Course Overview

We will aim to acquire the necessary skills to deal with group discussions, interviews, etc. encountered during a job search. For Students at the J7 to J8 levels. This class is offered as a part of professional career support for International Students.

Learning Achievement

Students will be able to deal with a personal interview and a group interview including group discussion at the situation of job hunting in Japan.

Competence

Course prerequisites

Students have to take a placement exam (http://ttbj-tsukuba.org/) and be certified appropriate level for this class. Otherwise, students have to pass a lower tier class.

Grading Philosophy

personal interview (30%), group discussion (45%), final exam (25%)
Evaluation (A+〜C) is based to sum of the above.

Course schedule

1 self-introduction for a minute, team building, Japanese society, and Japanese culture of companies
2 category of interviews, real of interviews, and self public relations at a personal interview
3 "Gaku-chika" at a persional interview and motivation for applying
4 What is a group discussion, assessment of a group discussion, practice 1, and feedback
5 group discussion practice 2, feedback, and final exam

Course type

Class Exercises

Online Course Requirement

Instructor

Itokawa Yu

Other information

Students should visit websites for job hunting and analyze themselves adequately. Also, they need to research their interested companies.

Site for Inquiry

Link to the syllabus provided by the university