Meet our Employees

I am a member of the BtoC team where I work as a recruiting consultant supporting BtoC clients’ recruitment activities. Our BtoC market clients include major foreign cosmetics manufacturers and companies dealing in furniture and luxury merchandise. I have some experience from my time studying abroad, so I tend to work with foreign-affiliated clients more often than Japanese-affiliated clients.

I used the questioning and listening skills I developed at my previous job to good use at en world. In my previous job as a recruiter at a consulting firm, my interview style was to dig deep and analyze “why” in response to a candidate’s abstract responses. When I meet with candidatea and client companies in my current job, I also utilize the technique of listening to what they have to say and making the abstract definite.

On the other hand, since it is the client company that ultimately decides whether to accept or reject a candidate, I find it can be difficult to conduct interviews while considering where to probe in depth. I am therefore conscious of the fact that I can talk to both candidates and client companies on an honest basis.

For example, some candidates are nervous, but since I have always been interested in people and like to talk to them, I try to get them to relax in order to gain their trust. First, I lay the groundwork for them to tell me what they really think, and I listen carefully to what they have to say. “Are there perhaps other reasons besides the one you gave for wanting to change jobs?” and so on. By digging deeper, I can find out their true feelings. We do not unilaterally send resumes to client companies, instead we make a point of meeting with them face to face and ask them for information that can’t be found in job postings alone.

I feel comfortable and attracted to an environment where personality is emphasized in the way that we work and engage with team members, and where diversity and discretion in work styles are respected.

I think the managers allow us a certain degree of freedom while working within a framework. Our policy is to define what needs to be done, and then say, “how you approach this is up to you.” They respect my opinion by asking “what do you want to do?”, “what do you think?”, and then they give advice.

There’s also an internal team chat where you can ask questions like “what should I do for this kind of candidates who wants to change jobs?”, and you’ll get an immediate response like “oh there’s such and such a case you can refer to.” It’s an environment where people are receptive to your concerns. It’s an open environment, so you don’t have to worry about it alone. I love my current team. I truly feel there’s more work I want to do here.

en world has a strong culture of using teamwork to achieve its goals. For example, we are not only trying to achieve our own goals. We also have a mutual recognition of the goals of other members and the team. So, everyone’s working towards success and thinking “This is how I’m going to achieve my goal, what about the other members?” It’s not exactly a Marvel Avengers movie, but even though everyone has totally different characters, we’re all aiming for the same goal. I’m not a numbers person, nor a native English speaker, nor had I previously studied sales and marketing in depth professionally, so I didn’t think I had any clear strengths.

Not only was I uncertain about my career path, but I also had no idea what kind of industry I should work in. Nevertheless, I thought, “I would like to work in a way that allows me to use my personality, my interest in people, my friendliness, and my positive attitude.”

At en world, anything can give you an advantage. My positive personality, which I wanted to use in my work, is a great advantage at en world. If you have even one thing that you think could give you an edge, then en world has an environment where you can make use of it. Together we can find your own, unique edge!