[Beyond's first ever] We held a job offer ceremony for those joining in 2019

This is Umi Fujisawa from Public Relations

On October 1st, 2018, Beyond held its -ever job offer ceremony

The venue was the LINE-SCHOOL Minamihorie Seminar Room, and the four successful applicants who will become Beyond infrastructure engineers from April 2019 gathered

Not only the successful applicants, but most of the members of Beyond had never experienced an employment ceremony before, so everyone was a little nervous in the stylish venue. First of all, it was unusual for everyone to be dressed up formally, as we usually wear casual clothes to work

table of contents

1. Message from the President
2. Award of job offer certificate
3. Self-introductions from successful applicants
4. Closing remarks
5. Group work
6. Social gathering
7. Group work presentation
8. Closing remarks
9. summary

Message from the President

First, there was a speech from President Haraoka. As this was his first job offer ceremony, he had written a detailed speech

The successful applicants listen intently as we explain Beyond's corporate philosophy and what we expect from them in the future

Award of job offer certificate

Haraoka was confused as he was receiving his first job offer certificate, asking, "Do we have to read the whole thing?" In the end, all four students read the whole thing out loud

When I see them holding their job offer certificates, they look even more impressive, and I feel like a parent, thinking how happy I am for them (even though there are people my age who have graduated)

Self-introductions from successful applicants

Next, the successful applicants gave a three-minute self-introduction. They were all very unique, with some having IT experience and others without, and of different nationalities

As expected, everyone seemed a little nervous, but they spoke clearly and I was impressed that they seemed much more mature than me

Speaking in front of people is incredibly nerve-wracking, so I think all four of us felt an incredible sense of relief when it was over

Closing remarks

At this point, Director Morita gave the closing remarks, including talk about our company's business partners and stories about Haraoka, who he has known since he was a new graduate, and the job offer ceremony came to a close

Group work

From here on, we moved on to group work. Two teams, consisting of accepted applicants and Beyond members, held a "World Cafe."

World Cafe Rules

• Discuss a topic
• Create a space where people can talk casually, like in a cafe
• When speaking, hold the talking object
• I take notes on a piece of paper about what I say and what others say
• After the discussion, one person stays in the team, and the others go to another team and ask the remaining person questions about what is written on the poster
• At the end, each team will present what they have written on their poster paper

The theme was "What kind of company makes you feel excited to come to work every day?" Each team shared their opinions and wrote down things that they were concerned about or thought were important on a piece of paper

When I started thinking about how to make myself excited, it was hard to come up with any ideas.I came up with a lot of unrealistic and self-centered ideas, like wanting to be able to eat snacks whenever I want while I'm at work, or wanting to walk because I love walking, and it was difficult to organize my thoughts

A prospective employee commented, "It would be great if there was a login bonus that you could get just by coming to work every day," and we agreed, "That's great!"

Social gathering

The group work presentations will be held during the social gathering, so the social gathering begins

We chose stylish food that would look great in a stylish venue (although the drinks were canned)

Finally, the time came for everyone to talk freely, and both the accepted candidates and Beyond members were able to enjoy the conversation without feeling nervous

Group work presentation

As the social gathering began to heat up, it was time for the group work presentations

The two teams each presented what they had written on a poster about the topic, "What kind of company would make you feel excited to come to work every day?"

Various opinions were expressed, including focusing on on-the-job training, spreading smiles, increasing what the whole team can do, valuing break time, and earning gratitude from customers

Even though we all knew we had to express our own opinions, it was difficult to put them into words, and we were not able to summarize all of the opinions, but I think each of us was able to express the important things that we wanted to convey

It's hard to know what someone is thinking unless they tell you, so this was a great opportunity to gain a deeper understanding of what they think

It would be even better if we could incorporate the opinions expressed this time into future company policies

Closing remarks

Finally, Executive Officer Sato will give a closing speech

Sato also led the group work as the teacher, and he gave us a summary of today's work

Thus, the 2019 employment offer ceremony and social gathering was successfully completed

summary

It was a day where I felt that as a member of Beyond, I would like to support him so that his job as an infrastructure engineer starting in April next year will be a good experience in his life

This was my first time attending an employment acceptance ceremony, both as a company and as an individual, so as a PR professional, I regret most that I forgot to take a group photo, but I would like to use the lessons learned from this experience to create an even better ceremony next year...!