[Exhibitor Recruitment] Metaverse Job Hunting Event 'Meta-Shu'—Held on May 12 & June 10 | A Recruitment Channel Creating 'Continuous Touchpoints' with Monthly Regular Events—
NEWGATE Co., Ltd. has started recruiting exhibitors for 'Meta-Shu,' a job hunting event for new graduates where students and companies meet in a metaverse space. The upcoming events are on May 12 and June 10, 2026, with plans for continuous monthly events to create ongoing touchpoints between companies and students.
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NEWGATE Co., Ltd. has started recruiting exhibitors for 'Meta-Shu,' a job hunting event for new graduates where students and companies meet in a metaverse space.
The upcoming events are on Tuesday, May 12, 2026, and Wednesday, June 10, 2026, with plans for continuous monthly events.
## Changes in the Recruitment Market: The Spread of Year-Round Recruitment Disperses 'Touchpoint Creation'
In recent years, new graduate recruitment has seen not only earlier and longer periods but also a growing trend towards providing year-round recruitment opportunities. As a result, it has become increasingly important for companies not just to 'create concentrated touchpoints at specific times,' but to secure touchpoints with students at necessary timings and design a phased approach from explanation and understanding promotion to interviews.
On the other hand, the prolonged recruitment activities have also increased the burden of forming applicant pools while continuously operating information sessions and interviews. Meta-Shu responds to these changes in the market environment by supporting companies' new graduate recruitment activities as a channel that can accumulate recruitment touchpoints based on continuous events.
## Challenges of Traditional Job Hunting: Not Leading to Interviews / Unclear Motivation / Heavy Operations
Joint career fairs and online information sessions often face challenges such as high participation but low conversion to interviews, difficulty in gauging students' motivation, and increased burden in designing and operating information sessions. As recruitment becomes more dispersed, these challenges are difficult to solve with 'one-off measures,' necessitating a mechanism for continuous engagement.
## Why Metaverse? Balancing Online Accessibility with Ease of Dialogue
Meta-Shu leverages the accessibility of online participation while increasing opportunities for dialogue through a design that allows 'explanation → Q&A → interview' to take place in the same virtual space within company booths.
Furthermore, participating as an avatar reduces psychological burden compared to face-to-face interactions, creating an environment where students can easily approach companies.
The metaverse space for this event is built with the cooperation of m-Lab Co., Ltd., which provides the browser-accessible metaverse platform 'V-expo.' A key feature is that it can be accessed from smartphones and PCs without needing an app.
## Creating 'Continuous Touchpoints' Required in the Era of Year-Round Recruitment, Once a Month
Meta-Shu aims to continuously create encounters between companies and students, adapting to the timing and progress of recruitment activities, through monthly events. Its characteristic is the ease of designing phased touchpoints, from explanation and understanding promotion to interviews, without ending in a one-off contact.
### Features of 'Meta-Shu'
- Explanation, Q&A, and interviews can all be conducted in the same virtual space within company booths.
- Students who cannot use video or voice calls can express themselves through chat and reaction functions, making it easy to approach them while understanding their motivation.
- Company introduction videos can be continuously broadcast in each company booth, making it easy to convey the company's atmosphere even online.
- If no video is available, our company can provide creation support.
- As it is an online event, travel and venue restrictions are reduced, and continuous events allow for the accumulation of touchpoints.
- Participating as an avatar lowers the psychological hurdle compared to face-to-face interactions, allowing students to easily converse with companies.
For details on Meta-Shu's functions and venue image, please refer to past press releases:
https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000003.000172008.html
### Participant Survey
Participant satisfaction: 91%
Would recommend to a friend: 85%
Participant voices:
"Through the interview, I understood how to choose and compare companies, which made my subsequent activities smoother."
"I could easily participate, and it became a trigger to start my job hunting!"
### Inquiries Regarding Exhibition
We offer individual explanations and consultations for companies considering exhibiting.
On the day, we can provide not only an overview of the event and how to proceed with exhibition (preparations, on-the-day operation) but also a booth experience demo and guidance on how to utilize it according to your company's recruitment situation.
NEWGATE Co., Ltd. Meta-Shu Secretariat (Contact: Handa, Yagura)
TEL: 03-6276-2430
MAIL: info-hp@n-newgate.co.jp
### Company Overview
Company Name: NEWGATE Co., Ltd.
