Suhani Shah

Lived in Japan since July 2005-July 2022. Ability to read and write approximately 1500 kanji. Fluent in spoken English, Japanese, Hindi and Gujarati (mother tongue).

Japanese language teacher - SaiShishya International School, Tokyo - Tokyo

(2021-04 - 2022-07)

• Japanese language teacher for grades 1-7.

Part-time chess and yoga teacher - Global Indian International School, Tokyo - Tokyo

(2015-04 - 2017-03)

• Part-time chess and yoga teacher at GIIS Tokyo and IISJ Tokyo.
• Organized Chess Tournament at GIIS Tokyo.
• Private online chess coaching for children in Hong Kong.

Consultant - Nexus Corporation, Tokyo - Tokyo

(2008-09 - 2015-03)

• Handling clients in sectors such as High-Tech, Localization, Legal & Compliance, etc.
• Assisted the Managing Director in streamlining all internal process with regards to staffing and recruitment.
• Single-handedly managed start-to-end recruiting process for clients including sourcing, screening and qualifying candidates, setting up interviews and placing candidates on permanent roles.
• Successfully placed the first candidate within initial 3 months.
• Acknowledged for the biggest deal brokered in the company.

Consultant - Legal Futures Japan K.K., Tokyo - Tokyo

(2007-03 - 2008-04)

Promoted as a Consultant since March 2007

• Handling clients in sectors such as Information Technology and Telecommunications
• Single-handedly responsible for lead generation, cold-calling prospects and relationship management.
• Single-handedly managed start-to-end recruiting process for clients including sourcing, screening and qualifying candidates, setting up interviews and placing candidates on permanent roles.
• Successfully placed the first candidate within first 4 months of starting a new line of business in the organization.
• Generated revenue worth 7 million yen in a span of one year.

Research Analyst - Legal Futures Japan K.K., Tokyo - Tokyo

(2005-12 - 2007-03)

• Sourced, screened and made appointments with potential mid-level management and executive level bilingual Japanese candidates through cold-calling
• Conducted candidate searches on portals such as Daijob.com and CareerCross.com
• Search included areas of operations such as Human Resources, Sales, Marketing, Finance and Accounting
• Served as the first point of contact for candidates via e-mail and telephone
• Arranged and attended candidate interviews on specific requests by Consultants
• Assisted Consultants on specific candidate-search related projects through head-hunting
• Achieved 75% of targets set by the Company.

Japanese translator and interpreter in Pre-sales - Blue Star Infotech Ltd., India - India

(2004-03 - 2005-06)

On Contract

• Assisted the Business Development Manager in-charge of Japan region in setting-up meetings with prospects in Japan through cold-calls.
• Played an active role as an interpreter during visits to Japan along with the Business Development Manager
• Translated over 1000+ pages of technical documents from English to Japanese and vice-versa.
• Translated the website of Blue Star Infotech from English to Japanese.
• Interacted with various departments within the organization dealing with Japanese clients and projects thereby ensuring a smooth interface between the Japanese clients and the organization.
• Worked along-side an Onsite consultant in Japan providing language assistance and interpretation while at client-site in Tokyo, Japan for a period of 1 month.

Japanese–English Interpreter - Freelance - India

(2003-05 - 2004-02)

• Translated and interpreted the speech of the Consulate's wife at a contest held in India.
• Worked as a Japanese interpreter for a Diamond company in India.
• Worked as an interpreter for Japan Beverages through their collaboration partner viz., Godfrey Philips Tobacco Company in India.

Ni-kyu (JLPT Level 2) - Japanese Language (2004)

Masters in Arts - Philosophy (2003)