Hello, everyone.
This is Enta.
We conducted our first-ever new graduate hiring!
It's what's commonly known as "buying while the crop is still in the field."
| Early RecruitmentIn agriculture, “aotagai” refers to the practice of purchasing rice in advance based on projected yields for that year’s harvest. It is essentially a type of futures trading.
By extension, this phrase is sometimes used to describe situations such as companies offering job offers to students early on in the recruitment process for new hires, or purchasing a new, unfinished building in the real estate market—that is, “securing an asset based on its future potential rather than its current state.” |
And we’ve hired one person!
I'm looking forward to next year.
That said, there’s one more person scheduled to join us, so I’m looking forward to that as well.
I’d been wondering about young Japanese people these days, but there are still plenty of them out there!
Young people who are determined to take on the challenges of this industry!
Just knowing that makes me incredibly happy, but I’m absolutely thrilled that you chose us!
(That said, we did send a job offer, but we won’t know for sure until they actually start working here. Workers are free to choose, after all! Though I’m sure they’ll end up coming to work for us, lol.)
As long as they’re motivated and aren’t a bad person, I’m more than willing to hire them.
But honestly, young Japanese people these days are a tough bunch. (Or is that just what I think?)
Even though Japanese is understood here, it feels like it isn't.
We are willing to make as many concessions as possible.
However, since I want them to learn the skills they’ll need to support themselves in the future, just being a good person isn’t enough.
After all, a certain level of responsibility and discipline is necessary.
In the construction industry, there is a very real risk of dying in an accident, depending on the circumstances.
Today’s motivated young people are Japan’s treasures of the future.
I’d like to take my time and nurture that carefully!
I'm really looking forward to the upcoming new graduate hiring season! (Though I'm sure there will be plenty of challenges.)
See you later.
