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HRBrain, Inc. operates a cloud-based platform designed to enhance the management and evaluation of human resources. Founded in 2016 and based in Tokyo, Japan, the platform centralizes human resource data, facilitating personal evaluations, organizational structure management, and analysis of employee performance. It assists businesses in setting goals and assessing employee performance through the visualization and analysis of accumulated evaluation data. This enables companies and HR personnel to develop effective management strategies and improve overall workforce management.

Findy Inc, a job change service company, connects companies with IT engineers, freelancers, and sideline engineers. It also provides information related to hiring and personnel affairs, including tips for hiring, public relations, and marketing. The company also offers Findy Engineer Lab, a medium that delivers interviews with active engineers and the latest technical information. Findy Inc was founded in 2016 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Rockets Co., Ltd., founded in 2017 and based in Tokyo, Japan, specializes in developing customer relationship management solutions. The company operates the SalesTech solution "makibisi," which serves as a lead acquisition platform aimed at enhancing sales strategies. Rockets focuses on creating personalized approaches to lead acquisition, integrating technology and human expertise to help businesses achieve high-quality leads with improved conversion rates compared to traditional sales methods. Through its innovative solutions, Rockets aims to empower companies to refine their sales strategies and optimize their lead generation processes.

ROXX Inc. is a Tokyo-based company that specializes in job placement services for musicians. Established in 2013 and formerly known as Scouter Inc. until its rebranding in July 2019, the company operates various products, including Back Check, a reference check service, and SARDINE, a cloud job database. ROXX focuses on facilitating career opportunities for musicians through its innovative platform and services, contributing to the development and operation of a comprehensive career platform tailored to the unique needs of the music industry.

NetOn, Inc. is a consulting and recruitment firm based in Osaka, Japan, established in 2004. The company specializes in providing cloud-based hiring solutions tailored for the Chinese market. Its services focus on web marketing for recruitment, allowing businesses to enhance their hiring processes without depending on traditional job advertisements. NetOn offers a range of solutions, including corporate management, web marketing support, and management of applicant information and recruitment status. By enabling companies to manage their recruitment directly through their own websites, NetOn aims to streamline the application process and improve hiring outcomes for its clients.

Retrieva, Inc. designs and develops artificial intelligence (AI) based software solutions for call centers by using natural language processing and machine learning. The company’s products include Talk Coordinator, an operator software solution; Voice Visualizer, an administrator software solution; and VoC Analyzer, an analysis software solution. Retrieva, Inc. was founded in 2016 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Talent and assessment provides AI interview service that can interview anytime and anywhere. Based on the strategy recruitment method developed by the Company, AI conducts a recruitment interview while interacting with the AI, analyzing the qualifications of applicants by expert staff and evaluating the interview.This is an AI interview service that provides reports. Applicants can interview anywhere, anytime, 24 hours a day, 365 days a week by using their smartphone and downloading a dedicated application.

ROXX Inc. is a Tokyo-based company that specializes in job placement services for musicians. Established in 2013 and formerly known as Scouter Inc. until its rebranding in July 2019, the company operates various products, including Back Check, a reference check service, and SARDINE, a cloud job database. ROXX focuses on facilitating career opportunities for musicians through its innovative platform and services, contributing to the development and operation of a comprehensive career platform tailored to the unique needs of the music industry.

WELKS Co., Ltd. is a recruitment and temporary staffing agency based in Tokyo, Japan, founded in 2013. The company specializes in providing staffing solutions for the childcare, long-term care, welfare, and learning sectors. WELKS is dedicated to addressing challenges within the childcare industry by offering staffing and information services that support the professional development of individuals. The organization aims to create a society where everyone has the opportunity for self-realization, regardless of their environmental or circumstantial limitations, ultimately contributing to the well-being of all individuals. Through its services, WELKS seeks to empower users to tackle social issues while enhancing their professional skills.

YeLL inc. offers organizational development and human resources development consulting services. The company offers planning, development, and management of cloud 1 on 1 service. YeLL inc. was founded in 2013 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Identity has set a mission of "Reduce mismatches in the world with IT!" And provides services as a comprehensive IT support company specializing in IT human resources (engineers and creators). We provide recruitment support for both agent services and media services, and offer a wide range of recruitment, mid-career, freelance, and overseas human resources in recruitment advertising media. From employment to retirement, we work closely with users to support career design.

TeamSpirit specializes in building and providing companies with our cloud-based teamSpirit Workforce Success Platform.Today, no company can communicate its value without providing services that adapt to the various and diverse needs of end users. More and more, companies are required to make a shift from a labor-intensive paradigm to a broader, knowledge-intensive, service-based orientation. Employees, too, are faced with the necessity of changing the way they think about their work. Gone are the days of routine work; now, employees must think creatively, and demonstrate their unique professional capabilities. With the capital and business alliance forged with U.S.-based salesforce.com, Inc., TeamSpirit has completed a transformation from outsourcer to cloud service provider as they set out on their second start-up endeavor. Their experience making such a profound change taught us that the most effective way to inspire their employees to put forth 100% of their professional strengths is to establish a cycle of 1) visualizing daily activities, 2) receiving feedback from those around us, and 3) reflecting on their own activities and relating them to tomorrow.

