Mynavi Partners Continues to Challenge Towards a Society Where Employment of People with Disabilities is Discussed in Terms of 'Contribution' Rather Than 'Numbers'

Mynavi Partners Inc. (Headquarters: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director and President: Yu Fujimoto) supports April Dream, which aims to make April 1st a day to express dreams. This press release is a dream of Mynavi Partners. At Mynavi Partners (hereinafter referred to as "the Company"), under the mission of "Paving the way for everyone to succeed and becoming a guidepost for the future," we aim to make it commonplace for people with disabilities to utilize their individual strengths and contribute as a "workforce" supporting corporate activities. Due to the increase in the statutory employment rate, employment of people with disabilities has expanded quantitatively. However, on the other hand, we have seen numerous cases in the field where "achieving the employment rate" has become the sole objective, and recruitment proceeds without sufficient consideration for welcoming them as a valuable workforce. As a result, cases of "failure to retain" and "failure to lead to success" accumulate, spreading the mistaken notion that people with disabilities cannot be a valuable workforce. We aim to change this very trend. ## The Questions We Have Faced Since its establishment, the Company has consistently stood on the premise that "people with disabilities can be a valuable workforce if appropriate preparation and environmental arrangements are made." Whether people with disabilities can succeed is not determined solely by individual effort. We have learned through practice that results can vary greatly depending on the system, such as job design, role segmentation, evaluation criteria, management, and support systems. In fact, at our Company, approximately 70% of employees have disabilities, yet each individual is developing their skills and succeeding. In addition to personnel who play a central role in highly difficult tasks such as RPA-based business automation, web accessibility, and data analysis, management personnel who support teams and organizations are also growing. ## "We provide consideration, but we do not hold back." We value the idea of "providing consideration, but not holding back." We offer reasonable accommodations carefully. On the other hand, we demand results without reservation. Without this balance, people with disabilities will remain merely "protected individuals," and as a result, their careers and opportunities for success will not expand. By embracing, developing, and evaluating employees with disabilities as contributors to our business, we have demonstrated that "employment of people with disabilities as a valuable workforce" is achievable. ## Mechanisms and Know-how to Society We do not believe that only our company should succeed. Our mission is to provide the knowledge in business design, quantification, training, and management accumulated through our office center business, and the expertise in supporting recruitment, retention, and success cultivated through our DEI promotion business, to companies that are serious about employing people with disabilities, and to implement these in society in a way that contributes to business. By continuing to increase the number of companies that employ people with disabilities not "to meet the statutory employment rate," but "as a choice to enhance corporate value," we believe that the path for people with disabilities to work will become wider and brighter. The Company will continue to create a society where people with disabilities are needed and expected as a workforce, from the front lines of employment. ## About Mynavi Partners Inc. Mynavi Partners is a special subsidiary established by Mynavi Group to promote the employment of people with disabilities. Its business activities include administrative outsourcing for Mynavi Group, operating a healthcare room for employees, human resources placement for people with disabilities, corporate consulting (planning and proposals for hiring and retaining people with disabilities), and training programs for young professionals with disabilities. The company aims to create as many opportunities as possible for people with disabilities to demonstrate their abilities. Mynavi Partners Inc. Public Relations: Taihiro Nakagawa E-MAIL: mpt-pr@mynavi.jp TEL: 03-6267-4174 (Main)