They participated in a full-day program that ran from 8:30 am to 5 pm.
First thing in the morning, we started with self-introductions.
Hitomi introduced ISOWA, and we went on ISOWA's factory tour.
We enjoyed lunch at the three-star ISOWA restaurant, then we tackled technical issues and reflected on the day.
They managed their very packed schedule.
They were selected from a document screening of 1,700 applicants and were the best candidates who had a strong desire to work in Japan.
They passed several months of intensive Japanese language study in the Philippines and were able to speak a little Japanese, or even more than a little in some cases.
There are many excellent students in Japan, but at the same time, there are also students who lose sight of their own abilities in this job applicants' market.
In that respect, their enthusiasm was completely different. The serious look in their eyes and the enthusiastic questions they asked during the factory tour were wonderful.
Moreover, the ISOWA engineers who welcomed them were also incredible.
I thought the ISOWA culture was evident.
Among the ISOWA People, some were able to fully demonstrate the results of their regular English studies, while others realized their own lack of study, which I thought was a good stimulus for them.
One of them, Mr. N (second from the left in the front row), from the Philippines, who has been working at ISOWA for two and a half years, also attended to us fully.
He is close in age to them and can communicate in Tagalog and, of course, in English... but he said, "I haven't used English in a long time, so I was nervous."
But he did a great job and seemed to have a lot of fun spending two days with his motivated compatriots.
So, how many ISOWA people will be born from them?
We also want to take their passion seriously and carefully select our future colleagues.
Thank you to all 15 of you. Good luck!!
