＊Coordinated by One&Co intern Yuya Minami (National University of Singapore, sophomore)
CROSSLINK is an event aimed to provide a platform between Singaporean university students and Japanese companies. Currently, we are accepting applications for the next session.
One&Co acts as a business platform between Japan and Singapore. We first organized CROSSLINK last year, hoping to become a bridge between Japanese companies that are interested in understanding local needs, culture, and values, and the local university students who are looking to work with such companies.
In many Singaporean universities, there is quite a large group of students who are taking Japanese language lessons. At the National University of Singapore on its own, there are more than 40 students in the advanced level Business Japanese language course. These students are interested in Japanese culture, are fluent in Japanese, and are interested in working with Japanese companies in Singapore or working in Japan in the future.
However, with the ongoing pandemic, there is very few exposure to recruitment opportunities with Japanese companies. Even if they personally send emails to companies, the daily volume of emails that companies receive make it difficult for them to get in touch, let alone proceed to an interview.
Furthermore, companies may also find it a challenge to connect directly with interns and potential employees who are currently studying at universities in Singapore. There may also be language barriers when communicating with universities and posting recruitment information on job portals in Singapore.
Recently, the Singapore government has been raising the criteria for companies to hire non-Singaporeans and encouraging firms to hire more local staff. Through this event, we believe we can provide an opportunity to meet potential interns and employees who have sufficient Japanese language skills and are interested in working for Japanese companies.
When we held this event last year, the response from students was beyond our expectations, and reconfirmed the students’ need for this kind of opportunity. Therefore, we decided to continue hosting CROSSLINK.
A picture is worth a thousand words. We believe that if students manage to get a good sense of the company’s atmosphere and environment, the solutions presented in the ideathon will be more realistic and fruitful. Therefore, we encourage companies to have students visit the workplace.
Moreover, by interacting not only with the company representatives for this event, but also with other company employees, the student-company relationships will be stronger and more long-lasting. This relationship could be useful for future formal recruitment and internship hiring as well.
１）Main flow
① Orientation
10-20 min presentation by the corporate representatives about your businesses and challenges you are facing, if any.
② Company visit (optional, we will host 1 session with company visit, 1 without)
Students will visit the company’s office, where companies will give them a tour and have the opportunity to interact with other staffs.
③ Ideathon
Everyone will return to One&Co and have a group ideathon on how to solve the assigned company’s challenges. Company representatives are encouraged to participate in the ideathon along with the students.
④ Group presentation
Please share your feedback on the groups’ presented solutions.
＊As long as there are no last-minute changes to COVID-19 safety measures, this event will be held in the One&Co conference room.
２）Who can participate
・Companies that are looking for a chance to meet Singaporean university students
・Companies that are interested in values and opinions of the young generation in Singapore.
・Companies that are interested in internship and local fresh graduate recruitment
３）Participation fee
Free
４）Date
Within this year. Details are to be decided after liasing with the company representatives.
５）How to apply
Please click here to apply.
Organized by
CO&CO
If you have any questions, please contact the following email address
[email protected] (Contact: Yuya Minami, Lala Thomas)
We look forward to seeing you!
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