JAC Recruitment

Basic Information

Stock Code
2124
Industry
Service Industry
Category Detail
Recruitment & Staffing Services
Prefecture
Tokyo
Establishment Year
March 1988
Listing Year
September 2006
Official Website
https://corp.jac-recruitment.jp/
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Overview

JAC Recruitment is a global recruitment company founded in 1988 in the service industry, with particular strengths in collaboration with foreign-affiliated companies and overseas business expansion.

Current Situation

In FY2022, it achieved consolidated sales of approximately 30.4 billion yen and operating profit of approximately 7 billion yen, maintaining a stable financial base. It operates in more than 13 countries worldwide, with mid-to-high-level talent recruitment as its mainstay. It is particularly strong in talent introductions to foreign-affiliated companies and is expanding services utilizing its bilingual talent network. It offers a diverse range of services for DX talent, executives, and young professionals, enhancing its market superiority. It is actively expanding overseas bases and forming business alliances, and through membership in the Japan Business Federation, it strengthens compliance with industry standards and social credibility. Recently, it has focused on establishing a Sapporo branch and developing digital field talent, aiming for growth in global and digital sectors going forward. It is also addressing sustainability and pursuing sustainable management. In the medium to long term, it seeks to elevate its position as a bridge between Japanese and foreign-affiliated companies, with strategic goals of strengthening overseas expansion and improving talent quality by 2030.

Trivia

Interesting Facts

  • Established in 1988 as the Japanese subsidiary of a UK recruitment firm founded in 1975.
  • Listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime Market with a stable capital base.
  • Operates the bilingual job site CareerCross.
  • First in the industry as a pure-play recruitment firm to join the Japan Business Federation.
  • Bases in over 12 countries overseas for global expansion.
  • Over 130 area-specific teams providing specialized consulting.
  • Deploys diverse service brands specialized in executives and digital talent.
  • Supports diverse work styles including non-regular employment and side jobs.
  • Specializes in talent needs of Japanese companies expanding overseas and foreign-affiliated firms.
  • Acquired group company VantagePoint to strengthen search firm business.
  • Holds Privacy Mark and actively protects personal information.
  • Head office located in Jimbocho Mitsui Building, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo.
  • Handles specialist talent from young professionals to executives.
  • Also engaged in recruitment process outsourcing business (RPO).
  • Focusing on semiconductor talent recruitment in local areas with Hokkaido branch opening.

Hidden Connections

  • Group company CC Consulting handles planning and operation of bilingual job information.
  • Serves as an important bridge supporting foreign-affiliated companies' entry into Japan via JAC International.
  • Unofficial information exchange and talent sharing with major industry competitors.
  • Japan Master Trust Bank supports long-term management stability as a major shareholder.
  • VantagePoint acquisition strengthened talent supply to consulting industry.
  • Close relationships with major domestic and international IT companies.
  • Privacy Mark acquisition ensures thorough talent information protection, enhancing corporate trust.
  • Active overseas expansion promotes multinational talent exchange as source of competitiveness.

Future Outlook

Growth Drivers

  • Expansion of global talent demand
  • Increasing needs to resolve digital/IT talent shortages
  • Expansion of talent recruitment service demand in local markets
  • Expansion of services accommodating diverse employment forms
  • Strengthened hiring support for foreign-affiliated and overseas-expanding Japanese companies
  • Value enhancement through specialization and skill advancement of talent
  • Growth in non-regular and side job talent markets
  • New service development accompanying DX promotion
  • Strengthened sustainable management framework and social responsibility response
  • Efficiency improvement in talent matching via AI and data analysis
  • Increasing market needs from women's active roles and diversity promotion
  • Acceleration of foreign talent utilization and related support framework development

Strategic Goals

  • Expand overseas sales ratio to over 50%
  • Lead industry in DX-related talent recruitment
  • Provide comprehensive support for diverse work styles
  • Complete nationwide local branch network expansion
  • Enhance corporate value through ESG response strengthening
  • Build abundant bilingual talent database
  • Further growth in contract and dispatch-type talent business
  • Achieve annual group sales of 50 billion yen
  • Promote AI utilization in talent matching
  • Raise female management ratio to over 30%