SCOUTER is a social headhunting platform that compensates users, called Scouters, who passed the examination is a next generation career support service that can receive compensation by introducing friends acquaintance to companies.

ROXX Inc. is a Tokyo-based company that specializes in job placement services for musicians. Established in 2013 and formerly known as Scouter Inc. until its rebranding in July 2019, the company operates various products, including Back Check, a reference check service, and SARDINE, a cloud job database. ROXX focuses on facilitating career opportunities for musicians through its innovative platform and services, contributing to the development and operation of a comprehensive career platform tailored to the unique needs of the music industry.

Launch pad for a wide array of HR Tech services, which has focused on revolutionizing the world’s second largest Japanese HR services industry thru technology enabled business models. BizReach: Japan's premier online career networking service, which has transformed the Japanese business community in allowing career-driven executives to freely share and directly connect with talent-seeking employers and recruiters.Often referred to as the “LinkedIn of Japan” in the HR industry, the service has allowed over half a million executives to explore their career options by sharing their resume information in a closed online database shared amongst only employers and recruiters. The service has disrupted the executive search (recruitment) market by becoming a cloud-based talent sourcing platform for employers to recruit and hire business executives directly. CareerTrek: The service was built on the needs of BizReach clients (employers) wanting to recruit and hire “young” professionals (20s and early 30s) more efficiently thru direct sourcing methods. Hence, the service is branded and targeted to become an online career networking service connecting young professional jobseekers and employers. Together with BizReach, the 2 cloud-based talent sourcing platforms deliver similar results to what Linkedin delivers to enterprise clients outside of Japan. An added feature of CareerTrek due to its focus on a younger audience is its recommendation engine, which supports jobseekers in not only proactively finding jobs that they think fit them, but being introduced to positions that other similar users find interesting. Stanby: Stanby is a job search engine, which aggregates job postings from hundreds of third-party job sites. This “Google for Jobs” service enables jobseekers to search from over 4 million jobs posted online from all over the country in just one search. Stanby ATS is a service provided to employers, and is a cloud-based applicant tracking system for employers, and is free to use. Employers can create job postings, source applicants and track applicants, together functioning as a central platform for all recruitment efforts. Stanby thrives to bring every job opening to the online world, and become the largest original source of hiring information.

Howtelevision,Inc. operates and manages a carrier platform in Japan. The company’s carrier platform offers students a growth environment through internships and job hunting activities; and provides content, such as company information, and recruitment information. It also provides Liiga, a career improvement support service for working people. The company was founded in 2010 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Leading Mark Inc. is an employment agency based in Tokyo, Japan, that focuses on addressing the needs of job seekers. As a growing human resources startup, it is expanding its services to include mid-career and international hiring. The company has a representative in China who is dedicated to connecting top Japanese-speaking Chinese students with opportunities in Japan. Leading Mark emphasizes the importance of providing relevant information to job seekers, in contrast to larger, traditional agencies that may prioritize the interests of employers and their own commissions. By centering its efforts around the average job seeker, Leading Mark aims to alleviate frustration and support career development.

Neo Career Co., LTD. is a human resources and technology company based in Shinjuku, Japan, founded in 2000. It operates an online recruitment platform catering to mid-career professionals as well as new graduates. The company's services encompass the recruitment of healthcare professionals, including doctors and nurses, along with temporary staffing solutions for various roles such as office workers, sales personnel, call center agents, caregivers, and childcare providers. Additionally, Neo Career offers recruitment service outsourcing and education and training services to enhance talent management for businesses. The company has expanded its presence with offices in Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines, and China, focusing on optimizing recruitment processes and improving resource efficiency for its clients.

Cookbiz is an online platform that offers a job search engine catering focused on food-related industries. It was launched by Kenji Yabuno in 2007 and is operated from Osaka, Japan.

TeamSpirit specializes in building and providing companies with our cloud-based teamSpirit Workforce Success Platform.Today, no company can communicate its value without providing services that adapt to the various and diverse needs of end users. More and more, companies are required to make a shift from a labor-intensive paradigm to a broader, knowledge-intensive, service-based orientation. Employees, too, are faced with the necessity of changing the way they think about their work. Gone are the days of routine work; now, employees must think creatively, and demonstrate their unique professional capabilities. With the capital and business alliance forged with U.S.-based salesforce.com, Inc., TeamSpirit has completed a transformation from outsourcer to cloud service provider as they set out on their second start-up endeavor. Their experience making such a profound change taught us that the most effective way to inspire their employees to put forth 100% of their professional strengths is to establish a cycle of 1) visualizing daily activities, 2) receiving feedback from those around us, and 3) reflecting on their own activities and relating them to tomorrow.

DIP Corporation is a Japan-based technology company that specializes in employment services, connecting individuals with job opportunities. The company operates through five distinct business divisions. The Baitoru Com segment offers job information tailored for contractors and recruiting firms, while the Job Engine segment focuses on providing job listings and career transition resources for recruitment agencies. Hatarako Net caters to staffing companies by supplying job information for staff services. Additionally, the Other division is dedicated to serving the restaurant industry, and the Agent segment specifically provides employment services for healthcare facilities. Through these divisions, DIP Corporation aims to streamline the job search process and enhance employment connections across various sectors.