The skills, qualifications & resume strategies that help you stand out & get interviews
In the age of AI-generated code, it's harder than ever to judge an engineer's market value by their skill set alone. Data from Tenshoku Draft shows that even among engineers with similar salaries, the way they describe their projects leads to big differences in how many companies reach out to them. The real driver of salary gaps isn't just technical ability. It's whether you can put your problem-solving process into words on your resume.
In this session, a Tenshoku Draft career advisor draws on more than 3,000 resume reviews and the data behind them to show IT engineers how to write a resume that gets noticed. You'll learn what companies actually look for, how to go beyond "what you did" and explain "how you solved it," how to structure your story from problem to action to result, and how to communicate business impact. Everything is focused on changes you can make right away.
In an era where simply being able to build things isn't enough, a resume that clearly showcases your strengths can do two things: boost your pass rate at the screening stage and give you more to talk about in interviews. We hope this session inspires you to start putting your career into words.
🎙️ SPEAKER:
- Masanori URABE | Senior Technical Recruiter at Livesense Inc. TenshokuDRAFT
📍 LOCATION | VENUE:
Minato City Industry Promotion Center Fudanotsuji Square, 11F, 5-36-4 Shiba, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-0014, Japan Google Map
Engineers wondering how to gauge their market value in the AI era You're not sure whether a list of skills is still enough to stand out.
Anyone whose résumé reads like a tech stack or a list of duties You can explain what you built, but not how you solved the problem.
Those whose applications stall at screening, or who aren't getting the scouts they expected You have solid experience, but it isn't coming across to employers.
Engineers who find it hard to articulate business impact Your work is implementation-heavy, and you're not sure how to show what it meant for the business.
🧑🏻💻 FOR MORE DETAILS ABOUT THE EVENT AGENDA, SPEAKERS, SPONSORS & PARTICIPATING COMPANIES
HirePlanner is an all-in-one recruiting solution for companies hiring in Japan. It offers a comprehensive suite of HR tech software, including a bilingual Applicant Tracking System (ATS), online job advertising services across multiple job sites in Japan, an agency management system, employer branding consulting, and social media and video content production services. Additionally, HirePlanner regularly organizes tech meetups, networking and career events in Tokyo to help companies connect with and attract bilingual professionals. https://www.hireplanner.com
MAIN EVENT SPONSOR:
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Trend Micro, a global leader in cybersecurity, is working to realize a world where digital information can be safely exchanged. Our cybersecurity platform is driven by decades of security findings, international threat research, and endless innovation. It protects more than 500,000 organizations and more than 250 million individual users in various environments such as the cloud, network devices, and endpoints.
Our platform, which leads the industry in cybersecurity and cloud security for companies, realizes rapid detection and response by aggregating and visualizing information about the entire environment. In addition, it has a number of advanced and powerful threat defense technologies optimized for environments such as AWS, Microsoft, and Google.
Minato City Industry Promotion Center
Minato City Industry Promotion Center (港区立産業振興センター)
The Minato City Industry Promotion Center (港区立産業振興センター) is Minato City’s flagship innovation and business support hub, dedicated to fostering entrepreneurship, accelerating business growth, and connecting companies, talent, and community through collaboration and innovation. Located in the heart of Minato-ku, the center provides startups, entrepreneurs, and established companies with access to coworking spaces, business support services, event facilities, and collaborative programs designed to encourage innovation, cross-sector partnerships, and sustainable economic development. https://minato-sansin.com/
Tokyo Metropolitan Government
For Tokyo to foster more startups that can succeed on the global stage, it is essential to attract talent, entrepreneurs, and investment from around the world. This means creating more opportunities for people to connect and collaborate in English, helping to break down the language barrier and strengthen Tokyo’s global business and innovation community.
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government is already advancing a range of initiatives to support this goal, including SusHi Tech Tokyo, one of Asia’s largest global innovation conferences. In addition, through its Global Exchange Promotion Program, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government works with private-sector organizations to support Hireplanner's events and initiatives that bring international business professionals to Tokyo and create new opportunities for global exchange.
This Global Business Networking Program is an initiative, implemented by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, aims to promote global exchange within Tokyo's innovation ecosystem through business events, networking sessions, and salons conducted primarily in English, fostering inclusion of global businesspersons. The program seeks to establish Tokyo as a startup hub and international financial center, encouraging participation from business professionals worldwide.
