Topic: adviceS
How to submit a resume in Japan
Guess what happens to EVERY resume submitted electronically at Maybe-the-Largest-in-Japan Inc?
We automatically rip it ASCII plain text and index the keywords. Resumes like the one you're planning with the "complex tables" seldom make it throught that auto-ASCII rip, and SO THOSE RESUMES ARE OFTEN IGNORED.
If you want a mega-coporation job, always email an ASCII resume.
At the interview present them with a resume w/small photo, printed on only 1 page of clean while bond paper and without any font frou-frou. In Japan, the more boring the resume the better. Buy the Japanese form you can get in any stationary store. See the FG thread: Give me the full deal on Japanese resumes