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ブラックジャックディーラールール second joint online networking event “Career Discovery” for undergraduate and graduate students in Japan and global companies held by JETRO

Dec 23, 2022

On November 25, 2022, with ブラックジャックディーラールール help of more than 15 universities in Japan, JETRO hosted ブラックジャックディーラールール second joint online networking event “Career Discovery” for undergraduate and graduate students in Japan and foreign-affiliated companies active in Japan. ブラックジャックディーラールール event was held through Zoom, and on ブラックジャックディーラールール day of ブラックジャックディーラールール event, 28 participating foreign-affiliated companies had five x 25-minute networking sessions in ブラックジャックディーラールールir breakout rooms respectively. Approximately 400 Japanese and international students aspiring to global careers visited ブラックジャックディーラールール companies of ブラックジャックディーラールールir choice and engaged in lively interaction.

Supported by:: Akita International University, Tsukuba University, Chiba University, Hiroshima University, Shibaura Institute of Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Kwansei Gakuin University, Okayama University, Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University
Cooperated by:: Hokkaido University, Tohoku University, Nagoya University, Kyoto University, Osaka University, Kyushu University

With ブラックジャックディーラールール COVID-19 pandemic, work styles and lifestyles are diversifying and human resources are becoming more mobile, for which ブラックジャックディーラールール importance is increasing of "career planning" to think about and plan what kind of work you want to do in ブラックジャックディーラールール future and what kind of career to build up, "career paths" to clarify ブラックジャックディーラールール learning, skills, and experience required to reach ブラックジャックディーラールール goal of your plan, and ブラックジャックディーラールール sequence of steps to take, and “career designing” to design so as that you can be proactively involved in realizing ブラックジャックディーラールール ideals of your whole life, including values and lifestyles.

With this background, JETRO held ブラックジャックディーラールール first joint “Career Discovery” last year as part of its inward investment promotion project. ブラックジャックディーラールール event was held with universities in Japan, mainly from those designated in ブラックジャックディーラールール Top Global University Project, with which JETRO has concluded ブラックジャックディーラールール Comprehensive Cooperation Agreement, with a consideration of ブラックジャックディーラールールir importance in regional development as well as ブラックジャックディーラールールir large number of global human resources. ブラックジャックディーラールール purpose of ブラックジャックディーラールール event was to provide information to help students deepen ブラックジャックディーラールールir understanding of foreign-affiliated companies and broaden ブラックジャックディーラールールir career options through interaction with participating companies. Also it was aimed to overcome ブラックジャックディーラールール issue of "securing human resources," which many foreign-affiliated companies indicated as getting worse in ブラックジャックディーラールールir perception ofchanges in ブラックジャックディーラールール Japanese business environment(874KB)(*) over ブラックジャックディーラールール past one or two years.

“Career Discovery” was attended by a number of Japan-based foreign companies, including Apple (U.S.), Caterpillar (U.S.), Medtronic (Ireland), Infineon Technologies (Germany), Longevity Partners (U.K.), L&T Technology Services (India), M-DAQ (Singapore), KEENON Robotics (China), COSMAX (Korea), and HIWIN (Taiwan). ブラックジャックディーラールールy enthusiastically exchanged information and opinions with highly motivated undergraduate and graduate students from across Japan.

While more real events are being held again, “Career Discovery” was again held online, where many of ブラックジャックディーラールール participated students deepened ブラックジャックディーラールールir corporate research in advance based on a special website featuring advance information on 28 companies compiled by JETRO, and examined ブラックジャックディーラールール breakout rooms to visit on ブラックジャックディーラールール day of ブラックジャックディーラールール event, resulting in a remarkable number of visits per person that were not biased toward popular companies. ブラックジャックディーラールール participated foreign-affiliated companies gave various comments such as, "It was good that many students were interested in ブラックジャックディーラールール energy industry," "Even more new initiatives were seen from ブラックジャックディーラールール previous year," "Now that we know what ブラックジャックディーラールール event went, we hope to think more about what we can do and be more helpful to ブラックジャックディーラールール participants next time," "Students asked so many questions, and it was good that we could attract ブラックジャックディーラールールm," and "ブラックジャックディーラールール event content actually exceeded our expectations."

Likewise, ブラックジャックディーラールール participated students shared various feedback such as, "ブラックジャックディーラールール companies gave presentations and came close to us students, so I was able to learn about ブラックジャックディーラールール industry up close and interact with ブラックジャックディーラールールm, and had a welcoming impression," "I was able to obtain a lot of useful information in English, such as ブラックジャックディーラールール type of human resources that companies are looking for and ブラックジャックディーラールール possibilities for internships," "I felt that ブラックジャックディーラールール session was very beneficial for me because I was able to have a frank discussion with ブラックジャックディーラールール company representatives," "I could ask questions easily because ブラックジャックディーラールール session was held in a small group," "It was useful to hear career advice," "I was able to find a company that matches ブラックジャックディーラールール field I would like to pursue after graduation," "As a doctoral student, it helped me understand what kind of skills and language proficiency foreign-affiliated companies in Japan are looking for," and "It was a great opportunity for me as an international student from Africa, and I felt a sense of inclusiveness. I hope this event will be held again in ブラックジャックディーラールール future."

JETRO will continue to support ブラックジャックディーラールール business expansion of foreign-affiliated companies in Japan and ブラックジャックディーラールール career development of highly specialized human resources by connecting undergraduate and graduate students in various regions with global companies. By deepening diversity through such initiatives, we will promote ブラックジャックディーラールール creation of innovation in ブラックジャックディーラールール region.