Taketoshi Natsui President

How long has your company been doing business in Japan?
DISCO Inc. was founded in 1973 with the primary aim of helping companies provide recruiting information to prospective candidates to help them make suitable career choices. Over the many years, DISCO Inc. has developed a wide variety of products and services to meet the strategic staffing needs of cutting-edge companies.

DISCO business fields cover the publishing of placement and recruitment guides, corporate brochures and magazines, as well as direct mail advertising. DISCO also engages in organizing both domestic and international career fairs/recruitment seminars and carries out human resources consultancy work.

In 1989, DISCO International was incorporated in the United States by its Japan head office to assist Japanese and American companies in their efforts to reach and recruit talented Japanese and American bilingual students studying in North America. Based in New York, DISCO International currently organizes the world's largest Japanese-English job fairs each year in Boston, San Francisco, and New York. The company is proud to have placed thousands of job seekers with world-class companies for over a decade. Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, IBM, Anderson Consulting, Hewlett-Packard, and Sony Corp. are only a few of the many companies that participate in DISCO Career Forums for their annual recruiting.

What is your current business focus?
DISCO International, the world's largest producer of Japanese-English bilingual recruiting events and publications, is proud to launch an exciting interactive job website. MidCareer.com is a website created to help companies locate hard-to-find, experienced professionals with Japanese-English bilingual skills. Incorporating the latest technology, this recruiting tool enables companies to recruit in the most effective and time-efficient manner.

Job seekers with Japanese-English bilingual skills will enjoy free-of-charge the many benefits of this innovative job site. In MidCareer.com, candidates determine the criteria for their ideal jobs and only the best-matching job opportunities will be sent directly to their personal e-mail address. MidCareer.com is the ideal meeting place for Japanese-English bilingual candidates wanting to advance or change their career. Mark you calendarÑSeptember 1, 1999-for its grand opening.

How would you differentiate DISCO Inc. from your competitors?
MidCareer.com is the only job website that caters strictly to Japanese-English bilingual professionals. This means that job seekers spend less time filtering through all kinds of irrelevant job openings and can use time-saved for more important purposes, i.e., preparing for interviews. Additionally, DISCO International brings to this new service a tradition and experience of placing more Japanese-English bilingual candidates than any other company.

How do you see the demand for IT professionals with Japanese-English bilingual skills?
As the globalization trend continues, Japanese companies are increasingly recognizing the value of foreign-language and cultural skills in conjunction with one's professional background. Of all the foreign languages, English is the de facto language for international business and, accordingly, corporate recruiters are looking for at least a basic-level English for many job positions. They understand that their company's future prosperity depends on the continued internationalization of their business.

What are some of the benefits of using Internet recruiting, as with MidCareer.com?
There are a number of advantages for both candidates and companies who use Internet recruiting. Not only does it give companies and job hunters access to broader markets and opportunities, it also makes their presence known instantaneously. By the time you see a job in a newspaper or a trade journal, the listing may be several days or weeks old. By posting job openings and resumes on MidCareer.com, interested candidates or employers can browse the site any time, at their convenience, to find the most current information available. For companies looking for IT professionals, the Internet is certainly the best place to find them.

Using the Web is one way to prove that you are up-to-date with the technology and that you are Net-savvy. For companies looking for a specific skill set, it's also easier to target their audience, using keyword electronic searches to find just the right combination of skills and experience. Database building is another advantage. Even if a company can't find the right employee for a current opening, having the information digitized means that they can sort the information and put it into a database for future reference.

Relationship building is also possible because we can easily keep in touch with members of our database via electronic mail. Sending out updates to client companies is now a simple process.

Company Highlights
DISCO International Career Resources, Inc.
AMERICAN OFFICE:
152 W. 57th Street, 27th Floor, New York, New York 10019
Tel: 1-212-489-2040
Fax: 1-212-489-6460
cf@dicr.com
Japan Office:
DISCO Inc. 2-12 Shimomiyabi-cho Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8701, Japan
URL: http://www.MidCareer.com
Established: 1973
No. of Staff: 350
Main Products or Services:
Recruiting publishing, events, ad agency work and job website
Target Market: Japanese-English bilingual job seekers and companies in need of such talent
HR Contact: See www.MidCareer.com

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