Project commissoned by MEXT
"Employment Promotion Program
for International Students"
SUCCESS-Osaka AWARD
What is the SUCCESS-Osaka AWARD?
The SUCCESS-Osaka AWARD provides an important opportunity for industry, government,
and academia to together explore strategies to assure global human resources for the society.
It represents the recent context that companies in Japan increasingly hiring international students
as well as disseminates the highlighted activities by SUCCESS-Osaka to further amplify the trend.
In this award event, the companies who have cooperated with SUCCESS-Osaka curriculum
for international students’ employability improvement are honored with a letter of appreciation,
and international students who have actively participated in the SUCCESS-Osaka program are commended.
The purpose of this award is to help create a social standard where international students can play a more active role,
particularly in current Japanese industry.
SUCCESS-Osaka AWARD
[Four Sections]
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Keynote speech on the employment of international students
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Year-End Summary of SUCCESS-Osaka’s actions
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SUCCESS-Osaka Award Ceremony
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Prospects
Opportunities for industry, government, and academia to identify the trends of the times
and think together about how to bring about a sustainable global society in Japan are still scarce.
SUCCESS-Osaka Award event provides a chance to get involved; the Award brings in lectures,
one of them as a keynote, from the three groups to share ideas and learn together.
Furthermore, participation from the general public is solicited for the event.
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I learned about the sense of distance and how to get along with foreign employees in a company. Also, I was able to understand the SDGs of the Osaka/Kansai Expo and what international students expect from companies. It was a good opportunity to seriously consider hiring international students. Thank you very much.
SUCCESS-Osaka reflects on employment support activities conducted in each year,
using specific statistic information as
evidence.
The summary was also done through panel discussions and interviews on the stage with companies involved in the project.
Various issues and topics on employment support for international students are shared through the event.
It also provides a prospective plan for the next year actions.
Companies that are planning to hire international students can listen to the actual voices of companies that have experiences hiring foreign students.
This will help expand the corporate employment quota.
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The presentation introduced many concrete examples with graphs and numbers, helping me to have an image of what to expect when accepting international students. In particular, the stories of difficulties on site and the role of the university as a coordinator were helpful. It was also meaningful to hear the actual voices of international students and the company that accepted international students for the first time, just like us.
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I found out about the detail schedule of the international student internships. The talk session in the program was worth hearing, giving me an impression that the psychological distance between the company and the international students was getting closer.
Companies that have made a great effort to achieve diversity
and worked together with us to nurture international students are honored with a letter of appreciation,
and international students who have actively participated in the SUCCESS-Osaka program for employment in Japan are commended.
The Award Ceremony also provides participants with a meet-up opportunity to talk about what they really feel and deepen mutual understanding.
These exchanges will lead to more comprehensive support.
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SUCCESS-Osaka will become an indispensable program for human resource development in the future in Japan. Interacting with international students who are making extra efforts was a learning experience for our company. Also, through the awards ceremony and the meet-up afterwards, I was very happy to hear the actual voices of international students and both the drawbacks and advantages of working in Japan.
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I was very impressed by the high level of the international students. I also learned that the awarded companies had made a step forward to accept international students. Such a forward-looking action is really necessary for our company too. This award ceremony made me feel that we need to promote further diversity. Thank you for the letter of appreciation.
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The SUCCESS-Osaka program was quite challenging for me, but I was able to have a strong will to get a job in Japan. It was an honor for me to have received the award in front of many companies.
I am also grateful that I was able to get to know many companies at the meet-up time. (This student is now a transportation company employee in Japan) -
Although I thought about joining the SUCCESS-Osaka internship project (SOFD) at first, I had been indecisive due to the tight university class schedule this year. However, after seriously thinking about questions that my teachers posed to me such as, “Why did you come to Japan?”, “What do you want to learn in Japan?”, “What will you do after that?”, I finally decided to try for the project. Now that I have done it, no words can express the gratitude I feel now. I will do my best to contribute to the world from Japan.(Joined an e-commerce company for the SOFD project)
The Award ends with positive prospects.
It proposes the direction that global human resources education should aim for in the future.
In addition, not just by reflecting on the past academic year,
but by determining a starting position for the next year,
industry-government-academia will aim to enhance employment support for international students under close collaboration.
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I was able to know the ideas of both companies and international students. In particular, the collaborative projects among industry, academia and international students are wonderful. We found that we had similar issues and obtained some insights into how to improve. It is helpful in hiring foreign nationals in the future.
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It was a good chance for us to hear opinions and reports from international students who participated in SUCCESS-Osaka Future Design (SOFD) and internships. In particular, I was impressed by the international students who are actively working on those projects.
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The corporate philosophy that says “everyone accepts each other’s cultural and religious differences” was introduced in the keynote speech, and it was very impressive. Although many things are different from my company, I was able to relate to the essence of the philosophy. The keynote was given from the perspective of international students, but it was also valuable from anyone’s standpoint.