Nursing Care Job Searching: "Variety of Work Style Options" Becomes Most Important – 60.2% of Job Seekers Prioritize It, About 60% Use Multiple Services

Neo Career Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Representative Director and CEO: Ryoichi Nishizawa, hereafter "Neo Career"), a comprehensive human resources service provider, operates "Nice! Kaigo," a staffing and job change support service specializing in nursing care jobs. They conducted a questionnaire survey regarding the actual usage of nursing care job services targeting job seekers who used the service within the last two years, obtaining responses from 515 people. As a result of this survey, the most important factor when choosing a job service was "the abundance of working style options, such as employment type and working hours" (60.2%). Additionally, about 60% of job seekers were found to use multiple job services, showing a tendency to search for jobs while comparing conditions and working styles. ## Summary of Survey Results - Responses prioritizing "the abundance of working style options" were the most common at 60.2%. - "Job proposals that respect personal preferences" (56.9%) followed closely. - About 60% (57.1%) have experience using multiple job services. ## "Variety of working style options" becomes a crucial criterion for choosing a service When asked about the top three factors they particularly value when selecting a nursing care job service, "many options for working styles, such as employment type and working hours" (60.2%) was the highest. This was followed by "receiving job proposals that respect my wishes" (56.9%), indicating that job seekers emphasize not just the volume of job information, but also whether they can "choose a working style that suits them" and "receive proposals aligned with their wishes." Furthermore, a certain number of respondents cited "having a continuous follow-up system after starting work" (34.0%) and "detailed support from registration to employment," showing that the support system before and after employment is also an important factor in service selection.

## About 60% use multiple services; "decentralized" job hunting, including "re-searching," becomes apparent When asked about the nursing care job services they have used in their job hunting activities to date (*including services used in the past), the number of services used was "1 company" at 42.9%, "2-4 companies" at 51.3%, and "5 or more companies" at 5.8%. Job seekers with experience using services from two or more companies accounted for 57.1% of the total, reaching nearly 60%. From these results, it can be considered that in job hunting for nursing care, instead of completing the process with just one service, a "decentralized" behavior of searching for jobs while using multiple services in stages is spreading. It also suggests the possibility that a "re-searching" movement occurs, where after using a service once, they look for jobs again through a different service.