Career
In the Career Business, we aim to solve the social issue that we face in Japan's aging society: "difficulty in sustaining high-quality medical care and elderly care services," by contributing to "solving labor shortages and uneven distribution of medical care and elderly care professionals."
* We believe that there are three critical social issues that we need to solve in Japan's aging society, and we have defined four strategic business areas to address these issues.
Labor shortages and uneven distribution of medical care and elderly care professionals
While the demand for medical care and elderly care services is increasing due to the population aging, the shortage and uneven distribution of professionals supporting these services have become more serious due to a decrease in the working-age population.
In the medical care field, it is expected that the medical functions required will shift from acute care to chronic and home care as demand expands. As the demand for medical care changes, the supply and demand gap for healthcare professionals is widening. For example, in the case of nurses, it is expected that there will be a shortage of between 60,000 to 270,000 nurses in Japan by 2025. In addition, medical care professionals such as nurses are mainly employed in hospitals and clinics, and "uneven distribution among medical care functions" will become more and more serious in the future, making it difficult for operators such as home-visit nursing and elderly care facilities to recruit medical care staff. Furthermore, "uneven distribution among regions," in which the balance between supply and demand for medical care professionals is uneven depending on the area, is also becoming a major issue. Thus, the medical care field, in addition to an overall shortage of professionals, is facing an insufficient supply of professionals for the functions and regions that require them.
On the other hand, in the elderly care field, as the number of elderly people increases, the number of people requiring elderly care in their daily lives is expected to increase, and it is certain that the overwhelming shortage of professionals will continue long term. According to national estimates, the shortage of care workers is expected to increase from 220,000 in 2025 to 650,000 in 2040.
We would like to solve the shortage and uneven distribution of medical care and elderly care professionals by realizing the following mission.
We aim to contribute to sustaining high-quality medical care and elderly care services by solving labor shortages and uneven workforce distribution.
Close support for medical care professionals and encouragement to work for the "medical care operators needed by society"
In order to solve the shortage and uneven distribution of medical care professionals, it is important to encourage them to work for medical care operators that have medical functions needed by society or are located in regions that face challenges in securing human resources, by closely supporting each individual professional and providing information and services that are useful in career development.
For example, we provide nurses with various types of support in "taking their careers one step forward" throughout their professional lives. For students aspiring to become nurses, in addition to providing information on future career paths, we propose optimal first career opportunities through joint job fairs. For nurses who are currently working, we provide information on skills and career development through our community website and create job opportunities to work in medical functions and regions in demand by society through our recruiting agent service. For nurses who are away from work due to childbirth or childcare, we also focus on proposing new ways of working that allow them to work remotely and work shorter hours, making it easier for them to return to work.
In order to provide professionals with better job opportunities, it is essential to understand in detail the hiring issues, characteristics, and attractiveness of the operators to which we introduce these professionals. For this reason, we continue to deepen our relationships with a wide range of operators, from large hospitals to local hospitals, home-visit nursing providers, and elderly care facilities, while providing services that help solve their hiring issues and improve their working environment. By deeply understanding operators and appropriately communicating to professionals the appeal of the work styles and careers that they can realize at those operators, we can offer professionals job opportunities at better operators needed by society.
In this way, we aim to solve the shortage and uneven distribution of medical care professionals by promoting optimal matching to the medical functions and local operators in demand by society, while supporting professionals to pursue their ideal careers.
Promotion of entry into the elderly care industry and encouragement of retention by supporting career development
In order to solve the overwhelming shortage of elderly care professionals, it is important to increase the number of new workers entering the elderly care industry, while at the same time encouraging professionals to stay in the industry and reducing the number of people leaving the industry.
There are many inexperienced people working in the elderly care industry who have changed their careers from other industries, as well as uncertified people without professional certifications. Many people leave their jobs within a short period of time due to a lack of knowledge and expertise in elderly care and difficulty in adapting to the working environment. This is a major factor preventing the elderly care industry from solving its labor shortage.
Accordingly, we provide support for inexperienced people at our school for workers in the elderly care field to obtain beginner training certification, the entry-level certification for care workers. After obtaining certification, we encourage people from outside the industry to start their careers in the elderly care field by supporting them in getting jobs at operators that offer good working and training environments even for those with no experience. In addition, following employment, we provide a retention support service to help workers overcome their worries and concerns at the workplace, thereby preventing them from retiring from the industry early.
In order for elderly care professionals to work in the elderly care industry for a long period of time, it is also important to support them so that they can build steady careers by improving their professional skills and obtaining higher qualifications. For this reason, our school offers a wide range of services that help care workers develop their careers, including courses for higher-level certifications/qualifications such as practical training, and training to improve their skills as managers. In addition, we promote optimal matching between job seekers and operators through employment support services such as our recruiting agent services and recruiting ads services so that elderly care professionals can work with a sense of job satisfaction by making use of their skills and experience.
In order to enable professionals to work vibrantly for a long period of time, it is also essential for elderly care operators to solve problems related to the recruitment and education of staff and to realize better working environments. Therefore, we support operators in creating better working environments by providing retention support services to prevent early employee turnover and by training management personnel through our school business, in addition to providing support in solving recruitment issues, such as advice on hiring conditions.
Thus, we aim to solve the overwhelming shortage of elderly care professionals by encouraging workers without any experience to enter and remain in the elderly care industry, supporting the career development of elderly care professionals, and at the same time, helping elderly care operators build better working environments and promoting matching with attractive operators so that professionals can work productively and vibrantly for a long period of time.
