Japanese Translator

Binan city, Laguna

Posted 4 days ago

Company:: John Clements Recruitment Inc.
Company Description:: John Clements Consultants, the pioneer in Executive Search since 1974, has played a significant role in transforming thousands of Filipino and other Southeast Asian professionals into extraordinary leaders. Forty-seven years later, John Clements continues to offer superior services that included recruitment (from non-managerial to C-level positions), large scale staffing, RPO, outsourced staffing, overseas recruitment, leadership development training with digital learning platforms, 360-degree assessment and coaching all specially designed for our partners’ needs. Keeping ahead of the game in digitalization, we also invested in AI and Data Science. Working with CrossKnowledge, a global leader in digital learning solutions, and Zenger Folkman, enables John Clements to offer world-class talent development programs that elevate the leadership capabilities of professionals, transforming them into extraordinary leaders of change. Our “deep purpose” as a company is to build our country, uplift the lives of Filipinos, and develop successful leaders.
Contract Type:: Full Time
Experience Required:: 5 to 10 years
Education Level:: Senior High School
Gender:: Any
Number of vacancies:: 1

Job Description

■ The background of this recruitment is business expansion.
They have only 14 Japanese compared to its 5000 workforce in the company. The need for more Japanese speakers is required to be a bridge with each department.
Reading Kanji is the most needed skill for the position (to use in reading contracts and documents. They know that the person can use Google translate as well, but the basic skill of Kanji is important to make it efficient).
■ The position is urgent.
■ Key responsibilities:
・Translate documents (contracts etc) from Japanese into English and vice versa
・Communicationg with Japanese clients via email or sometimes over the phone
・Communicating with the Japanese internally regarding the meeting
・Interpreting the meeting from Japanese to English and vice versa
・Highly proficient in Kanji
・Extensive experience in Manufacturing (Electronic / Semiconductor / Automotive)
・Full-time employment
・ALL MANDATORY BENEFITS apply (government provided)
・Shuttle service provided; farthest North is in Alabang / farthest South is in San Pablo Laguna
・Upon regularization – 15 days VL / 15 days SL (convertible to cash); HMO; Life Insurance Coverage; Perfect Attendance incentive
・Emergency Loan
・Annual salary review
Other benefits if qualified for supervisory level
・Monthly Gas Allowance – P1,000
・Eligible to avail of Long Term Loan subject to existing guidelines

The current reason for the failure of selection:
Job hopper (does not stay in 1 company longer more than 2-3 years)