Announcement of Regional Career's FY2025 Career Change Support Achievements - U/I-Turn Career Changer Ratio Increased by 11.5 Points Year-on-Year

Regional Style Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director: Yukio Takaoka) announced the compilation of its FY22025 career change support achievements (*) for its U/I-turn career change support service "Regional Career."

(*) Achievements at 9 companies (27 bases) out of 10 Regional Style member companies, excluding Tokyo.

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FY2025 Career Change Support Achievements (Overview)

Number of career changers supported: 1,136 people
U/I-turn career changers: 539 people
U/I-turn career changer ratio: 47.4% (up 11.5 points year-on-year)
Retention rate after 6 months of employment: 95.5%
Average age: 35.5 years old
Average presented annual salary: 5.404 million yen
Ratio of presented annual salary 6 million yen or more: 28.7% (up 5.2 points year-on-year)
Most common industry: Manufacturing 51.1%
Top job categories: Administrative 34.9%, Technical (Electrical/Mechanical) 26.6%, Sales 16.0%

Key Points

■ High Retention Rate
By implementing matching that considers post-employment retention, the retention rate after 6 months of employment reached 95.5%.

■ Increase in U/I-Turn Career Changer Ratio and Presented Annual Salary
In FY2025, the number of U/I-turn career changers was 539, accounting for 47.4% of the total. This was an increase of 11.5 points from the previous year.
Furthermore, the average presented annual salary was 5.404 million yen, an increase of 128,000 yen from the previous year. The proportion of those with a presented annual salary of 6 million yen or more also reached 28.7% of all successful applicants, marking the highest value since the company began publishing results in FY2017.

■ Achievements in a Wide Range of Industries Besides Manufacturing, Administrative Positions Most Common
By industry, manufacturing was the most common at 51.1%, and career change support achievements were also seen in trading companies, distribution/retail, and finance.
By job category, administrative positions were the most common at 34.9%. Support is also provided for core positions in companies, such as administrative departments and sales departments.

Achievement Details
Period: April 1, 2025 - March 31, 2026
Target: Career change support achievements of 9 companies (27 bases) out of 10 Regional Style member companies, excluding Tokyo.
Achievement items: Number of career changers supported, number of U/I-turn applicants, retention status after 6 months of employment, gender, age, presented annual salary, industry, number of employees, job category.

Details: https://www.regional.co.jp/research/performance/2026/04/fy25.html

About Regional Career
Regional Career is a "region-specific" and "U/I-turn career change-specific" support service that started in 2009. With the theme of "work vigorously where you want to live," it has supported over 10,000 career changes nationwide, of which over 4,300 were U/I-turn career changes.
Consultants rooted in each region collaborate with local company executives and HR managers to support matching middle to high-class human resources with experience in urban areas and core personnel for companies.

Regional Career: https://www.regional.co.jp/
Regional Style Co., Ltd.: https://regionalstyle.net/

Inquiries regarding this matter
Regional Style Co., Ltd.
Regional Career Management Office
Inquiry Form: https://www.regional.co.jp/contact/