MSAJ Career Fair 2012

MSAJ is the official Malaysian Students Association in Japan. Every year MSAJ organized a career fair for the Malaysian students in Japan. Many big companies such as Proton, Toshiba, Sony participates in this yearly event

Entrance fee for MSAJ members is free while for non-members 1000yen. For details visit official page of MSAJ Career Fair 2012.

Guidance For Participants

Some useful information for students participating in this year’s Career Fair.
1. Prepare resumes/CVs and academic transcripts (results) in both Japanese and English as there are companies which require either English or Japanese, or maybe both.
2. For Japanese resumes, it is recommended that you write your resume specifically for each company.Handwritten resumes are much better as it shows the applicants determination.
3. Bring enough copies (at least 10) of your resumes/CVs to submit to each company you are interested in.
4. The participating companies have 2 methods for recruitment:
   • Some companies will collect resumes during the Career Fair, and contact the applicants later.
   • Other companies will conduct an interview straight away during the Career Fair. Last but not least: Self confidence!
5. Here are some references from the internet on how to write resumes:
   • English resumes:-
     http://jobsearch.about.com/od/sampleresumes/a/resumeformat.htm
     http://www.scribd.com/doc/2021505/Resume-Mohd-Rizal
   • Japanese resumes:-
     http://www.jobdirect.jp/rireki/index.html#setsumei
     http://www.cngcms.com/
6. Japanese resumes are sold at convenient stores, university coops, bookstores, or can be downloaded from the internet : http://www.resumemaker.jp/