Jim
Life mission: Empower - to be able to help anyone in 5 minutes, now and 300+ years after I’m gone. Now building 2 businesses and consulting/assisting multiple others. Lifelong partner in entrepreneurship, real estate and self-actualization - always cross-cultural and/or cross-border. A focus on business and real estate in/between Japan and the Netherlands. Also involved in activities in India, Italy and Benin/West-Africa. ---- Me in 30 seconds ---- After business school I planned to become a professional football/soccer coach. I joined a startup instead, helped grow it to 25 people before having to fire half of them. I moved to rural Japan to join a corporate incubator, couldn’t handle the bureaucracy and quit after 2.5 years to start my own thing. Then I drop-shipped, day-traded, consulted startups, did digital marketing for local businesses, and coached young people and small businesses. Along the way, I found my calling. I call it Empower: to be able to help anyone in 5 minutes, now and 300+ years after I’m gone. I spend my time reading in foreign languages, taking care of health and family, and building empowering businesses. (With some coaching on the side.) As part of my work, I write, podcast, and organize/host small events and international business trips. Dutch native turned global citizen, lived 7+ years in Japan, now splitting time with my japanese wife between the Netherlands and Japan.
Hinako
Are you looking for a reliable HR and talent consultant who can work fluently in both Japanese and English? I have over 11 years of experience in HR and corporate sales in Japan, specializing in mid-career recruitment strategy, talent development, and employee engagement. I have supported over 700 companies and provided strategic proposals and recruitment process improvements for more than 1,500 mid-career positions. In addition, I have studied in Toronto and gained experience working remotely in English HR roles for a London-based startup. I am currently based in the Netherlands and work as a freelance HR consultant, allowing me to support clients during EU time zones. ■Services I Can Provide -Mid-career recruitment strategy planning and consulting in Japan -Recruitment process design, including remote hiring workflows -Market research on Japanese hiring trends -Talent development and career coaching -Internal communication and employee engagement planning -Cross-cultural communication between Japanese and international teams -Client management and coordination ■Tools & Work Style -Google Workspace, Slack, Zoom, Teams, Asana, Jotform, ClickUp -Professional, responsive, and detail-oriented -Clear reporting on project progress ■Background & Experience -11+ years of HR and corporate sales experience in Tokyo -Nationally certified Career Consultant (Japan) -Provided strategic proposals and recruitment process improvements for 700+ companies -Studied in Toronto and worked in English HR roles at a London-based startup -Currently based in the Netherlands (available for EU & Japan time zones) ■Languages -Japanese: Native -English: Advanced (C1, clear and natural pronunciation)
F.A.
An IT professional with a broad spectrum of experience from Backend, Frontend, and mobile development to technical translation between English and Japanese including layout adjustment and UI/UX rearrangement.
Marc
Data Analyst gespecialiseerd in Power BI, dashboardontwikkeling en data visualisatie. Ervaring met het bouwen van overzichtelijke rapportages, data cleaning in Power Query en het analyseren van grote datasets. Werkt met Power BI, Excel en SQL om bedrijven te helpen data om te zetten in duidelijke inzichten en efficiënte rapportages. Internationaal georiënteerd, communicatief sterk en vloeiend in Engels, Nederlands en Japans. Beschikbaar voor freelance opdrachten, dashboard support en BI-gerelateerde projecten.