ManpowerGroup to Speak at "HR Conference 2026-Spring-"

ManpowerGroup Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo; President and Representative Director: Makoto Yoshida; hereinafter ManpowerGroup), a comprehensive human resources service provider, announces that Senior Consultant Takeo Furukawa will speak at the "HR Conference*¹ 2026-Spring-" to be held on Wednesday, May 20.

*¹ "HR Conference": An event hosted by "Nihon no Jinjibu," which has 380,000 HR professional members, providing information to solve human resource challenges. Background of the Lecture In the ManpowerGroup Employment Outlook Survey for the second quarter of 2026, announced in March 2026, high levels of hiring intentions were maintained across all nine surveyed industries, with many companies facing challenges in securing talent. Against this backdrop of a chronic labor shortage, a theme that is once again gaining attention is "career autonomy," which maximizes the potential of existing employees. This lecture aims to provide an opportunity to rethink the transformation to an autonomous organization by organizing the structural factors that induce "career heteronomy*²," a state that companies often fall into. *² Career Heteronomy: A state where one entrusts their career decisions to others, such as the company or superiors. Lecture Overview Why aren't our employees "career autonomous"? ~The structure of "career heteronomy" that companies unconsciously create~ Despite promoting "career autonomy," are you not, as a result, creating "career heteronomous" employees? In this lecture, we will re-examine the true nature of career autonomy and explain typical examples of "career heteronomy" that companies unconsciously create and their causes. We will unravel the structure of how heteronomy is born in situations such as career interviews, evaluations, and transfers, and introduce points to review to promote autonomy. Speaker ManpowerGroup Co., Ltd. Right Management Division Takeo Furukawa, Senior Consultant Joined Manpower Japan (now ManpowerGroup) in 2002. After experience in career counseling for temporary staff, career change support, sales department management, and serving as the business manager for outplacement services, he is currently engaged in human resource development such as career design training, new employee training, and management training, as well as employment adjustment consulting.

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HR Conference 2026-Spring- Session Overview