Breaking Away from 'Intuition and Experience' in Hiring ~The Concept and Practice of Skill-Based Hiring~

Selection and Variation Inc. (hereinafter referred to as 'the Company', Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; Nishi-ku, Osaka City; Nishi-ku, Nagoya City / Representative Director and President: Yoshihiro Hirayasu / URL: https://sele-vari.co.jp/), an organizational and HR consulting firm, announces that it will hold a seminar titled 'Breaking Away from 'Intuition and Experience' in Hiring ~The Concept and Practice of Skill-Based Hiring~' on Tuesday, June 2, 2026, from 11:00 to 11:30. Overview We often hear from HR personnel comments such as, 'Even though we put effort into recruitment, we can't find candidates who fit our company,' or 'Evaluations vary among interviewers, making it difficult to maintain consistency in hiring.' The root cause often lies in unclear hiring criteria, where many cases fail to move beyond subjective evaluations like 'they seem good somehow.' By placing skills at the core of hiring criteria, the objectivity of evaluations and the accuracy of recruitment can be significantly enhanced. This seminar is aimed at HR and recruitment professionals, introducing the concept of skill-based hiring, methods for designing recruitment standards, and practical approaches to integrate them into the interview process. [Click here to apply] https://sele-vari.co.jp/seminar/202606021/ Program 1. What is Skill-Based Hiring? ~Fundamental Differences from Traditional Recruitment~ - Background requiring a shift from emphasizing academic background and qualifications to 'demonstrated skills' - Impact of skill-based hiring on recruitment accuracy and retention rates 2. How to Design Recruitment Standards ~Skill Maps and Definition of Evaluation Items~ - Decomposing position requirements and creating skill maps (organizing hard and soft skills) - Prioritizing 'essential skills' and 'priority skills' and setting pass/fail lines 3. Designing an Interview Process to Identify Skills - Practical application of Behavioral Event Interview (BEI) and Competency-Based Interview - Key points for designing structured interviews to standardize evaluations and eliminate discrepancies among interviewers 4. Features of Our Company's Recruitment Standard and Interview Process Design Support - Comprehensive support from recruitment standard design to interviewer training and evaluation sheet preparation *Some content may be subject to change. Event Outline Date: Tuesday, June 2, 2026, 11:00〜11:30 Format: Online via Zoom Participation Fee: Free [Click here to apply] https://sele-vari.co.jp/seminar/202606021/ *We kindly ask that companies in the same industry, students, and sole proprietors refrain from applying. *This seminar will be conducted via 'Zoom'. Please download the Zoom app and confirm your connection in advance. *Sharing the viewing URL with anyone other than yourself is strictly prohibited. *Recording, audio recording, photographing, or unauthorized use of seminar materials is strictly prohibited. Speaker Kaede Okayasu After graduating from university, she gained experience in the financial industry before joining a human resources service company. Through supporting mid-career recruitment for various clients, she strongly felt the need for system design that enables employees to maximize their abilities after joining the company, leading her to join Selection and Variation. Currently, she is involved in designing HR systems for a wide range of industries, regardless of company size. About Selection and Variation Inc. An HR consulting firm with high expertise specializing in 'organizational and HR domains'. They support transformations that contribute to strategic realization and performance improvement for a diverse range of industries and company sizes, from TSE Prime-listed companies to small and medium-sized enterprises with dozens of employees. They promote reforms related to people and organizations, including corporate HR strategy formulation, HR system design, HR system operation, organizational culture improvement, and executive education. ■ Supporting reforms based on a track record of early adaptation to 'job-based employment' Yoshihiro Hirayasu, the representative, was an early adopter of job-based employment systems for major electronics manufacturers during the 1990s when performance-based HR systems were becoming widespread. Since then, he has supported transformations for over 200 companies, questioning whether 'companies can truly grow' with traditional practices like mass new graduate hiring, seniority-based promotions, regular salary increases, and lifetime employment, and 'what HR can do to expand business and generate profits.' Currently, we are supporting management reforms to turn the challenges of changes in working styles and lifestyles due to the COVID-19 shock into opportunities. ■ Partial list of companies supported since FY2020 Pharmaceutical industry (TSE Prime-listed) IT platformer (TSE Prime-listed) Specialty trading company (TSE Prime-listed) System development industry (TSE Prime-listed) Audit firm-affiliated consulting firm Telecommunications construction industry (TSE Prime-listed) Other unlisted companies (manufacturing, service industries, etc.) [Company Profile] Mission: Company Keywords: