Preventing Mismatches in Mid-Career Hiring! CarryMe Contributes to Securing and Retaining Immediate-Impact Talent for Advertising Agency Business

Piece to Peace Inc. (Headquarters: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director: Ryo Osawa), which operates 'CarryMe,' a matching service between 'professional talent' on service contracts and companies, has supported the advertising agency business of ohpner Inc. by assigning professional talent. We have published an article detailing the success story of securing and retaining immediate-impact talent whose skills and cultural fit were ideal during the company's startup phase.

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ohpner Inc. Under the mission of 'Paving the way for the future through offline advertising,' the company develops advertising agency and media development businesses.

Challenges Faced - Struggled with talent acquisition immediately after establishment. - Lacked opportunities to meet candidates with practical experience in the advertising agency industry during recruitment activities.

Results - Resolved talent shortages through the support of skill-matched professional talent. - Successfully hired an experienced advertising agency professional as a full-time employee.

We contributed to the securing of immediate-impact talent and the recruitment of high-quality full-time employees during a period of increasing workload near the company's inception.

Comment from Kazuya Kishi, Director of ohpner Inc. (Excerpt) 'We believe the greatest benefit was being able to acquire valuable talent as a full-time employee.

It is very difficult for a company without name recognition to hire skilled, experienced professionals. I think it is a wise strategy to borrow the power of professional talent as a first step—both to buy time during the startup phase and to build the company into one that can attract such talent in the future.'

Read the full article here https://carryme.jp/agent/case-ohpner/

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'CarryMe,' which we operate, is a service that supports the introduction and utilization of 'professional contracts,' where individuals commit to results and work under service contracts, based on the concept of 'bringing professional contracts to the business world.'

Over 15,000 immediate-impact professionals with rich skills and track records are registered. You can assign professionals capable of handling everything from strategy to practical tasks in the necessary volume.

We also utilize professional contracts within our own company; for the first two years after launching the business, we had zero full-time employees and built our team solely with professional talent (contractors). From 2017 to 2018, we achieved a 7x increase in sales with only 10 professional contractors and one full-time employee. In 2019, we raised over 130 million yen in funding from investors including the PERSOL Group and Keisuke Honda of HONDA ESTILO Co., Ltd. In 2022, we raised a total of approximately 350 million yen in a Series B round, and the business has now grown to have over 10,000 registered users.

About Piece to Peace Inc. Established in 2009 with the philosophy of 'Connecting pieces (individual small strengths) into peace (a greater power).' Representative Director Osawa noticed that while the values of talented individuals were shifting from dependence on 'full-time employment' and 'lifetime employment' toward autonomous careers where they decide their own work content, time, and location, companies remained fixated on hiring full-time employees despite facing a rapidly shrinking labor population, leading to the underutilization of professional talent. This led to the official launch of CarryMe in 2016.

Trade Name: Piece to Peace Inc. Established: September 2009 Capital: 243.45 million yen (including capital reserves) *Raised over 130 million yen in 2019 from investors including the PERSOL Group and Keisuke Honda of HONDA ESTILO Co., Ltd.; raised a total of approximately 350 million yen in 2022 as a Series B round. Location: 8F, Nagatacho Glass Gate, 2-16-9 Hirakawa-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0093 Representative Director: Ryo Osawa Company Website: https://piecetopeace.co.jp/ Business Description: 'CarryMe,' a professional contract support service for the business world.