Business Segments

Executive Talent Recruitment

Overview
Specializes in introducing senior executives and executive talent that support corporate strategies.
Competitiveness
Global network and track record
Customers
  • Management of major companies
  • Management layers of foreign-affiliated companies
  • Management of venture companies
Products
  • CEO/COO/CFO Recruitment
  • Director Talent Recruitment
  • Successor and Executive Development Support

Digital and IT Talent Recruitment

Overview
Introduces specialized talent to drive corporate digital transformation.
Competitiveness
Talent network specialized in digital fields
Customers
  • IT companies
  • DX promotion departments in manufacturing
  • Digital departments in financial institutions
Products
  • CDO/CIO/CTO Recruitment
  • Data Scientists
  • AI Engineers

Young Professional Recruitment

Overview
Provides recruitment services for young talent as future leader candidates.
Competitiveness
Consultant system proficient in specialized areas
Customers
  • Young talent hiring departments of growth companies
  • Back-office departments
  • IT and digital-related companies
Products
  • Specialist Recruitment for 20s
  • Back-office Talent
  • IT Talent Recruitment

Contract and Dispatch Talent Recruitment

Overview
Provides high-skilled talent accommodating diverse employment forms.
Competitiveness
Flexibility in responding to flexible employment forms
Customers
  • Companies needing project-based workers
  • Companies promoting side jobs and concurrent jobs
Products
  • Contract Employee Recruitment
  • Part-time and Telework Talent
  • Side Job and Concurrent Job Recruitment

RPO (Recruitment Process Outsourcing)

Overview
Services supporting entire recruitment operations.
Competitiveness
High-level support by recruitment pro consultants
Customers
  • Companies seeking to strengthen recruitment systems
  • Companies short on HR resources
Products
  • Recruitment Planning
  • Selection Process Outsourcing
  • Onboarding Follow-up

Talent Recruitment for Foreign-Affiliated Companies

Overview
Specialized talent recruitment services for foreign-affiliated and global companies.
Competitiveness
International network and extensive partnership track record
Customers
  • Foreign-affiliated Japanese subsidiaries
  • Japanese companies expanding overseas
Products
  • Bilingual Talent Recruitment
  • International Management Recruitment
  • Overseas Talent Sourcing

Services for Consulting Firms and Financial Institutions

Overview
Deploys specialized talent recruitment services for high-expertise clients.
Competitiveness
Deep understanding and network specialized by industry
Customers
  • Consulting firms
  • Financial institutions
Products
  • Core Talent Recruitment
  • Specialist Hiring Support

Region-Specific Support Services

Overview
Segmented recruitment support services in major regions nationwide.
Competitiveness
Response to regional needs via nationwide branch network
Customers
  • Hokkaido region companies
  • Kanto region companies
  • Kansai region companies
  • Chubu region companies
  • Kyushu region companies
Products
  • Region-Specific Talent Recruitment
  • Region-Specialized Hiring Consulting

Innovation Support Talent Recruitment

Overview
Introduces advanced talent to lead business transformation.
Competitiveness
Talent database specialized in growth fields
Customers
  • Startup companies
  • New business development companies
Products
  • Entrepreneur Talent Recruitment
  • New Business Project Talent

Training and Development Support

Overview
Provides services supporting talent development after hiring.
Competitiveness
Comprehensive support for talent utilization
Customers
  • Companies with post-hiring development needs
  • Companies emphasizing management training
Products
  • Management Training
  • Talent Development Programs

Women's Active Role Support Talent Recruitment

Overview
Talent recruitment for women to support corporate diversity initiatives.
Competitiveness
Recruitment strength leveraging female network
Customers
  • Companies strengthening female hiring
  • Diversity promotion companies
Products
  • Female Management Recruitment
  • Diversity Talent Recruitment

Leadership Development Support

Overview
Contributes to enhancing in-house leader capabilities.
Competitiveness
Team of experts with extensive experience
Customers
  • Companies emphasizing next-generation leader development
Products
  • Leader Development Programs
  • Executive Coaching

