"Don't Complicate It": Designing Evaluation and Compensation Systems for Expatriates – Creating a workable system with just three points: grade, evaluation, and compensation.
Selection and Variation Inc., an organization and HR consulting firm, announced a seminar on June 5, 2026, from 11:00 to 11:30 AM, titled "Don't Complicate It": Designing Evaluation and Compensation Systems for Expatriates. The seminar will focus on practical design points for small to medium-sized enterprises with few expatriates, aiming to simplify HR systems for overseas assignments by focusing on grade, evaluation, and compensation, while leveraging domestic systems.
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Selection and Variation Inc. (hereinafter referred to as "the Company," located in Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; Nishi-ku, Osaka; Nishi-ku, Nagoya / Representative Director and President: Yasuhiko Hirayasu / URL: https://sele-vari.co.jp/), an organization and HR consulting firm, announced that it will hold a seminar titled "Don't Complicate It": Designing Evaluation and Compensation Systems for Expatriates – Creating a workable system with just three points: grade, evaluation, and compensation – on Friday, June 5, 2026, from 11:00 to 11:30 AM.
## Overview
"Expatriate allowances are ad-hoc and cannot explain country-specific differences," "Domestic grade systems are applied as is, failing to reflect the weight of responsibility in overseas assignments," "Promotion and salary increase rules upon repatriation are unclear, making overseas assignments feel like a career risk"—we often hear such concerns from HR personnel in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that are expanding overseas.
On the other hand, for SMEs with only a few expatriates, building a large-scale global HR system from scratch, like those of listed global companies, is not realistic. The important thing is to first simply organize the three points of "grade, evaluation, and compensation" to create a state that can be "explained" to both employees and management.
This seminar is aimed at executives and HR managers of SMEs that have or are planning to have overseas bases. It will introduce practical design points for organizing HR systems for expatriates and assignees "without overcomplicating" them, while utilizing domestic systems.
## Program
1. Designing HR Systems for Expatriates and Assignees – Simply organizing with three points: grade, evaluation, and compensation
* Grade: How to create grade definitions that "translate" the scope of responsibility of overseas assignments based on domestic grades.
* Evaluation: Design points for simple evaluation sheets that both headquarters and local offices can operate smoothly.
* Compensation: Logic that can "explain" the basis of expatriate allowances and regional allowances, and the establishment of rules for repatriation.
2. Introduction to our Expatriate and Assignee Evaluation and Compensation System Design Service
* A system design program that can be practically implemented in 3 months while maintaining consistency with domestic systems.
* A "not-overly-complicated" design approach for SMEs.
*Some content may be subject to change.
## Event Outline
* Date: Friday, June 5, 2026, 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
* Format: Online via Zoom
* Participation Fee: Free
## Notes
* We kindly ask that competitors, 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 the registered participant is strictly prohibited.
* Recording, audio recording, photography, and unauthorized use of seminar materials are strictly prohibited.
## Speaker
Mayuko Tsukakoshi
After completing her master's degree in engineering at Osaka University Graduate School, and a career at a major printing company, she joined Selection and Variation. With a strong passion to "support the growth of individuals and organizations through HR system design," she is dedicated daily to HR system design and analysis for a wide range of clients, including technology trading companies, restaurant companies, and specialized book publishers.
## About Selection and Variation Inc.
An HR consulting firm with high expertise specializing in "organization and HR." They support transformations that contribute to strategy realization and performance improvement for companies of various industries and sizes, from TSE Prime listed companies to small and medium-sized enterprises with dozens of employees.
They promote changes related to people and organizations, such as HR strategy formulation, HR system design, HR system operation, organizational culture improvement, and executive education.
■ Supporting reforms based on early adoption of "job-based employment"
Yasuhiko Hirayasu, the representative, realized the introduction of HR systems compatible with job-based employment for major electronics manufacturers early on, during the era when performance-based HR systems were spreading in the 90s. Since then, he has supported transformations for over 200 companies, questioning "Can companies truly grow?" and "What can HR do to expand business and generate profit?" against the backdrop of mass recruitment of new graduates, seniority-based promotions, regular salary increases, and lifetime employment.
Today, based on changes in work styles and lifestyles due to the COVID-19 shock, we are supporting management reforms to turn crises into opportunities.
■ Some of our client companies 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 consulting firm
## Overview
"Expatriate allowances are ad-hoc and cannot explain country-specific differences," "Domestic grade systems are applied as is, failing to reflect the weight of responsibility in overseas assignments," "Promotion and salary increase rules upon repatriation are unclear, making overseas assignments feel like a career risk"—we often hear such concerns from HR personnel in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that are expanding overseas.
On the other hand, for SMEs with only a few expatriates, building a large-scale global HR system from scratch, like those of listed global companies, is not realistic. The important thing is to first simply organize the three points of "grade, evaluation, and compensation" to create a state that can be "explained" to both employees and management.
This seminar is aimed at executives and HR managers of SMEs that have or are planning to have overseas bases. It will introduce practical design points for organizing HR systems for expatriates and assignees "without overcomplicating" them, while utilizing domestic systems.
## Program
1. Designing HR Systems for Expatriates and Assignees – Simply organizing with three points: grade, evaluation, and compensation
* Grade: How to create grade definitions that "translate" the scope of responsibility of overseas assignments based on domestic grades.
* Evaluation: Design points for simple evaluation sheets that both headquarters and local offices can operate smoothly.
* Compensation: Logic that can "explain" the basis of expatriate allowances and regional allowances, and the establishment of rules for repatriation.
2. Introduction to our Expatriate and Assignee Evaluation and Compensation System Design Service
* A system design program that can be practically implemented in 3 months while maintaining consistency with domestic systems.
* A "not-overly-complicated" design approach for SMEs.
*Some content may be subject to change.
## Event Outline
* Date: Friday, June 5, 2026, 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
* Format: Online via Zoom
* Participation Fee: Free
## Notes
* We kindly ask that competitors, 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 the registered participant is strictly prohibited.
* Recording, audio recording, photography, and unauthorized use of seminar materials are strictly prohibited.
## Speaker
Mayuko Tsukakoshi
After completing her master's degree in engineering at Osaka University Graduate School, and a career at a major printing company, she joined Selection and Variation. With a strong passion to "support the growth of individuals and organizations through HR system design," she is dedicated daily to HR system design and analysis for a wide range of clients, including technology trading companies, restaurant companies, and specialized book publishers.
## About Selection and Variation Inc.
An HR consulting firm with high expertise specializing in "organization and HR." They support transformations that contribute to strategy realization and performance improvement for companies of various industries and sizes, from TSE Prime listed companies to small and medium-sized enterprises with dozens of employees.
They promote changes related to people and organizations, such as HR strategy formulation, HR system design, HR system operation, organizational culture improvement, and executive education.
■ Supporting reforms based on early adoption of "job-based employment"
Yasuhiko Hirayasu, the representative, realized the introduction of HR systems compatible with job-based employment for major electronics manufacturers early on, during the era when performance-based HR systems were spreading in the 90s. Since then, he has supported transformations for over 200 companies, questioning "Can companies truly grow?" and "What can HR do to expand business and generate profit?" against the backdrop of mass recruitment of new graduates, seniority-based promotions, regular salary increases, and lifetime employment.
Today, based on changes in work styles and lifestyles due to the COVID-19 shock, we are supporting management reforms to turn crises into opportunities.
■ Some of our client companies 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 consulting firm