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Japanese Internet company Rakuten says that it can build a #5G network for just a third of what it would cost using the approach taken by a traditional LTE operator. The claims made by CTO Tareq Amin at this week’s Digital Transformation World conference in Nice, France, suggest that the company will take a highly disruptive approach when it launches its LTE service in October. http://glassdoor.com/slink.htm?key=vMdg7 #TMFDigital #DigitalTransformation
RAKUTEN CUP: TOP 3 ANTICIPATED STORYLINES FOR WHEN BARCA CLASH AGAINST CHELSEA FC AND VISSEL KOBE IN JAPAN THIS SUMMER APRIL 18, 2019 In 2019 the sporting world will shift its focus to Japan. The nation will host the Rugby World Cup, set to kick off in September. October will see the NBA make its return to the country with the NBA Japan Games 2019. And before that, Japan will play host to the Rakuten Cup in July. The competition will have UEFA Champions League contenders and current leaders of Spain’s La Liga, FC Barcelona, face-off against 2017 English Premier League Champions Chelsea FC and Vissel Kobe, challengers in Japan’s top J1 league. Top contenders for most-anticipated storylines For FC Barcelona, the stop is the Club’s first visit to the Land of the Rising Sun since 2015, and brings with it a number of compelling storylines alongside the promise of scintillating action on the pitch. Founded in 1905, six-time English league champions Chelsea FC is one of the world’s top football clubs and features some of the world’s most recognizable players. Without further ado, here ar
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Randi Peyser, Senior Manager, Talent at Rakuten Why did you decide to join Rakuten Marketing? RP: I met with the HR team and had a final interview with Yaz Iida (now the President of Rakuten USA) and was sold. I was drinking the Kool aide. It seemed like such an interesting industry, especially for someone like me who loves online shopping. It felt like home. Was it hard transitioning from supporting just Rakuten Marketing to all the Rakuten Group businesses? RP: With any transition comes growing pains, however I love that we’re finally at a place where we can consider ourselves “one Rakuten” and it gives me the opportunity to learn about our other business units. Not only can I be a cheerleader for Rakuten Marketing, but for all of the business units. It’s also given me the opportunity to partner with other talent team members across the US that I wouldn’t have had the chance to work with before. SN: What’s your favorite part about your job? RP: Truly, the best part about my job is people I work with on a daily basis. The relationships I’ve been able to build are invaluable.
Tell us about your job! What do you do? What does a typical day look like? With my role, I am always looking at various resumes that apply in and looking to find talent through sourcing. I do my best to take what my hiring managers are looking for in a role and use my best knowledge to find the right talent. In a typical day, I do a ton of phone screening, I’m always searching the internet to find top talent, and looking for Engineers of all different types and making sure that skills align with the role that I am aiming to fill. What’s been the most challenging thing you’ve worked on since you’ve been here?The most challenging thing to learn was really good time management skills, so I’m able to dedicate equal amounts of time to all my hiring managers. I make sure everyone is getting candidates and I’m working on multiple roles at once and trying to keep up a good pipeline for everyone.
Hackathon For many people, participating in their first Hackathon can be intimidating. What would you tell those people? I’d tell them that it’s about the experience and not the result. Two main takeaways, the first is the people – It’s an awesome experience to have people from different business units come together and form a team. We got the chance to know each other, learn about what everyone does and get a different point of view. The second is the fun behind being able to push personal boundaries. It doesn’t matter if you code or not, you could contribute more than you expect. You may end up doing Q&A before the CEO and the whole crowd, which is a great experience to have. Would you change anything if you could do the Hackathon project again? I would take initiative next year to pitch and form a team to involve more people I don’t know from different business units. I would include the same group, but that would all be dependent on if they’re interested in the idea or not.
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An Interview with Faye Shi, the Ebates Hackathon Winner I joined the team mid-January as a Product Manager for Ebates, so I’ve been here for a few months now. Faye Shi (002) Why do you love programming? I love programming because we can do so much more with it and use that to improve the lives of others. What was the idea of the project? What was your strategy to work together? Aria reached out and pitched the idea. She had over 7 credit cards she carries everyday in her wallet which was getting difficult to manage because she was forgetting which card to use for what. We did a quick survey during the weekend before the Hackathon to validate the hypothesis. During Hackathon days, we did user interviews and met with new people. We have a team of 6 people from 3 different offices, Aria, Sneha, Sachin, Jainam from Lexington, Bronwen from SF and me in CC. The team is pretty diverse in terms of location and business department. The strategy for communication was to kickoff the meeting with brainstorming.
Attending Glassdoor’s 2019 Best Places to Work Event Sarah Nelmes, Senior Recruiter at Rakuten, tells us about attending Glassdoor’s 2019 Best Places to Work Event in New York City. In February I had the opportunity to fly to New York and attend the Glassdoor 2019 Best Places to Work Event with the Rakuten Marketing Talent Team. I’m always game for any excuse to get together with my team and Glassdoor puts on fantastic events in our industry. There were leaders speaking from Glassdoor, Compass, 23andMe, Salesforce, Bain & Company, Southwest Airlines, and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. The event kicked off with audience participation when the MC asked the question “What makes a best workplace?” The discussion centered around benefits, rewarding work, relationship building, perks, work-life balance, the people, etc. Turns out there are a lot of things that can make a company great to work for. I loved hearing from tech companies on the best way to develop women in leadership. Glassdoor has so much data available to them through the job seekers who use their site.
