Actual Survey on Success Factors in High-Class Job Changes/Hiring
en world Japan conducted a survey on high-class job changes, revealing that only about 50% feel successful after a job change, with 'culture fit' being a crucial success factor.
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en world Japan K.K. (Headquarters: Chuo-ku, Tokyo, President: Yusuke Yamamoto), one of Japan's largest recruitment agencies specializing in high-class and global talent, has conducted a survey on the success factors in high-class job changes and hiring.
In recent years, mechanical systematization using AI and other technologies has rapidly evolved in the job change and hiring sectors. Cases where everything from matching job openings and candidates to interviews is completed by AI are increasing. While this brings benefits such as increased efficiency and reduced costs in job changing and hiring activities, it has also raised new issues regarding whether essential success factors such as 'organizational fit' and 'potential for success' are sufficiently guaranteed.
Based on this background, en world conducted a survey on the success factors in high-class job changes and hiring.
*For convenience in this survey, talent and positions with an annual salary of 8 million yen or more are defined as high-class.
■ Overview of Survey Results
1. High-class talent: Only about 50% feel successful after changing jobs.
2. Success feeling among high-class talent: 'Latent' culture fit is important, about 1.5 times higher than the group earning less than 8 million yen.
3. Both job seekers and hiring sides feel challenges in 'latent' matching such as 'organizational fit' and 'potential for success'.
■ Detailed Survey Results
1. High-class talent: Only about 50% feel successful after changing jobs.
First, when we asked the group earning 8 million yen or more who had changed jobs within the past 5 years if their job change was successful, only 55% of the total answered 'successful'. Furthermore, combining the proportions of those who answered 'neither' or 'not successful', it became clear that about half did not feel their job change was a success. [Figure 1]
[Figure 1] Do you consider your job change to your current position to be an overall 'success'?
2. Success feeling among high-class talent: 'Latent' culture fit is important, about 1.5 times higher than the group earning less than 8 million yen.
Next, regarding the success factors after changing jobs, we compared the 'importance' of each item between the '8 million yen or more' and 'less than 8 million yen' groups.
As a result, the item where the proportion of those answering 'important' was particularly high in the '8 million yen or more' group was 'sympathy with corporate culture and values'.
In recent years, mechanical systematization using AI and other technologies has rapidly evolved in the job change and hiring sectors. Cases where everything from matching job openings and candidates to interviews is completed by AI are increasing. While this brings benefits such as increased efficiency and reduced costs in job changing and hiring activities, it has also raised new issues regarding whether essential success factors such as 'organizational fit' and 'potential for success' are sufficiently guaranteed.
Based on this background, en world conducted a survey on the success factors in high-class job changes and hiring.
*For convenience in this survey, talent and positions with an annual salary of 8 million yen or more are defined as high-class.
■ Overview of Survey Results
1. High-class talent: Only about 50% feel successful after changing jobs.
2. Success feeling among high-class talent: 'Latent' culture fit is important, about 1.5 times higher than the group earning less than 8 million yen.
3. Both job seekers and hiring sides feel challenges in 'latent' matching such as 'organizational fit' and 'potential for success'.
■ Detailed Survey Results
1. High-class talent: Only about 50% feel successful after changing jobs.
First, when we asked the group earning 8 million yen or more who had changed jobs within the past 5 years if their job change was successful, only 55% of the total answered 'successful'. Furthermore, combining the proportions of those who answered 'neither' or 'not successful', it became clear that about half did not feel their job change was a success. [Figure 1]
[Figure 1] Do you consider your job change to your current position to be an overall 'success'?
2. Success feeling among high-class talent: 'Latent' culture fit is important, about 1.5 times higher than the group earning less than 8 million yen.
Next, regarding the success factors after changing jobs, we compared the 'importance' of each item between the '8 million yen or more' and 'less than 8 million yen' groups.
As a result, the item where the proportion of those answering 'important' was particularly high in the '8 million yen or more' group was 'sympathy with corporate culture and values'.