Shinichi Ikawa
Career strategy
GLOBAL CAREER ACCELERATOR PROGRAM
Career support for international companies and global companies
Choose your next career. Prepare for your target company.
Prepare with experts who understand your target employers.
GCAP provides individual coaching from choosing your career direction through to application and interview preparation.
Coaches who understand hiring and business use GCAP’s approach to clarify your experience and strengths, then help you practise for your next step.
Discuss your preparation
We review your current readiness and
identify the preparation to work on next.
For people who have chosen a target employer
Prepare thoroughly for applications and interviews.
With preparation tailored to your target employer,
For people exploring their next direction
Turn unexplored possibilities into career options.
Based on our past experience, we will work with you to find options for industries, occupations, and companies where you can thrive.
PIVOTSee detailsExpertise in hiring, business, careers and English.
Coaches with hiring and practical experience at foreign-owned and global companies
Ryuichiro Hanajiri
Management/Finance/Governance
Matthew Nemick
English communication
Daiki Shibata
Amazon, AWS and Microsoft interview preparation
Andrey Pak Tsuruta
Google and international-company interview preparation
Ryutaro Yamada
Google and AWS interview preparation
Shun Kiyohara
Career strategy and interview preparation
Dan Ring
English interview/career development
Introducing some of our coaching staff. We also have a wide variety of experts on staff who will provide support tailored to your goals, duties, and challenges.
WHAT IS GCAP
GCAP
Global CareerAccelerator Program
Build on your experience.
Prepare for your next role.
Accelerate the challenge.
Make your experience work for your next career.
You want to build on your experience at a foreign-owned or global company and take on greater responsibility. Yet it can be difficult to choose your next step when you are unsure which options fit or how to present your experience to a prospective employer.
GCAP is for these people.A personalized coaching program that expands your career possibilities and accelerates your preparation for your next challenge.It is. We combine expert coaches with experience in corporate recruitment and business practices with GCAP's systematized analysis and preparation know-how to support you from choosing your direction to applying and interviewing.
Identify roles where you can apply your strengths, communicate the value of your experience and approach unfamiliar challenges logically. Through analysis reports, practice and feedback, we help you reach a point where you know what to prepare and can work independently.
Expand your goals.
You will reconsider your experience and strengths, and consider companies and jobs that you have not considered before.
Connect experience to evaluation.
We connect your experience with the role you are applying for and develop answers that explain your responsibilities, the reasoning behind your decisions and how your results could be repeated.
Show your strengths in the interview.
Practise both experience-based and case interview questions, including how to think and communicate as follow-up questions and conditions change.
TAILORED PREPARATION
Tailored preparation for other employers and roles
Build your preparation around your target role.
We also provide systematic preparation for GCAP for those aiming to work for international companies and global companies other than Amazon, AWS, and Google. Determine the basis for judgment and your own contribution from experience,Explain in a logical manner what kind of abilities you have and how you can achieve results in your next job.This logical communication will serve as the foundation for your preparation even if your application changes.
When asked about your experience, provide answers that connect the situation, challenges, actions, and results. For case-type questions, use a way of thinking that connects objectives, hypotheses, priorities, and verification.Use the necessary logic and answer structure for each type of question,You will practice responding to new questions and additional questions.
We compare the job posting, business context and selection process with your experience and strengths. Based on the preparation you need for applications, experience-based answers, role-specific questions and English interviews, we combine the curriculum and coaches suited to your target employer, role and seniority.
Consult with us about measures that suit your desired destination.INSIDE THE COACHING
Explain your experience. Tackle unfamiliar problems.
Even though they have a proven track record, their strengths are not conveyed. When I am asked a problem for the first time, I can't think straight. GCAP analyzes answers from the perspective of evaluating the applicant, digs into the basis, and refines answers that make sense.You can read the questions and answers and compare how to improve with the coach's deep dive.
Measures to complete your first answer
Complete your answer to the first question based on your experience.
Example answer | Before coaching
In a business where corporate customer cancellations were increasing, I led improvements across sales and implementation support. We analyzed the reasons for cancellation and implementation history, and focused on the discrepancy between expectations at the time of contract and support after implementation. As a result of reviewing the handover and initial support of both departments, target customers have become more established in using the service, and the renewal rate has also improved.
