Sugi Holdings Co., Ltd. Adopts PeopleX's Conversational AI Interview Service, "PeopleX AI Interview"

PeopleX Inc. (Headquarters: Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo; CEO: Daichi Tachibana; hereinafter "the Company"), which solves human resources challenges through AI—from recruitment to performance support—is pleased to announce that Sugi Holdings Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Obu City, Aichi Prefecture; President and Representative Director: Katsunori Sugiura) has adopted our conversational AI interview service, "PeopleX AI Interview."

Background and Objectives of Implementation Since its founding in 1976, Sugi Holdings Co., Ltd. has been a leading company in the pharmacy-integrated drugstore sector, operating a total of 2,300 stores across the group. The company focuses on creating stores and services that fuse physical and digital elements to provide total support for people's health, including dispensing, retail, nursing care, fitness, and preventative care.

Valuing "contribution to the local community" since its inception, the company employs a large number of specialized personnel such as pharmacists, registered sales clerks, and registered dietitians, successfully securing talent even as various industries enter the pharmacy business. The company is also strengthening its digital initiatives, providing services that improve customer satisfaction, such as the Sugi Pharmacy App and the "Sugi Smartphone Medication" service.

In this company, which leverages human capital and DX (Digital Transformation) as its strengths, "PeopleX AI Interview" has been introduced as part of its recruitment DX efforts. While aiming to realize a kind, fair, and impartial recruitment process for job seekers, the company particularly valued the following points: - Realization of 24/7, 365-day interview availability without the need for scheduling. - Stabilization of candidate assessment through the use of AI. - An excellent candidate experience through smooth dialogue, reactions, and the flexibility of follow-up questions from the AI avatar. - Global support capabilities through multilingual functionality and Japanese language proficiency assessment.

Initially, the service will be utilized for career recruitment at Sugi Pharmacy Co., Ltd., an operating company of Sugi Holdings Co., Ltd., with plans to expand its scope of use in the future.

Comments from Sugi Holdings Co., Ltd. Shigeki Mori, Executive Officer, Human Resources, Administration, and Risk Management, and CHRO, Sugi Holdings Co., Ltd.

"While cherishing the spirit of 'contribution to the local community' since our founding, our group is currently pursuing multifaceted business expansion, including the creation of new stores that fuse physical and digital elements, international business, and the promotion of DX.

In this era of transformation, we believe that our approach to recruitment also needs to evolve, which led us to adopt 'PeopleX AI Interview.' In addition to the convenience of enabling interviews 24/7, 365 days a year to suit the schedules of our applicants, we anticipate that the AI's multilingual support and objective evaluation data obtained through follow-up questions will contribute to stabilizing the accuracy of our recruitment.

Through fair and impartial selection, we hope to correctly understand the strengths of individuals with diverse backgrounds and realize a recruitment environment that is considerate of all candidates.

We will continue to actively utilize technology to maximize our human capital."

Company Overview: Sugi Holdings Co., Ltd. Corporate Name: Sugi Holdings Co., Ltd. Representative: Katsunori Sugiura, President and Representative Director Capital: 15,434,588,000 JPY Location: 62-1 Shin-e, Yokone-cho, Obu City, Aichi Prefecture Business Overview: Management of the entire Sugi Pharmacy Group Website: https://www.sugi-hd.co.jp/

About "PeopleX AI Interview" "PeopleX AI Interview" is an AI interview service featuring a "conversational AI interviewer that is considerate of candidates," contributing to the provision of fair and objective interview opportunities and the realization of impartial recruitment selection. Applicants can take interviews anytime, anywhere, 24 hours a day, while companies can conduct more interviews and reduce the man-hours required for interview coordination. It is compatible with a wide range of recruitment purposes, including new graduate, mid-career, part-time, and temporary staff hiring, as well as internal interviews.

"PeopleX AI Interview" is equipped with the following main features:

Candidate-Centric Selection Design: Realizes a natural dialogue experience as if talking to a person. Furthermore, it is designed with appropriate conversational pauses and ice-breaking functions so that interviewees can speak without tension and with peace of mind.

Follow-up Questions via Generative AI: A conversational interview service using generative AI technology. It can perform follow-up questions based on the content of the answers, not just pre-set questions, enabling high-level interviews.

Question Settings by Job Category: Companies can set the necessary questions for each job category. Questions can be selected from 150 types or designed freely.

Display of Interview Results and Evaluations: After the interview, companies can check the content of individual interviews via recorded data and transcripts. Furthermore, evaluation reports provide indicators for making selection decisions.

Visualization of Management and Application Status by Job Category: Companies can issue application URLs for each job category and manage whether applications are being accepted or stopped. Additionally, application status can be visualized by searching and displaying names, job categories, email addresses, dates of birth, etc.

For those interested in "PeopleX AI Interview," please download the detailed materials from the URL below. https://peoplex.jp/download

We are also currently establishing a partner program to support the introduction and promotion of "PeopleX AI Interview" and are recruiting partner companies (a program that includes sales promotion support and compensation payments; concluding a contract as a partner company requires our screening and certification). Companies wishing to receive information on this matter should contact us below. PeopleX Inc., "PeopleX AI Interview" Business Division, Partner Program Secretariat MAIL: contact@peoplex.jp

PeopleX Company Overview Corporate Name: PeopleX Inc. Representative: Daichi Tachibana Capital: 116 million JPY (including capital reserve) Location: Shinjuku Sumitomo Building 24F, 2-6-1 Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo Business Overview: Development of the conversational Agentic platform "PeopleX AgenticHR Platform"; development of the conversational AI interview service "PeopleX AI Interview"; development of the conversational AI role-play service "PeopleX AI Roleplay"; development of the conversational AI interview/meeting service "PeopleX AI Interview/Meeting"; operation of the HR/labor book reading service "HR LIBRARY"; development of the employee success HR platform "PeopleWork"; management and training support "PeopleX Management Consulting" Website: https://corp.peoplex.jp/ Service Site (PeopleX AgenticHR Platform): https://peoplex.jp/platform/ Service Site (PeopleX AI Interview): https://peoplex.jp/ai-interview/ Service Site (PeopleX Management Consulting): https://peoplex-mc.jp/ Service Site (HR LIBRARY): https://hrlibrary.jp/

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