Akira Adachi, President of Mitsuhide Shoji Maki Nibayashi

Maki Nibayashi speaks to Akira Adachi, president of Mitsuhide Shoji about careers in IT business and development.

Please tell us a bit about your company
Mitsuhide Shoji MHS is a niche market player that has been serving clients with tailor-made IT solutions since 1992. We are a growing company in a very competitive but very lucrative business environment. From our inception to date, we have achieved a significant growth in our core business, IT. We develop application software and package software named Mujinzo. In addition, we import software packages. We are the authorized representative for CaseMaker Company and operate DBMaker, which is a SQL database management system that features multimedia object management, database functions and cross-platform support. We have seven employees, and each one of them are working quite independently.

Where do you see your company in the future with regard to the Japanese market?
The IT industry is the fastest growing market in the world, and the demand for IT products, services and personnel (liveware) is expected to grow by at least 100 percent during the next decade. Since Tokyo has been identified as a rapidly growing market with significant potential, we are in the process of expanding our business activities. Over the past ten years, we have carried out software and web page development using the most advanced programming languages. In the next two years, our main concentration will be in the e-business market, with secondary emphasis in the education market. Next year we are going to build our product Origami-kun, which will be a regular part of kindergarten in Japan. The CD-ROM allows children to make instant origami from color printed pages.

Whom are you seeking to hire?
System engineers from age 30 to 40 and programmers between the ages of 25 to 35. All positions require a major in Computer Science. This is vital in any one of the following areas: Computer Languges of C, C++, VC++, Java. Operating systems of Windows, UNIX and LINUX. Databases: Oracle, SQL Server, UDB, DB2. In addition to computer skills, having a basic conversational level in Japanese is important.

Please tell us about the responsibilities, workload, etc.
Since we are working on a project-by-project basis, the candidates should be independent and organized in their work.

What about salary, benefits, etc.
Depending on one' career and experience, academic records and skill level, it may vary from JY3,000,000 to JY5,000,000 per year and will be adjusted every year. In addition, if they need company sponsorship, we are willing to provide it.

Contact information:
Email adachi@mitsuhide.co.jp or fax 03-5405-1638. Mail to Mitsuhide Shoji, 1F, TOC Bldg., 5-15-1 Shinbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo. www.mitsuhide.co.jp

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