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GCC Inc.
Thorough pre-entrance training will enable you to carry out your duties smoothly and become accustomed to life in Japan!
Corporate information
Business Category: Information and Communication
Location: Maebashi City (10 bases of operation in Japan)
Number of Employees: 686, out of which 11 are non-Japanese personnel
Status of Residence: 11 with “Engineer/Specialist in Humanities/International Services” status
Nationalities: Myanmar, China
Occupational Categories: System engineer
URL: https://www.gcc.co.jp/
Tell us about the nature of the duties involved and your experience in taking in non-Japanese personnel.
This IT company develops work systems for regional public organizations. It handles the process from development to maintenance and management for systems used to manage resident data on taxes, welfare and so forth largely used at counters at municipal government offices.
The company started taking in non-Japanese personnel in 1996, and has experience in hiring individuals with Burmese and Chinese nationality. Currently, it has eleven non-Japanese personnel working for it.
Tell us about the occupational categories in which your non-Japanese personnel are active and the state of their activities.
We have our non-Japanese personnel play active roles as system engineers under our development team for welfare-related work systems in use at local government office counters.
In addition to leveraging the advanced programming ability that they acquired in college to improve programs so that users find our systems easier to use, they supervise the likes of tasks to verify whether programs are operating properly.
With their extremely high level of programming capability, our non-Japanese personnel are doing their part for the smooth operation of projects at our organization. Some of them have matured to the point that they are in charge of on-the-job training for our new Japanese employees, which provides positive stimulation to their Japanese counterparts.
Tell us about the state of education and assistance that you offer to your non-Japanese personnel.
We emphasize pre-entrance training so that our non-Japanese employees can carry out their duties smoothly after joining our organization and become accustomed to life in Japan. In cooperation with a university in Myanmar, we conduct a three-month internship and one year of Japanese-language education in Myanmar over the one-year period from the time that Burmese personnel receive their job offer to the time that they enter the company.
In the internship that we offer, we have Burmese personnel tackle assignments involving the improvement of programs for systems intended for local Japanese governments, study areas such as business etiquette and Japanese culture, and experience in advance the skills that they will need in the actual business that they conduct once they join our organization.
Additionally, as part of this internship, we also conduct onsite training in Japan to provide interns with an opportunity to envision ahead of time what their workplace and living environment will be like after entering the company.
Where Japanese language training is concerned, we have non-Japanese personnel attend Japanese language school in their home country at the company’s expense so that they can acquire JLPT Level N3-equivalency and outfit themselves with a degree of Japanese language ability that will enable them to go about their lives without a hitch after they have relocated to Japan.
Scene from internship
Tell us what kind of skills you look for in your non-Japanese personnel.
We hope that non-Japanese personnel bring a high level of programming skill to the table. Additionally, we look for people with the passion to make use of their skill in order to make society a better place, be it through addressing social issues or assisting with the forward development of their home country in the future after boosting those skills at our company.
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Comments by Non-Japanese Staff【Yin Thiri Khaing（From Myanmar）】
I am in charge of the development of welfare and medical subsidy systems. I also handle the instruction of less-experienced non-Japanese employees in my team as well as the provision of work feedback to new Japanese employees as an on-the-job trainer. I picked up specialized terms and developed the ability to prepare materials in Japanese in the course of my work, giving me a sense of my day-to-day growth.
At our company, which has an outstanding training system, all forms of training from pre-entrance internships and Japanese-language education to post-entrance training for new employees ties into the duties one has in the workplace where they are assigned. That makes it possible for us to tackle our work duties smoothly and without stress.
Another considerably attractive plus of the company other than the actual work is that an abundance of company club activities are available. I am a member of the cooking club and Japanese calligraphy club, where I enjoy interacting with our Japanese employees and experiencing Japanese culture.
I am eager to become a project manager in the future, and intend on mastering the skills I need for that purpose going forward. I also hope to do my part to improve the utilization of IT in Myanmar.
To work in Japan, having Japanese language ability and enthusiasm for your work is a must. Even if you make mistakes along the way, keep on trying and build up valuable experience in the country.
Comments by Non-Japanese Staff【Wint Lae Mon（From Myanmar）】
In addition to handling the development of general support systems for welfare for people with disabilities, I also have involvement in an AI project for image processing. I am part of a team effort to ensure that our systems are easy to use from a user perspective.
Our company has an at-home atmosphere where everyone is friendly. Additionally, we all enthusiastically tackle the mastery of new expertise, and can freely speak our opinions and benefit from advice in our teams.
Maebashi City, where I reside, is home to many commercial and other facilities, and is an easy place to live. It is also a place where one can fully savor the charm of nature courtesy of the beautiful scenery of the foot of Mount Akagi. Another appealing aspect of the city is the transit network it has in place that allows easy access to the center of Tokyo.
In the future, I want to further boost my Japanese-language ability as well as become capable of developing higher-quality systems. Eventually, I would like to return to my home country and develop systems that will benefit society, perhaps through starting a business.
Part of working in Japan is encountering communication barriers, solitude and unfamiliarity. At the same time, I believe it is one of the best choices you can make in improving your skills and building your future career. Do your best to prepare in advance so that you will find success with your life in Japan.
Comments by Representative【CEO Machida Atsushi】
Through development duties in systems for administrative functions at our organization, you will have the opportunity to learn about Japanese administration and national systems, which are firm institutions even from a global perspective.
Here, you will find an environment that affords you the valuable experience of learning not only system development skills, but also methods of supporting administrative management with the use of IT.
