For my details, please refer to here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kei-sugano-0468b9a9/
Here is the guideline how to contact me, for any agents.
(*keep in mind: this is not to criticize you personally but my conclusion as a result of thousands of agents contact me, so this is not directed to you. But please remember I have rule below)
[update: if you sent the job details via email to me and i replied i'm interested, i think 99% of you guys can forget the below](since most agents are good people)
1. I do not accept any phone calls or zoom sessions, unless I am interested in what you bring.
2. I hate long conversations.
3. Please do not bring what you/your company want to bring. Don't try to persuade me. Please bring me exactly what I am looking for, which is precisely stated in [4].
4. I am looking for
(1) freelance opportunity with minimum 900,000 JPY per month. This is of the gyomu-itaku position. or
(2) Purely foreign company which has no branch in Japan (or branch is too infant so they cannot hire me as regular employee). In that case, I expect 10,000,000 JPY at least annually.
This is the minimum requirement. ("You negotiate it during the interview" kind of stuff is not accepted.)
5. I have no duty to explain why I don't like what you bring because I owe you nothing.
6. Please minimize the information I have to have a look. I hate frequent contacts. I am working. I want the Job Description with simple question whether I like it or not. Please get it simple.
7. I only want to contact with polite people. If he tries to behave like my boss or show being offended when I say "NO", then you (and your company) are blacklisted.
8. Do not make me rush. I hate the logic "If you don't rush, the opportunity goes away". Again, I owe you nothing and I have a job, you use my time. Please keep in mind.
9. Some agents bring me company once I rejected. Please don't make me eat what I vomited earlier. It is nothing but terrible.
10. You should have minimum IT/technical knowledge and interest if you contact me. I don't want to generalize too much but those people who have almost no attitude to learn those is very tough to communicate with.
Sorry for bunch of negative statements but I really want to filter out people who I don't want to contact with.
If you agree with the above rules, we are friends ;)
Thanks,
Kei
