May 21st Event | Tips for Career Change Utilizing Your Experience | Career Seminar
IC Net, a Gakken Holdings group company, will hold a free online seminar on May 21, 2026, focusing on consultant roles that address social issues. Two employees who transitioned from different industries will share their 'real' experiences in leveraging their expertise for career development.
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Gakken Holdings Co., Ltd. (Shinagawa, Tokyo / Representative Director and President: Hiroaki Miyahara) and its group company, IC Net Co., Ltd. (Saitama, Saitama / Representative Director: Kenji Hyakuda / hereinafter, IC Net), are working to solve global social issues through projects with JICA and government ministries, and support for private companies' overseas expansion. We will hold a free online seminar titled "The Profession of a Consultant Tackling Social Issues ~Career Expansion Seen Through Two Employees with Previous Work Experience~" on Thursday, May 21, 2026, to help people feel closer to the consulting profession and envision a concrete working life.
Two employees who transitioned from different industries, such as prefectural government and manufacturing sales, and are now active on the front lines, will speak. They will share the 'reality' of how they connected their expertise to social contribution and forged their careers. Please join us for hints on concretely envisioning your future career.
■ Making Social Issue Resolution Your Job. The 'Reality' of a Consultant
Many people want to be involved in solving social issues but feel anxious about how their current experience can be utilized and hesitate to take the first step. In this seminar, in addition to the specific work content of a consultant, two employees active on the front lines will introduce how they have utilized their accumulated experience at our company and expanded their careers.
The two speakers are currently active in various projects, leveraging their experiences from previous jobs. Based on their real experiences, they will convey the reality of the consulting profession, including their daily tasks, episodes from business trips and on-site work, and their important philosophies in advancing their work.
This seminar is an opportunity for those considering a career change or a challenge from a different industry, as well as students thinking about their future employment, to concretely envision their future careers and working lives. It also offers hints for those who have gained sufficient experience in their previous work and wish to contribute to solving social issues through their own efforts in the next stage, or those who aspire to a more proactive role in realizing the society they envision.
Whether you are looking for an opportunity to get to know our company or just want to peek into this industry, please feel free to join us. We also welcome your participation as a place for initial information gathering.
■ Program Content (Planned)
1. Introduction to IC Net's Business
2. Understanding the Consulting Profession
└Daily tasks, a day on a business trip
3. Learning How Experience is Utilized in Current Work
└Backgrounds of two employees and skills cultivated in previous jobs
4. Characteristics of IC Net Employees
└Introduction of attributes from an internal survey
5. Discovering Career Expansion at Our Company
└Where experience can be utilized, changes after joining
=== End of Main Session ===
6. Q&A for pre-submitted questions
7. Open Talk (voluntary participation)
└Interaction with speakers and recruitment staff
【Seminar Overview】
The Profession of a Consultant Tackling Social Issues ~Career Expansion Seen Through Two Employees with Previous Work Experience~
Date: Thursday, May 21, 2026, 18:30-20:00 (Japan time)
Venue: Online (Zoom)
Target Audience: Professionals and students interested in work related to social issues and careers active globally, regardless of background.
Participation Fee: Free
Details: https://www.icnet.co.jp/news/5941
【Pre-registration is now open】
https://forms.office.com/r/radwx9pJTC
■ Future Initiatives
IC Net plans to regularly hold seminars that support career development centered on "international cooperation" and "social issue resolution." Please feel free to join us as a place for initial information gathering to learn about the industry.
■ About IC Net Co., Ltd.
https://www.icnet.co.jp/
Representative Director: Kenji Hyakuda
Date of Establishment: October 1, 1993
Address: Meiji Yasuda Life Saitama Shintoshin Building 27F, 11-2 Shintoshin, Chuo-ku, Saitama City, Saitama 330-6027
Phone Number: 048-600-2500 (main)
Business Activities: ODA projects, support for Japanese companies' overseas expansion, CSR/CSV support, human resource development, educational travel, promotion of Gakken Group's overseas expansion
■ About Gakken Holdings Co., Ltd.
