Self-Introduction (Information on Free Gifts) A Current HR Professional Working a Side Job!

Nice to meet you! My name is Shintaro Nishimura!
In this post, I will introduce myself and
write about who I am and what I will be sharing on note.
Also, at the end,there is an announcement for a free gift useful for job changesthat
I have.

Please stay with me until the end!
(Updated May 3, 2026)

🟦Self-Introduction🟦

Biography

During high school, following my parents' divorce, I decided I wanted to "acquire the ability to work anywhere," so I aimed for overseas employment. Also, I was inspired by a mentor in college who taught me that "work related to people is exactly where we in the humanities can contribute."
I was taught this by my mentor.

When job hunting, I received offers from a top-tier prime company and a small-to-medium-sized enterprise, but I intentionally chose to join a small-to-medium-sized Japanese global niche manufacturer to get the opportunity to work overseas as quickly as possible. Luckily, my dream came true in my second year after graduation, and I subsequently experienced overseas assignments in Thailand and Singapore.

During this overseas assignment, I ended up working as a driver for the company's second-generation founder, a multi-millionaire. While working as a driver, through the multi-millionaire's communication with various people, I experienced the essence of leadership, ways of thinking about human relationships, consideration, ability to take action, and decision-making unique to a multi-millionaire.

After returning to Japan, I was assigned to the HR department as I had long hoped. Then, due to the company's deteriorating performance, I carried out layoffs for three consecutive years. Wanting to know more about how managers like the multi-millionaire think, I #career-changed to a recruitment firm that conducts executive search services specializing in managers and executives.

At my second company, as a recruitment agent, I interviewed over 200 executives and leaders. I learned about "management," "business," and "leadership" from the people I met every day. Through these interviews, I honestly re-examined my own strengths and decided to change my career again to HR, which is my forte, and joined my current company.

In my current position, as #HR for a company that develops conservative medical manufacturing and IT, I maximized my experience as a recruitment agent and won the President's Award for mid-career hiring. Currently, I am in charge of the entire process from planning to execution of HR DX promotion using a talent management system. I have begun creating a mechanism to efficiently draw out the abilities of not only individuals but also all employees.

On Career Perspective

Thinking that "youth is for training," while enrolled at the company I joined as a new graduate, I experienced corporate planning/production management/sales management/general affairs/HR. Looking at it positively, I was able to have various experiences at a young stage.

However, that companycarried out layoffs every year.
When I thought about what would happen if the company went bankrupt, I realized that my career lacked expertise. And for the first time, I regretted that I had left my career up to the company.

My first job change was a huge struggle because I lacked expertise. From this bitter experience, I began to think day and night about "how to make my resume look good." And I began to face how to build expertise and how to present my career.

Job Change Failure

Although I have written my biography and career neatly, I actually failed my first job change.

From my own experience of struggling with job changes, I felt that job changes were very meaningful, and I was enthusiastic, saying, "I will make recruitment (job change agent) my life's work!!"

Although it was good that I joined with such enthusiasm, I spent my days catching up on unfamiliar work in a different industry and a different job type.

And every day was spent chasing sales, which is typical of venture companies. The only days I could feel relieved were the days when an order was finalized. My monthly overtime was 100 hours, and my annual income was a little over 4 million yen. (About 60% of my salary in my third year after graduation..)

It was a job I loved, but when I started thinking about marriage, I felt that there was no future in this kind of life, and after much deliberation, I resigned after a year and a half.

The reason this happened is
naturally due to my own mental immaturity.
However, in addition to that,
the fact that I left my career up to the company
and failed to build up expertise in my work
was also a major cause.

At this recruitment agency where I changed jobs,
I was truly taken care of by everyone around me,including the president and my superiors.
I am still very grateful and meet with my former colleagues regularly.

The person I am today is undoubtedly thanks to the strict yet warm guidance and encouragement of the business owners,
leaders, and workplace colleagues I met in person.

Generally, changing jobs to a different occupation or industry
is said to be 'not recommended because the difficulty level is high.'
My actual feeling is that it is not completely impossible, but
I cannot actively recommend it...
Even if you have a strong will to do so.

