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.
