Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Seeking Talent Who Realize Their Aspirations Through Proactive Engagement with the Environment, Begins Adopting "BaseMe"
Kawasaki Heavy Industries has started adopting the AI career agent "BaseMe." BaseMe matches students with companies based on their values, and Kawasaki Heavy Industries is seeking talent who can act proactively and realize their aspirations.
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BaseMe Inc. (Headquarters: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director: Kimihito Katsumi), which operates the AI career agent "BaseMe" with the mission of "liberating and connecting human values" and enabling individuals to achieve their ideal careers based on their "values," announces that Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. (Headquarters: Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture; President and CEO: Yasuhiko Hashimoto) has begun using "BaseMe."
### What is the AI Career Agent BaseMe?
"BaseMe" is an "AI career agent" that allows individuals to meet companies that suit them based on their values. Since its launch in February 2024, we have supported over 50,000 registered users in their job search and facilitated matching with over 150 companies. Through "value matching" based on students' values and aspirations, we promote true mutual understanding between companies and students, providing opportunities for them to lead their own lives.
BaseMe here
### Background of Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd.'s Adoption
We feel that many students registered with BaseMe have gained experience in proactively acting for society and those around them through activities such as club activities, internships, and student organizations.
To achieve our group mission, "Global Kawasaki," which contributes to the rich lives of people worldwide and the future of the global environment, we aim to meet talent through BaseMe who can fulfill their given mission while proactively engaging with the environment and realizing their own aspirations.
### Comment from Representative Director CEO Kimihito Katsumi
We are very pleased that Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd., which has led Japanese manufacturing in a wide range of fields including land, sea, air, and space since its founding in 1896, has adopted our "BaseMe."
Based on the advanced comprehensive technological capabilities cultivated over 130 years of history, and under the Group Vision 2030, "Reliable Solutions for the Next Society," we deeply empathize with their stance of pioneering the future in areas fundamental to human society, such as a safe and secure remote society, near-future mobility, and energy and environmental solutions.
Our company aims to create a world where people can lead their own lives through the AI career agent "BaseMe," which allows them to meet companies that suit them based on their values.
We are confident that by creating encounters between students who have taken a step forward of their own volition and dedicated their efforts to society and those around them, and Kawasaki Heavy Industries, we will take a significant step towards realizing our mission of "liberating and connecting human values."
### Profile
Representative Director Kimihito Katsumi
Born in Tokyo in 1998, a Gen Z. His family ran a greengrocer, and he became interested in business and manufacturing from a young age. Based on his own job hunting experience, he founded BaseMe Inc. as a student entrepreneur. He operates the AI career agent "BaseMe," which connects students and companies through AI-centric technology and "value matching." He was selected in the Consumer Technology category of "Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia 2024," which recognizes 30 Asians under 30 who are changing the world.
### About Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd.
Company Name: Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd.
Representative: Yasuhiko Hashimoto, President and CEO
Established: October 15, 1896
Location:
Tokyo Head Office: 1-14-5 Kaigan, Minato-ku, Tokyo
Kobe Head Office: Kobe Crystal Tower, 1-1-3 Higashikawasaki-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture
HP: https://www.khi.co.jp/
### About BaseMe Inc.
Company Name: BaseMe Inc.
Representative: Kimihito Katsumi, Representative Director
Location: 7F, 2-10-13 Shibuya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Corporate HP: https://baseme.co.jp/
Site for Recruitment Managers: https://lp.baseme.app/company
For University Students Job Hunting: https://baseme.app/
### What is the AI Career Agent BaseMe?
"BaseMe" is an "AI career agent" that allows individuals to meet companies that suit them based on their values. Since its launch in February 2024, we have supported over 50,000 registered users in their job search and facilitated matching with over 150 companies. Through "value matching" based on students' values and aspirations, we promote true mutual understanding between companies and students, providing opportunities for them to lead their own lives.
BaseMe here
### Background of Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd.'s Adoption
We feel that many students registered with BaseMe have gained experience in proactively acting for society and those around them through activities such as club activities, internships, and student organizations.
To achieve our group mission, "Global Kawasaki," which contributes to the rich lives of people worldwide and the future of the global environment, we aim to meet talent through BaseMe who can fulfill their given mission while proactively engaging with the environment and realizing their own aspirations.
### Comment from Representative Director CEO Kimihito Katsumi
We are very pleased that Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd., which has led Japanese manufacturing in a wide range of fields including land, sea, air, and space since its founding in 1896, has adopted our "BaseMe."
Based on the advanced comprehensive technological capabilities cultivated over 130 years of history, and under the Group Vision 2030, "Reliable Solutions for the Next Society," we deeply empathize with their stance of pioneering the future in areas fundamental to human society, such as a safe and secure remote society, near-future mobility, and energy and environmental solutions.
Our company aims to create a world where people can lead their own lives through the AI career agent "BaseMe," which allows them to meet companies that suit them based on their values.
We are confident that by creating encounters between students who have taken a step forward of their own volition and dedicated their efforts to society and those around them, and Kawasaki Heavy Industries, we will take a significant step towards realizing our mission of "liberating and connecting human values."
### Profile
Representative Director Kimihito Katsumi
Born in Tokyo in 1998, a Gen Z. His family ran a greengrocer, and he became interested in business and manufacturing from a young age. Based on his own job hunting experience, he founded BaseMe Inc. as a student entrepreneur. He operates the AI career agent "BaseMe," which connects students and companies through AI-centric technology and "value matching." He was selected in the Consumer Technology category of "Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia 2024," which recognizes 30 Asians under 30 who are changing the world.
### About Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd.
Company Name: Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd.
Representative: Yasuhiko Hashimoto, President and CEO
Established: October 15, 1896
Location:
Tokyo Head Office: 1-14-5 Kaigan, Minato-ku, Tokyo
Kobe Head Office: Kobe Crystal Tower, 1-1-3 Higashikawasaki-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture
HP: https://www.khi.co.jp/
### About BaseMe Inc.
Company Name: BaseMe Inc.
Representative: Kimihito Katsumi, Representative Director
Location: 7F, 2-10-13 Shibuya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Corporate HP: https://baseme.co.jp/
Site for Recruitment Managers: https://lp.baseme.app/company
For University Students Job Hunting: https://baseme.app/