Employment

Application Guidelines

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Requirement

For participants who are applying for R&D position, Master’s or Doctor’s degree is needed. For participants who are applying for other position, Bachelor’s degree is needed
Strong communications skills – oral and written. Fluent in Japanese and English
Ability to develop relationships and negotiate people
Excellent interpersonal and presentation skills
Chemical background considered to be advantageous
Highly organized and able to manage multiple tasks
High energy levels essential

Screening Methods

Application documents, interviews, and personality tests

Number of people recruited

  Fiscal 2011 Fiscal 2010 Fiscal 2009
Staff positions 16 14 18
Research or Engineering positions 47 35 44
 

Compensation • Benefits

Type of position

Staff Positions Sales and Marketing (domestic • overseas), materials procurement, accounting and finance, human resources, legal affairs, information management, etc.
Research or Engineering Positions Research, development, production technology, intellectual property, Sales and marketing, etc.
* The staff positions listed above are also possible.

Allowances

Commuting allowance (fully covered), family and area allowances, overtime allowance, meal allowance, etc.

Bonuses
Twice per year (June, December)
Insurance
Unemployment insurance, workers’ compensation insurance, health insurance, pension plan
Paid leave
Paid leave (22 to 24 days, including four companywide leave days), congratulations or condolence leave, longtime employment leave, reward leave, etc.
Benefits
Dormitories for single employees, company housing, various type of sports facilities, etc.
Asset-accumulation/property accumulation savings plan, housing loans, employee stock purchase plan, etc.
Educational system
New employee training, various types of position-based and functional training, domestic and overseas study system, in-house TOEIC test, etc.
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Work sites

Domestic

Head office/Tokyo
Research facilities/Tsukuba, Hitachi, Chikusei (Ibaraki-Prefecture)
Offices (Production division) / Hitachi, Chikusei (Ibaraki-Prefecture), Ichihara (Chiba- Prefecture)
Branch offices / Osaka, Nagoya, Fukuoka, Sendai, others

Overseas

United States, Germany, Singapore, Malaysia, South Korea, China, Thailand, others

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