How could this answer be clearer?
Although the roles and results are communicated to the employees, they do not understand why they chose the specific measures and what their role was. Dig into your coach's experience and gather the evidence you need to answer your first question.
Build a strong foundation for your answer.
Practise in a live conversation.
First, prepare to answer the first question.We dig into the person's experience and thoughts and construct an answer that conveys the basis for the judgment, the person's actions, and results.
Next, practice responding to additional questions.“Why did you use that technique?” “What would you do if the constraints changed?” Based on the answers you have completed, you will practice adding explanations to questions from different angles and updating your thinking.
Use the analysis report to identify priorities, then alternate between coaching sessions and independent practice. We tailor the preparation to your starting point and target role.
How should we proceed with this measure?PEOPLE & PRACTICE
Turn expert insight into skills you can use.
We combine expertise in recruitment, business, career, and English to suit your goals. Centered on the coach's perspective and GCAP's analysis report, we will provide practice and feedback, from a deep dive into experience, to case-type questions, to Japanese-English dialogue.
Start with the role’s requirements.
A coach who knows about company recruitment and the field will check the connection between job postings and experience. Make it clear which responsibilities you will be entrusting to the person.
Look closely at your experience.
We organize the situation, issues, actions, and results, and delve into the process of judgment, individual contribution, and collaboration that cannot be seen by results alone.
Understand the question.
Using topics such as business growth plans and determining priorities, we align objectives and constraints, formulate different hypotheses, and determine priorities based on information. We will practice in dialogue until we verify and update our judgment.
As the conditions change,
Confirm the issues identified in your report by responding to additional questions and rehearsing in English. Take the improvements back to your independent practice and try them out in your next practice.
Responsibilities are combined according to goals, duties, tasks, and schedules.
See main coachesLearn about GCAP support through videos
GCI VIDEO
Explore how GCAP supports your preparation
We will introduce the overall picture of the program and the idea of preparation.
YOUR PREPARATION
Find your focus before your job search begins.
We recommend that you check your current location and direction of preparation before starting your job search.If you start working just before the interview in response to a call from the recruiter or the passing of documents, you may not have enough time to organize, practice, and revise your experience.
Decide on your challenges and priorities early, and make all the necessary preparations, from application documents to interviews. Even if you don't have a set goal, you can start by organizing your direction.
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Before applying
Free consultation:
understand your starting point.We discuss your goals, experience and current preparation, make an initial assessment of your readiness, and explain the relevant challenges and support options.
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After signing the contract/before the session starts
Use a preliminary mock interview
to identify your priorities.For corporate interview preparation, we will create a detailed analysis report based on preliminary mock interviews that are separate from the sessions.
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Session 1 session
Understand the analysis.
Set your preparation priorities.We explain the report and share its strengths, challenges, and preparation priorities. Specify which experiences to hone and which questions to practice.
After the 2nd session
Focus and refine.
Build readiness for the real interview.
From building the core experience to case-type questions, additional questions, and Japanese-English rehearsals. We will determine the scope of our work according to the current issues and preparation period, and accumulate practice and modifications.
View curriculum examples by number of sessionsPIVOT
If you are unsure about the direction of your career, or if you have not yet decided on a specific company or position, please contact PIVOT. We will organize your experience, strengths, and conditions that you value, and together we will flesh out the options that will help you succeed and the actions you will take next.
See how to proceed with PIVOTPROGRAM & FEE
Choose the preparation your goals require.
Increase your experience and questions, correct the issues you see in practice, and try again. By increasing the number of sessions, you can prepare more and have more opportunities to see improvements.
Standard courses offer 4, 6, 8 or 10 sessions. Each session lasts 60 minutes, and you can choose according to your level of preparation and goals. We also offer last-minute training courses for those who are close to selection, and focused sessions for those who want to narrow down their issues.
Select a session count to view an example curriculum.
CURRICULUM EXAMPLE / 8 SESSIONS
Repeated analysis, practice, and correction
Go through the experience, job-specific questions, and additional questions, then try your revised answers again.
What we aim to achieve in this course
You will be able to answer questions about your experience, job duties, and cases in a logical manner, and be able to respond to in-depth questions and changes to conditions based on evidence.
