CHEFLINK Fully Launches Full-Time Employee Recruitment Support Based on Spot Work Performance

Sharedine Co., Ltd. has announced the full launch of its full-time employee recruitment support service through "CHEFLINK," an integrated platform connecting food and beverage businesses with chefs. This new initiative utilizes actual spot work performance data to facilitate full-time hiring, moving beyond traditional recruitment methods focused solely on resumes and interviews. The service introduces new features allowing both businesses and chefs to express their interest in full-time employment, aiming to reduce recruitment mismatches and create diverse career opportunities for chefs.
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Sharedine Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director: Akari Iida; hereinafter "Sharedine") is pleased to announce the full launch of its full-time employee recruitment support service, utilizing actual spot work data on "CHEFLINK," an integrated platform connecting food and beverage businesses with chefs.

This initiative aims to build a new recruitment model that considers hiring based on actual work experience together, differing from traditional recruitment methods centered on "job posting → application → interview."

Along with this, new features have been released that allow both chefs and food and beverage businesses to express their intentions, in addition to the "Full-time Recruitment Flag Function" which allows stores to indicate their intention to hire full-time employees.


Sharedine will continue to strive for the realization of sustainable human resource fluidity by reducing recruitment mismatches in the food and beverage industry and creating diverse career opportunities for chefs.
▶︎Special site here:https://chef-link.com/business/recruit/

◾️Background

In the food and beverage industry, chronic labor shortages persist, and the following challenges exist in full-time recruitment:

  • It is difficult to assess suitability, skills, and team compatibility in the field based solely on documents and interviews.

  • Mismatches between "expected roles" and "on-site reality" are prone to occur after hiring.

  • It is difficult for both the hiring side and the hired side to fully envision the work before joining the company.

Particularly in the food and beverage industry, many aptitudes, such as cooking techniques, hygiene awareness, speed, and coordination with others, only become apparent in the actual workplace. There are limitations to judging these solely from resumes and interviews.

On the other hand, CHEFLINK has diverse data accumulated through daily spot work that can be utilized for hiring decisions. For example:

  • Performance records from spot work

  • Mutual evaluations (reviews) by both stores and chefs

  • Certified badges awarded to chefs who meet certain standards

  • On-site behavioral data, such as work continuity and adaptability

By utilizing such data, CHEFLINK is evolving from merely a matching platform for spot work job postings to a foundation that supports hiring decisions based on actual work experience.

◾️About the New Features

CHEFLINK has newly implemented the following functions to connect spot work to full-time employment:

  1. Full-time Recruitment Flag Function
    This function allows food and beverage businesses to indicate that they are considering full-time employment for a particular store or job opening. It enables them to inform chefs working on a spot basis in advance that the workplace has "potential for future full-time employment."

  2. Chef's Intent Display Function
    After spot work, if a chef is "interested in working full-time at this store," they can express their intention on the service. This allows chefs to naturally convey their interest to a workplace they found appealing after working there.

  3. Food and Beverage Business's Intent Display Function
    After spot work, a function has been implemented that allows stores to propose to specific chefs that they would like to discuss full-time employment. Since they can approach chefs after confirming their personality, work attitude, and skills, a highly convincing recruitment approach becomes possible. Chefs who receive a proposal will be notified of the full-time employment offer in the chat screen with the store and can respond to it.

  4. Function to Visualize Mutual Intent Alignment

    If both the chef and the food and beverage business express positive intent for employment, a UI will be displayed to clearly communicate that their intentions align, promoting smooth communication.

◾️Chef Recruitment Made Possible by CHEFLINK

Through the implementation of these new features, CHEFLINK will provide the following recruitment flow as a product:

Work on a spot basis → Mutual evaluation on-site → Express intent → Consider full-time employment

This process aims to realize an "performance-based recruitment model" that proceeds with hiring after confirming actual work performance and compatibility in the field, rather than relying solely on documents and short interviews as in the past.

This offers significant benefits: for food and beverage businesses, it can lead to reduced mismatches and improved retention rates, and for chefs, it allows for career choices after assessing the working environment and team compatibility.

As a platform specializing in culinary professionals, CHEFLINK boasts one of the largest numbers of registered chefs and job postings in Japan, and has consistently created opportunities for professionals to connect. The abundance of spot work opportunities allows hiring candidates to be understood not as "people met," but as "people worked with," enabling a smooth selection process.

For businesses looking to hire culinary professionals, CHEFLINK functions not just as a job posting site, but as a practical recruitment infrastructure that allows them to confirm on-site compatibility and practical aptitude before hiring.

◾️Future Developments

Sharedine will continue to update the very nature of recruitment in the food and beverage industry by utilizing the actual work data and evaluation data accumulated on CHEFLINK. By positioning spot work not just as a one-off staffing solution, but as an entry point to medium- to long-term employment and career development, we will support diverse working styles for chefs and expand sustainable staffing options for food and beverage businesses.

■What is CHEFLINK? https://chef-link.com/

CHEFLINK is a human resources and career support platform that connects chefs and food and beverage businesses. Chefs can apply for listed jobs by simply registering their career history, and the platform supports career development through AI-powered automatic profile generation, SNS functions that promote interaction across generations and genres, and a chef-exclusive community. Food and beverage businesses can flexibly utilize immediate talent when needed to address challenges such as labor shortages and increased fixed costs. From spot work to full-time employment and overseas recruitment support, CHEFLINK offers a one-stop solution for human resource needs. It provides chefs with an environment to build their careers "more freely, more enjoyably," and offers food and beverage businesses a new mechanism to transition to sustainable business models.

*In August 2025, "CHEFLINK (Career Support SNS)" and "SPOT CHEF (Food Professional Staffing and Recruitment Service)" were integrated to evolve into a platform that delivers a more consistent experience.

◾️CHEFLINK Service Overview

  • Available from as short as one day, 3 hours, with same-day start possible

  • Payment only for usage, no initial or monthly fees

  • Full-time employment also possible

  • Over 40,000 registered food professionals

▶︎Learn more here https://chef-link.com/

CHEFLINK Mechanism

■About Sharedine Co., Ltd. https://sharedine.co.jp/

Sharedine Co., Ltd., founded in May 2017, operates a global career platform for chefs with 40,000 registered chefs. With the purpose of "driving social transformation from the world of food," we aim for social change through the food industry. In June 2025, to strengthen overseas career support, we expanded our overseas recruitment support service "CHEFLINK Global," promoting global business expansion. Moving forward, we will continue to build sustainable business models for the food industry, create environments where individual chefs can build flexible careers, and contribute to the development of the food industry both domestically and internationally as a global career platform originating from Japan.

■List of Services Provided by Sharedine

＜Contact＞
Sharedine Co., Ltd. Public Relations, Kamiyacho Trust Tower 23F, 4-1-1 Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-6923

E-mail：contact@sharedine.me　For more details https://sharedine.co.jp/

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