Recently, our human resources recruitment staff gave a career education lecture to 119 sixth graders at Machida City Koyama Chuo Elementary School

Tomizawa Shouten is a local company that was founded in Machida City and 106 .
It has been about two years since the company moved its headquarters to Tamasakai, Machida City.
The company has a strong desire to contribute more as a company to Machida, where it was founded, and
as a first step in that effort, it has started participating in this career education program.

This was the first career education lecture for our company ,
so we carefully explained about the company and work while making sure to spend time with the children.

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■ Tomizawa Shouten delivers products from "everyone's hometown" to the whole country

In the lecture, Tomizawa Shouten

• A company born in Machida City
• Operating more than 90 nationwide
• All products delivered nationwide, including those from the online shop, are shipped from our headquarters logistics center in Tamasakai

We introduced the following

The logistics center stores approximately 9,000 items, and
at one point the children looked surprised, saying, "Wow, they're all from here?!"

■ All of Tomizawa Shouten 's work is created at our headquarters in Tamasakai

During the lecture, Tomizawa explained that there are many different job types at Shouten
there are truly a variety of jobs within one company

• Product planners (planners)
• A person who designs product packaging (designer)
• People who spread the word about the merits of a product to many people (public relations/marketing)
• People who deliver products to customers (logistics)
• A person who sells in a store (sales)

When he explained that
many of these jobs are carried out daily at the Tamasakai headquarters the children listened in amazement, saying, "There are all these jobs in the same town!" He continued,
" For example, if you like drawing, you might be able to get a job designing packaging, "
" What you love now could become your job in the future, "
and the children's eyes lit up even more
It was impressive to see them take the message "what you love will lead to your future" so seriously.

■ A time when people listened with sparkling eyes and asked sharp questions

On the day, the sixth graders spread out their notebooks and took notes enthusiastically, listening to the talk with serious expressions on their faces

During the question time,

• What kind of people are hired in job interviews?
• "Does all the money from the products sold go to Tomizawa Shouten ?"

The students continued to ask sharp questions that rivaled those of adults, and even the instructors were surprised

During the lecture, a quiz was posed asking, "What is the most important thing in a job interview?"
The children thought deeply, raised their hands, and clearly communicated their opinions.

A. Greet cheerfully.
B. Look the other person in the eye.
C. Speak calmly.

looked at the options and
realized, "They're all correct!"

They clearly understood the important point that "there is no single correct answer in an interview; it's a time to see a person's true character."

■ As a local company, we will continue to give back to the children of the future

It has been about two years since we moved our headquarters to Machida and began our journey as a locally rooted company.
This initiative is the first step that began with our desire to contribute to the local community.

Going forward, Tomizawa Shouten Shouten
continue to support the learning and growth of children who will lead the future as a
way of "giving back to Machida, the place where we were founded."