Location: MITSUWA Building 10F, 3-1-3 Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo
Representative: Tomoaki Osada, Representative Director
### Cooperating Company
Company Name: m-Lab Co., Ltd.
Location: Ginza Daiei Building 5F, 1-16-7 Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo
Representative: Shinya Murakami, Representative Director
The upcoming events are on Tuesday, May 12, 2026, and Wednesday, June 10, 2026, with plans for continuous monthly events.
## Changes in the Recruitment Market: The Spread of Year-Round Recruitment Disperses 'Touchpoint Creation'
In recent years, new graduate recruitment has seen not only earlier and longer periods but also a growing trend towards providing year-round recruitment opportunities. As a result, it has become increasingly important for companies not just to 'create concentrated touchpoints at specific times,' but to secure touchpoints with students at necessary timings and design a phased approach from explanation and understanding promotion to interviews.
On the other hand, the prolonged recruitment activities have also increased the burden of forming applicant pools while continuously operating information sessions and interviews. Meta-Shu responds to these changes in the market environment by supporting companies' new graduate recruitment activities as a channel that can accumulate recruitment touchpoints based on continuous events.
## Challenges of Traditional Job Hunting: Not Leading to Interviews / Unclear Motivation / Heavy Operations
Joint career fairs and online information sessions often face challenges such as high participation but low conversion to interviews, difficulty in gauging students' motivation, and increased burden in designing and operating information sessions. As recruitment becomes more dispersed, these challenges are difficult to solve with 'one-off measures,' necessitating a mechanism for continuous engagement.
## Why Metaverse? Balancing Online Accessibility with Ease of Dialogue
Meta-Shu leverages the accessibility of online participation while increasing opportunities for dialogue through a design that allows 'explanation → Q&A → interview' to take place in the same virtual space within company booths.
Furthermore, participating as an avatar reduces psychological burden compared to face-to-face interactions, creating an environment where students can easily approach companies.
The metaverse space for this event is built with the cooperation of m-Lab Co., Ltd., which provides the browser-accessible metaverse platform 'V-expo.' A key feature is that it can be accessed from smartphones and PCs without needing an app.
## Creating 'Continuous Touchpoints' Required in the Era of Year-Round Recruitment, Once a Month
Meta-Shu aims to continuously create encounters between companies and students, adapting to the timing and progress of recruitment activities, through monthly events. Its characteristic is the ease of designing phased touchpoints, from explanation and understanding promotion to interviews, without ending in a one-off contact.
### Features of 'Meta-Shu'
- Explanation, Q&A, and interviews can all be conducted in the same virtual space within company booths.
- Students who cannot use video or voice calls can express themselves through chat and reaction functions, making it easy to approach them while understanding their motivation.
- Company introduction videos can be continuously broadcast in each company booth, making it easy to convey the company's atmosphere even online.
- If no video is available, our company can provide creation support.
- As it is an online event, travel and venue restrictions are reduced, and continuous events allow for the accumulation of touchpoints.
- Participating as an avatar lowers the psychological hurdle compared to face-to-face interactions, allowing students to easily converse with companies.
For details on Meta-Shu's functions and venue image, please refer to past press releases:
https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000003.000172008.html
### Participant Survey
Participant satisfaction: 91%
Would recommend to a friend: 85%
Participant voices:
"Through the interview, I understood how to choose and compare companies, which made my subsequent activities smoother."
"I could easily participate, and it became a trigger to start my job hunting!"
### Inquiries Regarding Exhibition
We offer individual explanations and consultations for companies considering exhibiting.
On the day, we can provide not only an overview of the event and how to proceed with exhibition (preparations, on-the-day operation) but also a booth experience demo and guidance on how to utilize it according to your company's recruitment situation.
NEWGATE Co., Ltd. Meta-Shu Secretariat (Contact: Handa, Yagura)
TEL: 03-6276-2430
MAIL: info-hp@n-newgate.co.jp
### Company Overview
Company Name: NEWGATE Co., Ltd.
Location: MITSUWA Building 10F, 3-1-3 Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo
Representative: Tomoaki Osada, Representative Director
### Cooperating Company
Company Name: m-Lab Co., Ltd.
Location: Ginza Daiei Building 5F, 1-16-7 Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo
Representative: Shinya Murakami, Representative Director