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INTERVIEW 2

Captivated by Japan after graduating in Kumamoto. Also an excellent opportunity to enhance one's skills!

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Modis: a professional staffing service for engineers offered by Adecco Ltd., the global leader in total human resource services
Adecco Ltd. (hereinafter, “Adecco”), as the Japanese subsidiary of the Adecco Group, the world’s largest staffing and recruitment firm*, provides total human resource and staffing services, and has launched Modis, a global brand for staffing services for engineers in 2018. In response to the worsening lack of IT personnel, the company also started a staffing service for foreign engineers run by the same division handling the Modis service. Adecco hires foreign engineers as regular employees with indefinite-term contracts and supports their employment at client companies. In this interview, we asked about the new goals of Modis Staffing Division, which has more than 8000 clients and has branches in 20 countries worldwide.

We have a job-seeker with us who was recently hired as an engineer. We asked what factors brought him to Japan and what are his goals for the future.

*According to Staffing Industry Analysts’ ranking of largest global staffing firms for 2017.
Profile
Shin Ri,
from Xinyu City in Jiangxi Province, China, and has been in Japan for about two years studying software and information systems.
Chance:Experience in Kumamoto drew me to Japan


― What made you decide to seek work in Japan? I started taking Japanese classes once a week in my second year at university, and when I was a senior I had a chance to study abroad at a school in Kumamoto Prefecture. This was the main factor that brought me to Japan in the first place. Arrangements were made for me to stay with a Japanese family, the food was great, and there weren't many other foreigners around, so I was able to gain a much deeper understanding of Japan. For me, it's no exaggeration to say that this was a life-changing experience.

― How did you end up studying in Kumamoto? My university in China has close ties with a technical college in Kumamoto, so I continued to work toward graduation at the college in Kumamoto. I studied information systems helping with my major in software development, so most of my coursework at Kumamoto was related to IT and programming languages. While at Kumamoto, I developed a questionnaire survey system using PHP code.

― What sort of work did you do after graduating before you came to Japan? I landed a job and worked for about two years after I graduated in China. I worked as an IT engineer but the job also involved use of Japanese language, so that earlier semester in Kumamoto really paid off. Yet all the while I had a lingering nostalgia for Japan and was determined to come back to Japan.

― What made you choose Adecco to help find a position in Japan? Adecco has a worldwide clientele and the sheer number of clients was a key factor. I looked into other companies, but I got the impression that Adecco was more considerate of its workers in terms of employment regulations, overall benefits package, and so on. I eventually decided to go with Adecco.

Lifestyle:No trouble making friends

― How is life in Japan compared to China? I have been living in Tokyo for about two years now, and everything is certainly very convenient. There are lots of convenience stores, so shopping is not a problem. And the transportation system is fantastic, so it's easy to get around and get to where you are trying to go. Usually I cook at home, but sometimes I eat out with friends, and there's no shortage of great restaurants. I would note that most of the so-called Chinese restaurants here in Japan serve food that tastes a little different from what we have in China.

― What do you do on your days off? Summers are super hot here, so I usually stay home and take on-line programming or IT-related courses. I may get together with friends and go out to eat. Or, if I get three days off in a row, I like to take short excursions around Japan. If I get a longer holiday break, I usually head home to China. Kumamoto is like a second home for me since I stayed with a family and attended school there, so I have gone back to Kumamoto from time to time. In fact, I went back to Kumamoto earlier this year in May. This was my first time back in four years, and it was kind of emotional to visit with my homestay family and all my friends from Kumamoto days.

― Have you had trouble making friends here in Japan? A Chinese friend of mine moved to Japan before me, and he helped smooth the transition when I first arrived. But friends introduced me to their friends, and I soon had a bunch of friends and acquaintances.

Future:Upgrade skills to become a Project Manager

― Being in Japan, is there some specific area you would like to work on I was engaged in the same line of work as an IT engineer in China, but I have had to relearn a lot about how work processes are conducted here in Japan. I want to learn how things are done in Japan and refine my skills as quickly as possible. I look forward to my life in Japan, but work is the first priority.

― What do you expect from prospective employers introduced by Adecco? I am quite adept at JavaScript programming, so I am looking for a job that lets me fully exploit my strengths. I am also looking for a place that will upgrade and enhance my skills. Adecco clients offer ample opportunity to enhance one's skills, and that was one reason I signed on with Adecco. While I accumulate work experience in Japan, I also want to build my Japanese language skills.

― What are your goals for the future? First I would like to gain much more experience as an engineer, then try to move into a team leader position. And looking further ahead, I would like to put myself forward as a Project Manager, or a PM. It's certainly not impossible to think in terms of a PM position when you work for Adecco, and that's one reason I am really looking forward to getting established and working at my Adecco client firm!

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