Competitive Advantage

Strengths

  • Strong collaboration with foreign-affiliated companies
  • Extensive base expansion in over 12 countries overseas
  • Over 130 teams organized by specialized areas
  • High expertise specialized in mid-to-high-class
  • Abundant bilingual talent network
  • Flexibility in responding to diverse employment forms
  • Reliable recruitment process management capabilities
  • Social trust from Japan Business Federation membership
  • Active entry into digital fields
  • Consulting capabilities based on years of track record
  • Establishment of multinational customer base
  • High financial soundness
  • Consultants rich in diverse industry experience
  • Balance of regional closeness and global expansion
  • Service diversification through group company collaboration

Competitive Advantages

  • Unique position as a bridge between Japanese and foreign-affiliated companies
  • Global network capable of handling multiple languages and cultures
  • Service deployment responding to latest talent trends in digital fields
  • Flexible support for diverse contract forms
  • Segmented customer needs response via multi-regional expansion
  • Proprietary recruitment support programs and consulting strength
  • Wide talent recruitment channels utilizing group companies
  • Trust gained from abundant track record
  • High matching rate through specialization in bilingual talent
  • Strong partnership relations with partner companies
  • Long-term customer support and relationship building
  • Specialized team deployment for diverse industries
  • Flexibility to quickly respond to constantly changing job market
  • Advanced recruitment process outsourcing capabilities
  • Strong brand recognition and industry reputation

Threats

  • Intensifying competition and price competition in talent hiring market
  • Tight supply-demand for specialized talent due to rapid DX progress
  • Political and economic instability in overseas markets
  • Market share pressure from increasing new entrants
  • Business risks from labor policy and regulatory changes
  • Potential decrease in hiring demand due to economic downturn
  • Competitors strengthening digital responses
  • Business environment fluctuations from external factors like pandemics
  • Declining retention rates due to increased talent mobility
  • Impact from diversification of client companies' hiring methods
  • Declining working-age population in Japan due to aging society with low birthrate
  • Operational risks from cultural and legal differences at overseas bases

Innovations

2022: JAC Digital Service Launch

Overview
Strengthened recruitment of digital talent such as CDOs and data scientists.
Impact
Contributed to increased recruitment track record in DX areas and acquisition of new customers.

2023: Sapporo Branch Opening

Overview
Established new branch in Hokkaido to strengthen local expansion.
Impact
Enabled close relationship building with regional customers.

2021: RPO Service Expansion

Overview
Enhanced functions of recruitment process outsourcing services.
Impact
Contributed to improving client companies' recruitment efficiency.

2020: Acquisition of VantagePoint Co., Ltd.

Overview
Made search firm business for consulting firms a subsidiary.
Impact
Successfully created new markets in specialized talent recruitment.

2024: Introduction of Smart Matching System

Overview
Introduced AI-utilizing talent and job matching technology.
Impact
Improved matching success rate and significantly enhanced operational efficiency.

2023: JAC Career Brand Refresh

Overview
Renewed specialist talent recruitment service for 20s youth.
Impact
Improved recognition in young talent hiring market.

2021: Advancement of Digitalization at Overseas Bases

Overview
Accelerated business digitalization at bases in UK, Singapore, etc.
Impact
Enhanced operational efficiency and international collaboration.

2022: Bilingual Job Site Improvements

Overview
Completely overhauled UX/UI of CareerCross and expanded functions.
Impact
Improved user satisfaction and usage rate.

2023: Diverse Work Styles Promotion Program Establishment

Overview
Systematized side job/concurrent job and telework-type talent recruitment.
Impact
Contributed to companies' diversity initiatives.

2020: Strengthened ESG Investment Response Framework

Overview
Promoted ESG-needs compliant talent recruitment for companies.
Impact
Improved social evaluation and trust from investors.

Sustainability

  • Thorough reinforcement of corporate ethics and compliance
  • Personal information protection via Privacy Mark acquisition
  • Deployment of diversity promotion and women's active role programs
  • Recruitment support activities in collaboration with local communities
  • Promotion of business operations to reduce environmental impact
  • Promotion of sustainable employment forms
  • Active initiatives for regional employment creation support
  • Deployment of proprietary services supporting work style reforms
  • Strengthened support for improving female management ratio
  • Information security framework compliant with global standards