FlexibleCAREER and CAREER MARK to Co-host May 28 Seminar for HR Teams on Rethinking Hiring Criteria Assumptions

FlexibleCAREER, operated by PERSOL TEMPSTAFF Co., Ltd., will co-host an online seminar with CAREER MARK, operated by Novita Inc., on Thursday, May 28, 2026, for HR and recruitment professionals facing hiring challenges. Amid ongoing labor shortages, an increasing number of companies may be unintentionally narrowing their applicant pools through hiring criteria and evaluation practices. The seminar will visualize gaps in hiring evaluations and explain concrete perspectives for increasing opportunities to “meet candidates first.” As chronic labor shortages continue, many companies are struggling with the issue of being unable to hire. At the same time, many candidates who could otherwise contribute immediately are being unconsciously screened out because of how their resumes appear or because of conventional evaluation standards. The seminar will focus on these overlooked job-ready candidates, showing how to identify evaluation gaps in recruitment and update hiring decisions. All speakers hold career consultant qualifications and will deliver practical content based on field experience. The seminar’s purpose is to provide perspectives for properly evaluating job-ready talent who may be excluded from consideration due to superficial impressions. The seminar is recommended for HR and recruitment staff who struggle to build candidate pools, companies with few qualified applicants and stalled selection processes, those facing declined offers or early turnover, and those who want to review hiring criteria and role requirements. The seminar is titled “Rethinking Assumptions in Hiring Criteria: A Seminar to Update Hiring Perspectives for Identifying Job-ready Talent.” It will be held online via Zoom from 12:00 to 13:00 on Thursday, May 28, and participation is free. The agenda includes an overview of market challenges, realities in HR and recruiting operations, visualization of evaluation gaps with interactive exercises, case studies, and a review of hiring decisions and requirement definitions to increase opportunities to meet candidates. Speakers include Kazuki Tanjo and Sakuya Asai from FlexibleCAREER at PERSOL TEMPSTAFF Co., Ltd., and Tomomi Kobashi and Maho Hayashi from CAREER MARK at Novita Inc. The registration URL is https://group.tempstaff.co.jp/wcform/pub/daiba1-ex/276510056011a24f . For inquiries, contact the FlexibleCAREER office at PERSOL TEMPSTAFF Co., Ltd. via flexiblecareer.info@tempstaff.co.jp. A related interview article, “Restarting Careers: Making Diverse Ways of Working an Option — PERSOL TEMPSTAFF FlexibleCAREER,” is available at https://blog.careermark.net/entry/flexiblecareer . CAREER MARK provides career support and recruitment services specializing in partners of expatriates. It connects companies with career talent who have work experience in Japan and who have developed flexibility, adaptability, and transformation skills through accompanying overseas assignments. The service has more than 800 members worldwide. PERSOL TEMPSTAFF Co., Ltd. provides human resources services including temporary staffing, temp-to-perm staffing, and outsourcing. The company changed its name from Tempstaff Co., Ltd. to PERSOL TEMPSTAFF Co., Ltd. in July 2017. Under the group vision “Work, and Smile,” the PERSOL Group aims to contribute to a sustainable society by addressing labor and employment challenges through the combined strength of the group.