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We develop and expand a diverse range of businesses aimed at realizing “Decent Work,” while addressing key social challenges.
As Japan’s declining birthrate and aging population
continue to accelerate, public and private sectors are
working together to secure new workers and improve labor
conditions.
However, in a society where workers should be at the
center, not everyone is able to obtain decent work that
is fulfilling and rewarding. To address this, we have
developed unique business schemes that create working
environments where people with limited employment
opportunities—including persons with disabilities, older
adults, single parents, and those with no prior
experience—can work in ways that suit them. Through the
expansion of diverse businesses, we aim to realize an
inclusive society in which everyone can play an active
role and to contribute to the creation of a sustainable
society.
Promoting the employment of those with disabilities
with disabilities
While amendments to the Act on Employment Promotion
etc. of Persons with Disabilities have increased
corporate incentives to employ those with
disabilities, the reality is that it can be
difficult to integrate those with disabilities into
particular portions of core workflows and to retain
them.
Under such conditions, S-Pool Plus, Inc. supports
vocational independence for those with disabilities,
through its rental farms for companies, Work
Happiness Farms, where they can pursue rewarding
work in a positive atmosphere. To date, these farms
have employed more than 4,800 people and have a
retention rate of 92%.
Opportunities
for younger and inexperienced workers
employment with client firms
S-Pool Human Solutions, Inc. provides Temporary
Staffing Services centered on call centers that
proactively employ young and inexperienced
workers.
Our distinctive group-based temporary staffing
services assign field consultants (FCs) full-time to
the placement destinations to provide thorough
follow-up support that helps boost staff retention
rates. Thanks to the resulting improvements in
staff's skills and service capabilities, some 1,000
temporary employees secure permanent employment with
destination workplaces each year.
Job creation in local communities
Today, with various government-led measures underway
to promote community revitalization, low employment
creation has been identified as a major contributor
to the issue of population outflows from provincial
areas.
Working with government efforts, S-Pool Link, Inc.
and S-Pool Glocal, Inc. operate BPO centers mainly
in provincial cities with populations of 100,000 or
fewer. By opening facilities in communities with low
rates of administrative personnel recruitment and
actively hiring local human resources, we promote
community employment. Currently, those BPO centers
employ 393 people.
Women's
empowerment
at BPO centers
BPO centers are located chiefly inside shopping
centers, where numerous local residents congregate.
By focusing not just on convenience but on interior
design, they maintain comfortable working
environments for women.
The BPO centres currently employ over 300 female
employees, with women accounting for 80% of the
total workforce.
Employment of seniors
in our Professional Talent Bank
S-Pool is also expanding its Professional Talent
Bank business, which features a pool of senior
citizens who have reached mandatory retirement age
but who offer high levels of specialized expertise,
as well as networks of contacts they can draw on to
help businesses meet their respective challenges.
From highly experienced executives to middle
managers offering a wealth of experience in the
field, more than 14,000 professionals have
registered with our Professional Talent Bank and
currently serve in advisory and practical
operational roles with more than 4,000 companies.