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CAREER LINK MEETUP 2023 -For international DCs and PDs-

Special Event – CAREER LINK MEETUP 2023 -For international DCs and PDs-

I-Hop will provide international doctoral course students and postdocs the special opportunity to meet up with Japanese companies who are willing to hire international talents in ENGLISH.

In Japan, most of the companies require their applicants to have high level Japanese language proficiency .
To prepare for the job-hunting in Japan, the first recommendation is still learning Japanese and get the certificate of N1 level on JLPT.
However, some companies do not require Japanese language in the application step.
I-HoP will invite some of those companies and provide you of the opportunity to meet and talk online with their representatives.
Do not miss this annual opportunity! We look forward to your application.

■ Date and time
Day1 : November 28th (Tue.) 1:00pm-5:00pm (estimated)
Day2 : December 1st (Fri.) 1:00pm-5:00pm (estimated)
*Detailed timetable will be announced to the participants.

■ Participating Companies (As of Oct.5 )
[Day 1:11/28]
– Accenture Japan Ltd
– AWL, Inc
– ROHTO Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
– Sanoh Industrial Co., Ltd.
– SYSMEX CORPORATION

[Day 2 : 12/1]
– GPSS Holdings Inc.
– Leave a Nest Co., Ltd.
– MOLCURE Inc.
-National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology(AIST)
-Shiseido Company, Limited
(AtoZ)

■ Program
-Company Presentation
-Student Presentation (breakout room)
-Q&A at Company Exhibition Booth (breakout room)

■ Language
English

■ Place
Online (zoom)

■ Application
Complete both 2 steps as follows:
Step 1. Apply from Hi-System by Oct. 24 (Tue.) 4:00pm
Step 2. Input the designated Googleform by Oct.26 (Thu.) noon
The URL for the Googleform will be sent by email to those who completed step 1.
In Googleform application, you will be required to provide the following information.
-General information (Name, affiliation, etc., )
-Preferred Date of Participation
-Your research overview and career plan (For those wishing to give presentations to companies Only) *
-English & Japanese language proficiency

* The following questions are required to answer within 200 word;
– the outline of your research including the explanation of how you intend to apply it to benefit society,
– experiments you carried/can carry out including machines you can operate,
– your career plan and how the CAREER LINK MEETUP may affect it.

The result of selection will be notified by Oct.27(Fri.)

■ Target and Eligible
Hokkaido University current international doctoral course students and postdocs (As of Oct and Nov. 2023) those who can communicate in English and will be able to meet the following preparation schedule:

-Oct. 24 (Tue.) 4:00pm :
Deadline for application through Hi-System (Application Step 1)

-Oct. 26 (Thu.) noon :
Deadline for Googleform input (Application Step 2)

-Oct. 27 (Fri.) :
Selection results notification

-Oct. 30 (Mon.) 15:00 :
Deadline for the drafts of “presentation slide” submission

-November 2nd (Thursday) in the afternoon:
Presentation Exercise & Orientation (online)

-Nov. 7 (Tue.) : Deadline for the revised presentation slide submission (Only who would like to be checked again)

-Nov.15 (Wed.) Deadline for the final version of the presentation slides submission

■ Maximum number of participants
20 per day
*If there are a large number of applicants, a selection process will be conducted

■ How to apply from Hi-System

Click on the following banner, then click “Apply” on the bottom of the page.

*You need to be registered on Hi-System in advance.
If you are not, please go to Hi-System page in Front Office for Human Resource Education and Development homepage and register in Hi-System.
:For more details
Hi-System→
*If there are a large number of applicants, a selection process will be conducted