Tough at the Top

[Mulboyne]

Vice President Sales, Marketing and Crampons
Reuters: Japan firm to young job hunters: climb the mountain
Some young Japanese graduates will literally have a mountain to climb to get their first job. One of the country's top Internet apparel retailers wants to make sure new employees have what it takes to scale the heights of business by interviewing them at the summit of the 12,388 foot Mount Fuji. Some 50 hopefuls will need to be at the peak of their powers to get one of the four jobs on offer when they climb the mountain with company executives on Aug. 24, aiming to reach the summit for a dawn interview the next day. "We are aiming to be the No.1 Internet retailer, so the No.1 mountain in Japan is very suitable," said Yoshifumi Tsunada, head of public relations for Image Co, the parent company of ImageNet Co., which will do the hiring. "A lot of people have said we are strange though."

[Naniwan Kid]

Did Donald Trump come up with this for some J-Apprentice ripoff?

[sludge]

A young job-seeker takes a seat in front of executives of ImageNet Co., one of Japan's top Internet apparel retailers, during an interview on top of Mount Fuji, August 24, 2005. The job interview was held atop Japan's highest mountain to make sure new employees have what it takes to scale the heights of business, the company said. 11 applicants out of 20 succeeded in reaching the 3,776-meter summit on Wednesday to attend the interview to try for one of four jobs on offer. Photo: Reuters

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[Mulboyne]

A feature on CNN reported that the company says they plan to hold their next recruitment interviews on the top of Uluru (formerly known as Ayer's Rock) in Australia.