirTA collects from employer career sites and applicant tracking systems. Years of experience, certifications and management experience are read from the posting text; the level is read from the title; pay is the salary the employer stated on the posting. Nothing is estimated for an individual.
Why is there no pay figure at some levels?
A pay band publishes only when at least 30 postings at that level state a salary, and a median only from 10. Senior-level pay is rarely published in Japan, so the honest answer at some levels is no figure rather than a figure borrowed from another level.
What does "candidate for" mean?
Some postings are titled 「マネージャー候補」 or "Manager Candidate": the employer states in the title that the opening is for someone who will grow into that level. The ladder counts those titles as the employer wrote them. It does not predict anyone’s promotion.
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