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Career Support

Career Education and Support

At iCLA, our faculty and staff are dedicated to providing students with the skills and knowledge necessary to build and sustain successful careers in the future. We work closely with the Career Support Team at the Student Center of the University and collaborate with an external professional agent to support students as they expand their professional networks.

Building upon the critical, creative, independent, and global mindset emphasized in the iCLA curriculum, we assist students in gaining a deeper understanding of their strengths, skills, and career interests. Students are also strongly encouraged to improve their Japanese language skills before their third year, when their job search should be in full swing.

95% of iCLA's April 2024 graduates were employed or in further education within 6 months.

"My time at iCLA allowed me to explore various subjects in many different areas and helped to determine my post-graduation focus. I majored in Global Business and Economics, and after my third year of studies I had the opportunity to put my acquired knowledge into practice during an internship at Bosch Japan in their Software sales department. During my three months there, I applied and strengthened the diverse range of skills I’d learned from my professors, from conducting competitor analysis to product development including financial modeling. Currently, I am employed at a renewable energy company in Tokyo, as part of a newly established data intelligence team. Thanks to the excellent Japanese language courses offered at iCLA, I acquired a proficient level of Japanese, enabling me to confidently participate in meetings and deliver presentations to my Japanese colleagues."

Liina

Finland

Career Education - iCLA Affiliated Professionals

Career education begins in the freshman and sophomore years, focusing on career planning and preparing for job hunting after graduation. Our professional career education program is developed in collaboration with an agency specializing in recruiting/training foreign human resources and providing global marketing research services.

Throughout the academic year, a seven-session career seminar series is offered, conducted twice each semester. These sessions are conducted entirely in English and cover topics such as understanding the Japanese job market, importance of the Japanese language skills, and interview preparation through lectures and workshops, and more.

Furthermore, career counseling services are available in English for students seeking personalized guidance. Regular career consultations with Career Development Advisors and one-on-one career guidance sessions from faculty members are available to our students throughout their degree.

Career Support Team at YGU Student Center

The Career Support Team at the Student Center of Yamanashi Gakuin University hosts career focused seminars and events, aimed at developing skills and knowledge for job hunting. They also hold “Hirukatsu” lunch time exchange meetings, where current students can learn first hand about the job hunting experience both in Japan and abroad from business leaders and YGU Alumni, while picking up valuable tips, advice and networking opportunities from CEOs, HR personnel, and our own graduates.

Internship Opportunities

The Career Support Team at the Student Center of Yamanashi Gakuin University and iCLA also support our students in finding internship opportunities. By participating in an internship, you can gain practical experience relevant to your interests and future career ambitions. YGU has strong and varied connections with companies, organizations, and employment agencies, which allows us to introduce our students to a variety of internship opportunities.

"iCLA truly supported me in discovering my dream career in finance. In addition to my first internship at FUSO Academy, part of Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation, my second internship at Aristagora Financial Advisors really helped to shape my career path. My professors supported me in evaluating this opportunity and preparing for my interview. After starting their internship program I was quickly taught plenty of useful skills and professional knowledge. Aristagora is a boutique financial firm, so I was able to challenge myself with many different tasks. I could see myself maturing at work every day. Moreover, the firm offered me an international environment, which allowed me to apply and enhance the social skills I had learned at iCLA."

Hue

Vietnam

Skills You Will Develop

Our programs help you better understand your own strengths, skills, and career interests; building on the critical, creative, independent and global mindset nurtured at iCLA to identify what career you want to pursue, as well as the steps to achieving that career goal.

Career Prospects After Graduation

iCLA graduates have gone on to work for such prestigious companies as:

Accenture
Activision Blizzard
Chateraise
HIS
Kering
Mandarin Oriental
Mitsubishi Fuso
Mizuho Bank
Rakuten
Societe Generale
Thomson Reuters

Others have found positions in NPOs, the Military, Police, Local Government and Embassies. If you wish to pursue a career in academia, or want to attain higher qualifications to gain an extra early advantage in your career, a Liberal Arts degree is an excellent springboard to post-graduate study. iCLA graduates have gone on to study Master’s degrees such top global universities as:

University of Oxford
University of Sheffield
Georgia Institute of Technology
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Hult International Business School
ISEG Institute of Economics and Management

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