BY NINA UCHIDA
PLEASE TELL US ABOUT YOUR COMPANY. Established in September 2000, CC consulting KK is the parent company of a series of websites focused on the bilingual and English-speaking community in Japan. Our best-known product is CareerCross com, Japan’s premier bilingual online recruitment resource. We also have three fast-growing affiliated websites. Ebenkyo.com is an international lifestyle and career webzine for Japanese professionals providing information on themes like CPA licensing and MBA courses, as well as language study and study abroad schools. FocusJapan.com is a portal site for English speakers living and working in Japan. EigoPlaza.com is an English learning website offering free online lessons at all levels. We are also planning to release a new website this spring called Fitness Japan, a one-stop English resource for sports and fitness info.
WHAT TYPES OF POSITIONS ARE OPEN, AND WHAT ARE THE QUALIFICATIONS?
We are a small but growing company that has become a market leader by staying loyal to our original principles of being focused, user-friendly, flexible and professional.
Virtually all of our current staff came through our own website.
As a result of our continued growth and new websites, we are urgently looking to fill a number of openings. These include positions in sales and business development, marketing, HR, content management and editors as well as freelance writers and contributors to help produce and source content for the community section of both our English and Japanese websites.
We are very open when it comes to hiring, equally concerned about personality and fit as we are about qualifications. Some relevant experience in essential, as is a base ability in both Japanese and English. Drive passion and a desire to make our company the best are highly regarded.
CAN YOU MENTION SALARIES AND BENEFITS? Having only lost one full-time staff in the five years since we started, we are confident that our benefits package and work environment are among the best in the business. We offer a competitive salary and a generous bonus and commission system wich assures all members of the company, no matter what position, benefit as the company does well, We are a close-knit and diverse team and offer the chance to develop your own skills and grow within the organization.
PLEASE TELL US ABOUT YOUR PLANS FOR THE FUTURE. Due to the quality of our service, our deep market knowledge and desire to keep improving, CC Consulting has basically doubled each year since we formed, in terms of turnover, office space and staff. As the reach of the Internet continues to expand, as the need for qualified bilingual staff increases, and as Japan becomes more integrated into the world community, we are confident that this trend will continue and CC Consulting will be the domiant force int the field. www.careercross.com/en
