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I-HoP:Basic understanding of job hunting in Japan for international Ph.D students(6/22)

I-HoP:Basic understanding of job hunting in Japan for international Ph.D students(6/22)


This seminar is for the international Ph.D. students and Postdocs who are aiming for employment in Japanese industry or academic positions.
This seminar will provide you the basic and comprehensive understanding of Japanese hiring environment and job hunting process for Ph.Ds.

■ Seminar date
6/22(Thu.) 15:30-17:00 (3:30pm-5:00pm)

■ Venue
Mid-Campus Open Laboratory Building#1, 1st floor
South-East corner of Main Street & Gingko Avenue

& zoom for online attendance

■ Contents
– Typical Japanese employment habit and HR development policy.
– Unique hiring system in Japan : New graduate and mid-career recruitment
– Job-hunting process for Ph.D. students in Japan : timeline and procedures

■ Lecturer
Mr. Tomonori FUKASAWA
President/Emerging Technologies Corporation

Tomonori FUKASAWA developed the Emerging Technologies Corporation and led it as the president to support career development specifically for Ph.D. students/postdocs/researchers. He and his company support matching those who are exploring career paths in industries with companies. They have a broad network of companies that are eager to fully utilize their excellent capacity for research and development.

He has made efforts to develop original career support service including “Ph.D. AGENT” and “Ph.D.-engine wakate” all together with 7500+ users. He is also currently engaged in a project by universities as well as MEXT (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology) on career advice including internship, job search and one-to-one career consultation for Ph.D. students/postdocs/researchers. He has been active in pursuing the cultivation of human resources for high-skilled people with a holistic insight involving industry-academic-government.

■ Target
Hokkaido University DC, PD and MC

■ Registration
By 6/16(Fri.) 16:00 (4:00pm)

■ Maximum number of participants
90 online
30 face-to-face

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