AOBAYA
AOBAYA
About Us
Enrich local life through eleven businesses
AOBAYA, founded in 1956, is a company with a long history. AOBAYA operates no less than 11 businesses: Duskin rental and cleaning service, funeral service, flyer distribution, adult day care, employment support for high school students, exercise therapy for children with developmental delays, and laundry and café services. Having 11 businesses has enabled the company to run stably amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. Even if some businesses face uphill struggles, other businesses can make up for the difficulties as a team. AOBAYA has developed businesses in Tohoku and other regions including Tokyo and Hokkaido. They are narrowing and connecting their target areas so that they can deal with customers promptly and offer service that is specifically tailored to their needs.
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For the comfort of the local community
AOBAYA’s goal is to make customers, employees, and society happier together. For customers, they are always trying to meet their requests and be the best service provider they can be. For employees, they are creating a resilient company that is capable of protecting their jobs even if the company cannot make a profit for three years. It is also crucial to offer diverse opportunities and support so that they can fulfill their career goals. A specific example of this is that employees have a personal interview with the CEO once a year, and they can suggest five ideas to improve the company directly to him. They will continue to diversify their business to improve the company culture and achieve higher customer satisfaction.
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Three things AOBAYA requires from you
AOBAYA requires three things from candidates: situational understanding so they can take considerate action, acting energetically, and honesty. These things facilitate not only the work itself, but also communication with customers and among workers as well, which is what AOBAYA values the most. Therefore, you can apply for a job there regardless of your professional skills. What they examine the most is what kind of person you are. As these things hardly appear in job interviews, they use a unique process of recruitment, so that they can discover the candidates’ individuality.
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Interaction with people expands your horizons!
An international employee from Vietnam says “AOBAYA provides a comfortable working environment. Though the recruitment of foreign employees like me has not yet been promoted, I think that the support system for potential foreign employees will be enhanced in the future. As we rarely use English, I have been studying Japanese very hard. I joined this company as a mid-career employee, and I learned Japanese mainly in my daily work. I recommend communicating with many people and expanding your horizons.”
International students would like to know
What do you expect of employees?
We have a Vietnamese employee in the digital department. Even though he had not specialized in digital technology before joining us, he became fully capable of doing the job and communicating in Japanese after training. What we value is personality, including enthusiasm towards work and communication skills, rather than academic background and qualifications. Although a certain level of Japanese language skill is necessary for workplace communication, it is possible to acquire business-related skills through practical experience. Moreover, we hope employees can display their full individuality and creativity.
We have a comprehensive support system for every employee both inside and outside the business. We analyze the characteristics of each employee with a profiling tool to facilitate communication with colleagues. We try not only to promote mutual understanding but also to take advantage of personal strengths. Employees are promoted not based on seniority, but their performance and results. In other words, we do justice to your self-improvement at work. As our organization is divided into small groups, we have a close collaborative system that facilitates dialogue among workers. Those who have demonstrated outstanding ability are recognized and get promotion opportunities no matter how old they are. These policies allow employees to take full advantage of their characteristics and specialties, and to be more and more passionate about the business, which contributes to the development of the whole company.
AOBAYA has a long history and they utilize their store of experience to adapt to the current situation and the future of society. This attitude and their social mission were very attractive to me. In addition, I admire how the company treasures its workers. They understand that good business comes from good relationships and they consider the happiness of their workers greatly. I thought this mindset was ideal for workers and the company.
AOBAYA has a long history and they utilize their store of experience to adapt to the current situation and the future of society. This attitude and their social mission were very attractive to me. In addition, I admire how the company treasures its workers. They understand that good business comes from good relationships and they consider the happiness of their workers greatly. I thought this mindset was ideal for workers and the company.
I was impressed by the fact that AOBAYA has a long history of 65 years, but is still developing its business without losing its flexibility. It was also impressive that the employees working there take good care of the company and work cheerfully. The connection between people becomes a relationship of trust, making their work fulfilling. That is why it is loved by the local people. I think that at this company, we can live our lives together.
As my major is aging economics, I am interested in AOBAYA because most of their business is about social welfare. Through doing company research and interviews, I am impressed by AOBAYA’s consideration for customers and employees. As I am also an international student, I evaluated whether AOBAYA is suitable from an international student’ viewpoint. The working atmosphere is easy for foreign students to adapt to and the work is appealing because you could get promoted through your effort. As your hard work is valued, you will never get tired of working here.
I learned AOBAYA is a local-oriented company aiming to enrich people’s lives with its diversified business. You can become aware of your strengths and leverage them effectively in the vibrant work environment.