Realize better medical care and elderly care services
By realizing the mission of our Career Business, we will contribute to solving the social issue: "difficulty in sustaining high-quality medical care and elderly care services."
Through our recruiting agent services and recruiting ads services, professionals can choose a workplace that better meets their requirements from among a variety of options and have access to job opportunities at operators needed by society. In addition, through training at the school and the provision of information in our online community, they can acquire new qualifications, skills, and knowledge that will help them advance their careers. Through these activities, they can build better careers as medical care and elderly care professionals.
Furthermore, operators can provide high-quality medical care and elderly care services by hiring better human resources through our career-related services and having their employees work productively and with a long-term sense of job satisfaction.
Patients and the elderly, who are the end users, can enjoy high-quality medical care and elderly care services continuously and live with peace of mind thanks to professionals who work vibrantly and operators supported by skilled staff.
In this way, we will contribute to solving the shortage and uneven distribution of medical care and elderly care professionals, thereby improving the quality of life for people living in Japan’s aging society.
Services in the Career Business
*RAG: recruiting agent service, RAD: recruiting ads service
RAG for nurses, midwives, and public health nurses
Dedicated career partners introduce business operators that meet job seekers' desired conditions, such as types of facilities, medical subjects, and work styles. We support job seekers in developing good careers by providing them with job opportunities at and optimal matching with operators needed by society.
RAG for radiological technologists
Dedicated career partners introduce optimal workplaces based on job seekers' wishes. Our industry-specific experience and know-how, as well as our proprietary systems, enable us to provide appropriate support.
RAG for medical technologists
Dedicated career partners introduce optimal workplaces based on job seekers' wishes. Our industry-specific experience and know-how, as well as our proprietary systems, enable us to provide appropriate support.
RAG for clinical engineers
Dedicated career partners introduce optimal workplaces based on job seekers' wishes. WOur industry-specific experience and know-how, as well as our proprietary systems, enable us to provide appropriate support.
RAG for registered dietitians/dietitians
Dedicated career partners introduce optimal workplaces such as medical care/elderly care/welfare facilities, nursery schools, and general companies throughout Japan based on job seekers' wishes. We help job seekers develop good careers through appropriate support.
RAD for nurses
This website offers a wealth of information on nursing jobs available throughout Japan. Job seekers can choose a workplace that meets their requirements, such as where they work or how they work. We also provide job seekers with information-gathering support and advice on finding a job over the phone to help them choose a good workplace.
Job information for nursing students
This service provides nursing students with information useful in job hunting, such as hospital searches, applications for company orientations/internships/employment exams, and free job aptitude tests. We support nursing students in developing their careers through online job hunting seminars and joint job fairs.
Web community for nurses/nursing students
This web community offers a bulletin board where nurses/nursing students can discuss their worries and concerns, the latest nursing and medical news, and information related to skill/career development, such as measures for the national nursing examination. We support the career development of nurses/nursing students.
Scholarship information for high school students/nursing students
This website provides a wide range of scholarship programs offered by hospitals or public institutions. We also provide students with multifaceted support in achieving their dream of becoming a nurse by providing information on entrance exam preparation, as well as information on finding jobs at hospitals.
Solution service for human resources and organizational issues
This service offers total support for medical care and elderly care operators on issues, such as recruitment, education, and retirement prevention. We provide optimal solutions by making use of our extensive know-how and recruitment trend data.
RAD for care workers
This service offers job information specializing in elderly care and welfare, such as home helpers, facility care workers, care managers, service provision managers, and social workers. We support matching with optimal operators.
RAG for care workers
Career partners specializing in the elderly care field provide extensive support in job hunting activities all the way until the job seekers start working, including setting up and preparing for job interviews. We introduce operators that meet job seekers' wishes and support optimal matching so that they can work vigorously.
School for workers in the elderly care field
Even those with no experience in the elderly care industry can acquire elderly care knowledge and skills in as little as one month. We provide a wide range of career development support, from obtaining qualifications such as initial training and practical training for care workers to finding jobs.
RAG for care managers/social workers
Dedicated career partners introduce optimal workplaces based on job seekers' wishes. Our industry-specific experience and know-how, as well as our proprietary systems, enable us to provide appropriate support.
RAG for PT/OT/ST
Dedicated career partners introduce optimal workplaces for physical therapists, occupational therapists, and speech therapists. Our industry-specific experience and know-how enable us to provide appropriate support.
Information service on qualification courses for elderly care
This service provides a wealth of information on how to obtain qualifications in the elderly care, medical care, and welfare industries, as well as introductions to schools that provide qualification courses, and a materials request service, which also enables users to make comparisons of each school. We support their steady career development by helping them obtain qualifications.
RAG for childcare workers
Dedicated career partners match job seekers with nursery schools and children centers throughout Japan based on job seekers' wishes. Our industry-specific experience and know-how enable us to provide appropriate support.
RAG for therapists/massagists
Dedicated career partners introduce optimal workplaces for therapists including judo therapists, finger pressure practitioners, acupuncturists, and moxibustion practitioners. We provide job seekers with extensive support in job hunting activities all the way until they start working.
RAD for therapists/massagists
This service allows therapists to search for jobs from a wide variety of opportunities according to their preferences, such as location and work style. In our career change support service, we provide counseling, suggest job openings, correct resumes and support interview preparations.
Exam reference book for judo therapists/licensed massagists
This service offers reference books for the national certification examinations of judo therapists and finger pressure practitioners/acupuncturists/moxibustion practitioners. We also hold job fairs specializing in the treatment industry to support people who would like to work in the industry.