- Session 1
Understand your own challenges
Review the analysis report and decide how to prepare for experience/job-specific questions and additional questions, as well as priorities and order of practice.
- Sessions 2–3
Make your experience compelling
We examine your key experiences and reasons for applying, including the evidence behind your decisions, actions and results.
- Sessions 4–5
Challenging questions related to companies and jobs
Practice making judgments, hypothesizing questions, and explaining your expertise depending on the company you're applying to.
- Sessions 6–7
Change the conditions and try again
Re-practice with additional questions or different assumptions. Depending on the assignment, students will improve their explanations in English and make sure that their corrections have taken root.
- Session 8
Prepare for the real interview
Check your overall responses during the mock interview and narrow down the points you need to strengthen before the actual interview.
This is an example curriculum. Your current preparation, target company and role, and time before selection determine how we tailor the content and allocation of sessions.
The course usually includes an analysis report.
For company-specific measures, we conduct mock interviews in advance after signing a contract and before the start of the session. Preliminary mock interviews are not included in the number of sessions.
For people with an interview approaching
Intensive preparation course
4 sessions × 105 minutes
448,900 JPY
For people who want to work on specific issues through practice
Focused sessions
60 minutes per session; reports are not included.
- 1 session
- JPY 64,500
- 2 sessions
- JPY 121,100
- 3 sessions
- JPY 175,300
CHOOSING YOUR COURSE
Find the right course through a conversation.
We work with you to plan your preparation, budget and schedule. You can start with a shorter course and extend your support as you progress.
Start with a focused session or a 4-session course
You can start with a focused session or a 4-session course. If you wish to continue, you can upgrade by paying the difference.
If the situation changes, you can cancel the contract midway.
If the selection results or circumstances change, you can cancel your contract midway. Detailed terms and conditions, including payment upon cancellation, will be provided to you before you apply.
Prepare for multiple employers
You can prepare for multiple employers and roles, including Amazon and Google. We tailor the curriculum around shared preparation and the requirements of each application.
In a free consultation, we explain each course’s support, scope and application conditions.
Payment is generally made in one instalment. Courses of 8 or more sessions can be paid in up to 2 instalments.
QUESTIONS
Frequently asked questions
QI haven’t applied yet. Is it too early to get in touch?
Rather, we recommend that you check your current location and direction of preparation before starting your job search. This is because even if you find out the issues right before the interview, you may not have enough time to organize, practice, and revise your experience. We will organize your goals and experience and make the necessary preparations as early as possible, from application documents to interviews.
QCan I use it even if I haven't decided on the company I want to apply to yet?
Yes. At GCAP PIVOT, we organize your experience, strengths, and desired conditions, and together we search for industry, job, and company options. If you have already decided where you want to apply, we will put together a plan tailored to the company and job role.
QDo you support applications to employers other than Amazon, AWS and Google?
Yes. We will tailor our measures to the company and job you are aiming for, based on how to communicate your experience by connecting it to your abilities and results, and how to construct answers depending on the type of question. We will check the role required in the job posting and the current challenges, and match you with the necessary support and coaching, such as application documents, job-specific questions, and English interviews.
QCan you accommodate requests for multiple companies or positions at the same time?
Yes. You can also design a curriculum with multiple application destinations in mind, such as Amazon and Google. After organizing common experiences and answer bases, we will practice according to the viewpoints and questions that are important for each company and job. Based on the selection schedule and current level of preparation, we will decide what to prioritize.
QCan I prepare for interviews in English?
A coach who specializes in English interviews and communication will assist you in organizing your messages, preparing questions and answers, and rehearsing. We will check the necessary practices and current issues at the destination you are applying to and incorporate them into the support content.
QHow do I choose the right course?
In the free consultation, we discuss your target employers, preparation needs and available time, then recommend the content and number of sessions. Alongside the standard 8 sessions, you can consider 4, 6 or 10 sessions, intensive preparation or focused sessions.
YOUR NEXT STEP
Understand your preparation needs before you apply.
For those who want to start preparing for their desired company or those who want to think about their next career direction. We'll check your current location during a free consultation and work with you to sort out the issues you need to address.
Discuss your preparationYou do not need to choose a course before speaking with us.