My experience as a SEI intern
Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. (SEI) is multi-national electric wire and optical fiber cable manufacturer headquartered in Osaka, Japan, holding over 350 subsidiaries around the world.
This summer I had the incredible opportunity to intern at Sumitomo Electric Industries at their Headquarters in Osaka, Japan. My position was in Global HR as part of the Global Mobility Group and the Payroll Services Group. I spent 7 weeks with Global Mobility Group and 3 weeks with Payroll Services.
As a global business major that had just finished taking a course in Global Human Recourses and had presented a team project to a global relocation company 5 days before leaving for Japan, I was excited to apply my knowledge into the real-life work.
My project for the summer was to create an English relocation guide book for expats coming to Japan to work for SEI. Below is a list of deliverables I accomplished to develop my guidebook.
During my time at Global Mobility, I:
During my time at Payroll Services, I:
To wrap up my internship, I presented my 30-page relocation guidebook, my “office kaizen” side project and my final debrief to the company. Working alongside Japanese employees for the first time, I got to experience the Japanese work culture. The biggest challenge for me was handling the differences between Japanese and American working culture, and having to learn how to compromise my work habits. I was grateful that I was assigned meaningful work and appreciated the freedom I was given to develop my project.
This was my first time interning abroad and I am grateful for all that I learned and all the memories I made with fellow interns and everybody at SEI. I would like to thank the Global Planning Group at SEI and Pavee-san, Okuda-san, Yokota-san and Kok-san for doing an incredible job setting up the global internship program and for the constant support and guidance. It was also wonderful working such a diverse intern group with over 10 countries represented.
At SEI, I was successfully able to apply my knowledge that I have gained these past 3 years as a global business major. As a soon to be graduate, I am positive that alongside my degree this internship was great international work experience and has helped me advance my future global career.
This summer I had the incredible opportunity to intern at Sumitomo Electric Industries at their Headquarters in Osaka, Japan. My position was in Global HR as part of the Global Mobility Group and the Payroll Services Group. I spent 7 weeks with Global Mobility Group and 3 weeks with Payroll Services.
As a global business major that had just finished taking a course in Global Human Recourses and had presented a team project to a global relocation company 5 days before leaving for Japan, I was excited to apply my knowledge into the real-life work.
My project for the summer was to create an English relocation guide book for expats coming to Japan to work for SEI. Below is a list of deliverables I accomplished to develop my guidebook.
During my time at Global Mobility, I:
- Interviewed current expats at SEI about their relocation experience and any difficulties they encountered living in Japan
- Attended seminars to learn about how to approach cultural differences during relocation and how the cost of living in each country effects salary allocation for expats etc.
- Visited banks and city ward offices to observe first-hand how required documents for living in Japan are handled for the expats.
During my time at Payroll Services, I:
- Learned how to understand the Japanese Tax and Social Security system
- Learned the SEI employee benefits programs, Salary systems and HR policies
- As a side project, recommended ideas for creating a more engaging work environment.
To wrap up my internship, I presented my 30-page relocation guidebook, my “office kaizen” side project and my final debrief to the company. Working alongside Japanese employees for the first time, I got to experience the Japanese work culture. The biggest challenge for me was handling the differences between Japanese and American working culture, and having to learn how to compromise my work habits. I was grateful that I was assigned meaningful work and appreciated the freedom I was given to develop my project.
This was my first time interning abroad and I am grateful for all that I learned and all the memories I made with fellow interns and everybody at SEI. I would like to thank the Global Planning Group at SEI and Pavee-san, Okuda-san, Yokota-san and Kok-san for doing an incredible job setting up the global internship program and for the constant support and guidance. It was also wonderful working such a diverse intern group with over 10 countries represented.
At SEI, I was successfully able to apply my knowledge that I have gained these past 3 years as a global business major. As a soon to be graduate, I am positive that alongside my degree this internship was great international work experience and has helped me advance my future global career.
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