Firms by Glassdoor rating
English-speaking recruiting firms in Japan, ordered by their average Glassdoor employee-review score. This is not an editorial ranking — Glassdoor is a single, sample-size-dependent signal of anonymous employee sentiment, and the order changes as new reviews are submitted.
of 31 in the directory
anonymous submissions across all firms
across the 19 scored firms
Firms with global Glassdoor scores
These firms don't have a Tokyo-filtered Glassdoor sample large enough to be representative, but their global aggregate is shown here for reference. We don't fold these into the ranked list above because pay scales, working norms, and language environments aren't comparable across the global review pool. Treat these numbers as background context, not a Japan signal.
Firms not on the list
These firms either don't carry a meaningful Glassdoor presence or the brand is too new to have accumulated a sample. They're profiled in the directory but unscored on this page.
Privately-held global retained executive search firm; Tokyo office (1972) was Egon Zehnder's first non-European location. Second Japan office opened in Kyoto in 2026.
Tokyo-headquartered specialist executive search holding launched as a single brand in February 2026, encompassing Just Legal (founded 2014), Just HR (launched 2026), and Definitive Consulting Group Japan; led by Group CEO Paul Cochrane.
What this page is
- · A mechanical sort by Glassdoor average score (descending), with review-count as the tiebreaker.
- · Updated as scores on Glassdoor itself update.
- · Linked back to each firm's Glassdoor page so you can verify and read source reviews directly.
What this page is not
- · An editorial ranking. We do not assign tiers, scores, or quality verdicts — Glassdoor's score is the data.
- · A buying recommendation. A higher score does not mean a firm will be a better hiring partner for you, and a lower score does not mean it won't.
- · Statistically representative. Sample sizes range from 16 to 172 reviews; selection bias is structural to anonymous review platforms.