If you speak Japanese and English, you have a real shot at top global firms

If you speak Japanese and English, you have a real shot at Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, J.P. Morgan, Bank of America, McKinsey, BCG, Kearney, Mitsubishi Corporation, and Mitsui, all through one single event.

It's called the Boston Career Forum. And most international students, especially Korean and Chinese students who worked hard to master Japanese, still don't realize what it actually is.

Let me explain, as someone who went from Sumitomo Corporation to a Chicago Booth MBA to Goldman Sachs IBD, and has spent 18+ years helping 80,000+ people win elite careers at Alpha Academy.

What makes this event different

The Boston Career Forum is the world's largest Japanese and English bilingual recruiting event. Every fall, hundreds of top firms (global investment banks, strategy consultancies, Japanese trading houses, asset managers) fly to Boston to hire one specific type of person:

Someone who can do business in BOTH Japanese and English.

Not "Japanese nationals." Bilinguals. Your passport doesn't matter. Your Japanese + English does.

Why this is YOUR opportunity

If you're Korean or Chinese and you've reached business level Japanese on top of English, you are exactly the profile these firms struggle to find. Think about it:

・Japanese firms like Mitsubishi Corporation and Mitsui are globalizing fast and need talent who can bridge Japan and the world
・Global banks and consultancies in Tokyo need professionals who can serve Japanese clients in Japanese and report to global teams in English
・The supply of true trilinguals (Korean/Chinese + Japanese + English) is tiny. The demand is enormous.

Some candidates walk out of that weekend with offers, including same weekend "dinner offers" from top firms. First round to final interviews can happen in 2 or 3 days. It's the fastest elite hiring process in the world.

But here's what nobody tells you

The forum rewards preparation, brutally. Winners locked in interviews weeks before the event through early applications. They prepared their self introduction and motivation statements in polished Japanese, their technical answers in English, and their resumes in both. They understood Japanese hiring culture, and walked in with a strategy. Those who show up with a generic resume walk out with nothing. Every year.

How Alpha Academy helps

For 18+ years, we've prepared international students and young professionals, including many Korean and Chinese bilinguals, to win at this exact game: bilingual resume building, entry sheet and motivation statement crafting, case and finance interview prep in both languages, and full strategy from application timing to offer negotiation.

Whether you're an undergrad, a grad student, or a young professional considering a move into Japanese or global firms, if you have Japanese and English, you're sitting on an asset most people would kill for.

Don't waste it by showing up unprepared. Turn it into offers.

Consult Alpha now! Alpha College | https://www.linkedin.com/company/10079730/

Book a free consultation today! ＞ Free Consultation

Click here to book your Career Fit Analysis and Career Strategy Consultation with TJ!＞ 【Career Strategy Advisory】

TJ Profile

TJ: Formerly with Sumitomo Corporation, where he worked in the Corporate Accounting Department overseeing budgeting, financial reporting, and performance management for over 800 domestic and overseas group companies, as well as IR (Investor Relations) activities. Selected as the youngest trainee for Sumitomo Corporation of America (New York), where he contributed to the restructuring of a U.S. electric arc furnace steel business invested in by Sumitomo. Later joined the Project Finance Department, where he was engaged in arranging large-scale financings for infrastructure projects in developing countries and financing for Jupiter Telecommunications. Selected as a company-sponsored candidate for overseas MBA programs.

Earned his MBA at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, with concentrations in Finance, Entrepreneurship, and Organizational Management. Founder of the University of Chicago Japanese Association. Initiated and executed the school’s first-ever “Japan Trip”, which has since become an annual tradition.

Subsequently joined Goldman Sachs Japan’s Investment Banking Division, where he advised on numerous M&A transactions in the media and consumer sectors, supported capital raising including IPOs, and worked on private equity investments and corporate restructuring assignments.

Selected as one of only six fellows (out of over 200 applicants) for the 4th Entrepreneurial Leadership Program of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives (Keizai Doyukai), where he received mentorship from leading entrepreneurs including Hideo Sawada, Chairman of H.I.S.

Served as President of the Chicago Booth Alumni Association in Japan (2006–2010). Has guided numerous candidates to admission at top MBA programs (Harvard, Stanford, and other leading schools in the U.S., Europe, and Asia), graduate schools, universities, and boarding schools. Track record of placing students at leading global firms including Mitsubishi Corporation, McKinsey & Company, Goldman Sachs, BlackRock, Google, Big 4 consulting/FAS, Dentsu, Toyota, MUFG Bank, Nomura Securities, among others.

Renowned for his rigorous one-on-one coaching for TOEFL, GMAT, IELTS, and GRE, with a reputation for pushing candidates to fully complete their preparation. Highly regarded for his ability to design and achieve career and academic goals with unmatched quality and precision. As a result, he is in high demand as an advisor, with numerous requests to work directly under his guidance.