In other words, what I want to say here is
'it is very difficult to view one's own strengths objectively'.

You need to take a leap to grow, but
it is difficult to judge how much of a leap you should take.
Especially if it is your first time changing jobs.

To view things objectively, I am keenly aware that you need
advice from a third party who has no conflict of interest,
yet has experience with failure, as a bystander sees more than the player.

The reason I started career change consultation/interview preparation

I joined my current company as an HR professional from a venture company,
and thanks to everyone, I was able to achieve results, such as receiving multiple awards for mid-career recruitment.
And looking back,
I have conducted interviews for mid-career recruitment and career change consultations with over 500 people so far.

There is something I felt strongly during that time.
That is
'What a waste...'
'If they had prepared properly, the result might have been different...'
'Even though it is an interview that might change their life, the candidate is going into it in this state...'

Why does this situation happen?
It is because they do not know how to prepare for an interview.

Career agents
can of course give advice on how to write a resume.
They can also provide interview preparation.
However, isn't the reality that this is limited to some career agents,
or some candidates?

While I had such concerns,
I received a call from my sister-in-law on a certain Friday night.
She was very dark and dejected.
When I heard her story,
she said that despite having the ability, she could not get promoted at all due to company policy.

Because of that, although she had never changed jobs before,
she asked for advice because she wanted to change jobs,
and this became my first career change consultation.

To write specifically,
the application destination was decided by referral, but she did not know how to write the interview or work history,
so we talked on the weekend for 3 consecutive weeks.
First, starting with whether the reason for changing jobs was appropriate.
Then, understanding the industry and company of the application destination.
Grasping the power balance with that application.
Based on those, the positioning of the first, second, and final interviews.
How to convey the reason for changing jobs and what she wants to do.
How to convey how she produces results.
Confirmation of how she wants to commit to the company and how to convey it.
And how to think about and convey the desired annual income.

When we talked thoroughly to resolve all of her detailed questions,
the total time we spent talking was at least 7 hours or more.
The result was that the interaction went exactly as we had prepared in the interview,
and she received a job offer with a high evaluation in the final interview.

In the career change from a Japanese company to a foreign-affiliated company,
even if it was not exactly the desired annual income,
considering the circumstances of the applying company, it was the best possible treatment,
and as a result, her annual income increased by 1.5 times.
(I honestly share that if the destination is a Japanese company,
there are few cases of annual income increase.)

After changing jobs, her abilities were fully utilized,
and she seemed to be very fulfilled in both work and life.
I want as many people as possible to have an experience that changes their lives like she did.
For that purpose, I launched a career change consultation service.

And when I actually started, I had new encounters with
various people I had never been involved with before.
When I listen to their stories,
there are truly so many things that I myself learn.

And although I have done career change consultation/interview preparation many times,
I have become convinced that this truly has the power to change people's lives.

I want to create as many places as possible that turn lives for the better.

It might sound naive, but
now, while making that sense of fulfillment my top priority,
I have decided to continue this career change consultation for the rest of my life.

🟦Who and what will I be sharing on note?🟦

Thank you very much for reading this far.

In this note, I will write about everything necessary for job interviews,
gained as an HR professional, a recruitment agent,
and through side-job career consultations.
I will write it all down.

*I have written about my strong motivation for turning this into articles
in the article below!

My note is written with the following people in mind:
　・Those who are about to start their first job search
　・Those who are job hunting but feel like something is missing
　・Those who want to know what to do to pass interviews
　・Those who want to negotiate their salary and change jobs to increase their income

I would love for those who fit these descriptions to read this,
but as long as you are working as a company employee, you never know what might happen.
Therefore, in addition to the above, this is also recommended for:
　・Those who think, "I might change jobs someday..."
　・Those who want to know what to be careful about as an interviewer
　・Those who want to know what is necessary to succeed in job placement as a recruitment agent
　・Those who want to learn about job changes easily, like reading a job change experience log
　・Those who want paid career consultation
　・Those who are seriously thinking about asset formation
　・Those who want to share information on social media and sell their own services

It is also recommended for these people!

🎁Information on Free Gifts🎁

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since March 2025.

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