URL: https://www.gakken.co.jp/
A holding company established in 1946, engaged in education and medical welfare related businesses. In the education sector, it operates classroom/cram school businesses including "Gakken Classrooms," publishing content businesses represented by "Science" and "Learning" educational materials, and school/kindergarten businesses such as textbooks and childcare supplies. In the medical welfare sector, it provides services for seniors with services.
Two employees who transitioned from different industries, such as prefectural government and manufacturing sales, and are now active on the front lines, will speak. They will share the 'reality' of how they connected their expertise to social contribution and forged their careers. Please join us for hints on concretely envisioning your future career.
■ Making Social Issue Resolution Your Job. The 'Reality' of a Consultant
Many people want to be involved in solving social issues but feel anxious about how their current experience can be utilized and hesitate to take the first step. In this seminar, in addition to the specific work content of a consultant, two employees active on the front lines will introduce how they have utilized their accumulated experience at our company and expanded their careers.
The two speakers are currently active in various projects, leveraging their experiences from previous jobs. Based on their real experiences, they will convey the reality of the consulting profession, including their daily tasks, episodes from business trips and on-site work, and their important philosophies in advancing their work.
This seminar is an opportunity for those considering a career change or a challenge from a different industry, as well as students thinking about their future employment, to concretely envision their future careers and working lives. It also offers hints for those who have gained sufficient experience in their previous work and wish to contribute to solving social issues through their own efforts in the next stage, or those who aspire to a more proactive role in realizing the society they envision.
Whether you are looking for an opportunity to get to know our company or just want to peek into this industry, please feel free to join us. We also welcome your participation as a place for initial information gathering.
■ Program Content (Planned)
1. Introduction to IC Net's Business
2. Understanding the Consulting Profession
└Daily tasks, a day on a business trip
3. Learning How Experience is Utilized in Current Work
└Backgrounds of two employees and skills cultivated in previous jobs
4. Characteristics of IC Net Employees
└Introduction of attributes from an internal survey
5. Discovering Career Expansion at Our Company
└Where experience can be utilized, changes after joining
=== End of Main Session ===
6. Q&A for pre-submitted questions
7. Open Talk (voluntary participation)
└Interaction with speakers and recruitment staff
【Seminar Overview】
The Profession of a Consultant Tackling Social Issues ~Career Expansion Seen Through Two Employees with Previous Work Experience~
Date: Thursday, May 21, 2026, 18:30-20:00 (Japan time)
Venue: Online (Zoom)
Target Audience: Professionals and students interested in work related to social issues and careers active globally, regardless of background.
Participation Fee: Free
Details: https://www.icnet.co.jp/news/5941
【Pre-registration is now open】
https://forms.office.com/r/radwx9pJTC
■ Future Initiatives
IC Net plans to regularly hold seminars that support career development centered on "international cooperation" and "social issue resolution." Please feel free to join us as a place for initial information gathering to learn about the industry.
■ About IC Net Co., Ltd.
https://www.icnet.co.jp/
Representative Director: Kenji Hyakuda
Date of Establishment: October 1, 1993
Address: Meiji Yasuda Life Saitama Shintoshin Building 27F, 11-2 Shintoshin, Chuo-ku, Saitama City, Saitama 330-6027
Phone Number: 048-600-2500 (main)
Business Activities: ODA projects, support for Japanese companies' overseas expansion, CSR/CSV support, human resource development, educational travel, promotion of Gakken Group's overseas expansion
■ About Gakken Holdings Co., Ltd.
URL: https://www.gakken.co.jp/
A holding company established in 1946, engaged in education and medical welfare related businesses. In the education sector, it operates classroom/cram school businesses including "Gakken Classrooms," publishing content businesses represented by "Science" and "Learning" educational materials, and school/kindergarten businesses such as textbooks and childcare supplies. In the medical welfare sector, it provides services for seniors with services.