Recruitment Begins for FY2026 "Week 1 VP - Side Jobs in Tottori" Program!
Persol Career's "HiPro Direct" platform will continue its "Week 1 VP" partnership with Tottori Prefecture in fiscal 2026, aiming to match 130 professionals with 130 local companies. The initiative, which connects urban business talent with local SMEs to promote regional revitalization and new work styles, began its first recruitment round on May 18.
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Persol Career Co., Ltd.'s side-job and freelance talent matching platform service, "HiPro Direct," announces it will continue to promote Tottori Prefecture's "Week 1 VP - Side Jobs in Tottori" program in fiscal year 2026, aiming to achieve 130 matches for 130 companies through four recruitment rounds per year. The first recruitment round has already started on Monday, May 18, 2026. FY2026 "Week 1 VP - Side Jobs in Tottori" Special Site: https://for-local.talent.direct.hipro-job.jp/tottori. About Tottori Prefecture's Business Talent Attraction Program "Week 1 VP - Side Jobs in Tottori": Tottori Prefecture believes that to shift local SMEs towards "aggressive management," it is necessary to utilize business talent capable of implementing business strategies such as sales channel development, overseas expansion, and IT implementation. Therefore, the prefecture started this program in fiscal 2019 to raise awareness for tackling "aggressive management" by utilizing business talent from urban areas for side jobs and to connect this to creating new mechanisms for human resource utilization. FY2026 "Week 1 VP - Side Jobs in Tottori" Recruitment Periods: 1st Round: May 18 (Mon) – May 31 (Sun), 2026. 2nd Round: Aug 17 (Mon) – Aug 30 (Sun), 2026. 3rd Round: Nov 16 (Mon) – Nov 29 (Sun), 2026. 4th Round: Feb 8 (Mon) – Feb 21 (Sun), 2027. How to Apply: Apply via the special site: https://for-local.talent.direct.hipro-job.jp/tottori. Examples from the 1st Round of Recruitment: - Over 100 years in business! Seeking someone to help shape the future of a long-established rice wholesaler in Tottori. Nakashima Beikoku Co., Ltd. - A long-established crab processing company in the "Crab Prefecture"! Seeking a partner for business improvement and human resource development following a new factory system transition. Koshikawa Co., Ltd. - We want to deliver our prized crops far and wide! Seeking a partner to pioneer the future of agriculture with sales strategies. Chizu no Nouka Shunsai-ya. - Towards becoming a restaurant chosen by many! Seeking support for SNS marketing for a long-established inn and donburi specialty store in Karo, Tottori. Yamada-ya Ltd. - "Movies" x "Encounters" bring excitement to Tottori. Seeking support for programming and operations to grow a community theater together. Cinema Door Tottori LLC. Through promoting this project, "HiPro Direct" will contribute to regional economic revitalization by matching side-job talent who want to use their skills for regional contribution with Tottori companies that want to solve issues by accepting external talent, thereby creating and increasing the engaged population, and promoting talent mobility and skill sharing. ■About Tottori Prefecture's Business Talent Attraction Program: https://tori-pro.jp/ ... ■About the Comprehensive Professional Talent Utilization Support Service "HiPro": https://hipro-job.jp/ ... ■About Persol Career Co., Ltd.: https://www.persol-career.co.jp/ ... With the mission of "Empowering people to own their 'work'", Persol Career Co., Ltd. provides services such as recruitment, job advertising, and new graduate recruitment support through its "doda" and "doda X" high-class転職 services. In May 2022, it launched the comprehensive professional talent utilization support service "HiPro," fully entering the side-job and freelance domain. ...