Position Vacant

[Fresh Powder - Japan]

Position: General Manager at Japan Fresh Powder!

Wage: JPY290,000 yen per month (plus bonuses totaling approximately 300,000-500,000 yen per year)

Summary: Japan Fresh Powder is an innovative company who own and operate several high quality accommodation complexes. We are seeking a dynamic, results orientated individual. This position requires a highly motivated person with exceptional management and customer service skills. This position requires a large amount of autonomy so a proven track record of management and achieving results is required.

Requirements:
Ideally we are seeking a person(s) who:

* Holds a degree in Business Administration/Hotel Management
* Is bilingual in Japanese and English – Level 2 JLPT or similar
* Is computer literate in Microsoft office, windows and PMS systems
* Has a basic understanding of web based applications.
* Is enthusiastic and outgoing
* Is able to oversee all facets of the management and operation of the business
* Can independently manage staff
* Is prepared to work long hours when seasonally required
* Has experience in providing financial reports
* Is able to attain the tasks set of them

Previous experience in the hotel/accommodation management will be considered a distinct advantage for this position.

Benefits: Company Car (limited personal use allowed)

Application:

* Please submit your application to employment@freshpowder.com
* Only applications who meet the minimum requirements and who attach a resume with a cover letter (eighty word minimum) will be considered.
* Applicants who are successful in attaining an interview will be notified by email by March 20th 2008.
* Interviews will be conducted in Hokkaido in late March or early April 2008.

[867-5309]

Wow. Sounds like a crappy low paying job for someone with management skills. Why would anyone do that?

[shanePC]

Oh come on now Jenny, it's not that bad for Hokkaido cost of living.

And it's in Hokkaido - bonus. And probably near good snow for boarding - bonus.

[chibakenben]

Yah, for a ski/snowboard bum it's often jobs like this or wait tables.

...Or get the king of all ski bum jobs - zooming a multi-tonne groomer around the mountains in the dead of night, crushing everything in your path.

[patrick]

I would have to agree with a prior poster,

Why would anybody who has a BA in Hotel Management, basically bilingual and experience in management and writing financial reports work for pay that is pretty much minimum wage in Japan?

With as much they could make doing the exact same thing anywhere else in the world, based upon the requirements they want, this would be like working for peanuts.

Of course, that's my own opinion...

[shanePC]

Minimum wage? Most starting salaries in Japan are like 220,000 a month, 230,000 if you have a masters - even in Tokyo, where your rent is likely half of that. Foreigners do make more on average, yah, but I wouldn't call that minimum wage. That kind of money in rural Hokkaido will go almost twice as far as would here in Tokyo...

Lots of JETs in Hokkaido fall in love with the winter and struggle to find jobs there after JET is up, myself included. Most end up in less paying private ALT jobs.

Plus, just because you don't fulfill all the requirements of a job posting doesn't mean you shouldn't bother applying.