Chiikizukan Starts Supporting the Discovery, Development, and Matching of Management Personnel
XLOCAL Inc. has launched a new initiative to solve the shortage of successors in regional companies by matching urban talent with local businesses starting through outsourced contracts via their platform 'Chiikizukan'.
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XLOCAL Inc. (Headquarters: Tsuruoka City, Yamagata Prefecture; CEO: Daisuke Yamanaka; hereinafter "XLOCAL") will launch a new initiative to provide end-to-end support from "discovery, development, and matching of management personnel" to address the serious shortage of management personnel and successors in regional companies. This will utilize the database of "Chiikizukan", a regional company and professional talent matching platform operated by the company.
What is "Regional Management Talent Production (Provisional name: Sototsugi)" by Chiikizukan?
It is a talent matching project that enables urban professionals who see potential in rural areas to become management personnel for regional companies. In reality, the psychological and practical hurdles associated with sudden business participation or job changes are high for both companies and individuals. To resolve this issue, we provide a mechanism of "phased agreement." Candidates first join a regional company's project on a business consignment (outsourcing) basis. After mutually confirming aptitude and compatibility through actual work, both parties can confidently transition to a full-time employee status (executive candidate/successor candidate).
Key Initiatives
1. Selection of Regional Management Candidates: We will recruit individuals who have the ambition to take on management in the future and the necessary qualities of management personnel, implementing Chiikizukan's proprietary selection process.
2. Initial Matching: We will propose the selected talent to regional companies struggling with a lack of successors. First, matching is done on a business consignment basis to confirm the compatibility of both parties' abilities and personalities. Our company mediates information sharing and contract discussions to create a smooth first step.
3. Full-scale Matching: After the initial matching, we will conduct interviews with the job seekers and regional companies under our initiative. If intentions and conditions are mutually agreed upon, matching will be conducted with the premise of full-time employment (full commitment).
4. Other Support: Utilizing our "10 Billion Think Tank" and business network, we will provide necessary development and hands-on support from the selection stage through to the period following full-scale matching.
Kickoff Event to be Held
Along with the launch of the project, we will hold a talk event inviting an active executive (Provisional name: Sototsugi) who actually took over the management of a regional company without any blood relations. This event will unravel the process leading up to the succession, the conflicts involved, and the current reality of becoming a business owner.
Date: April 7 (Tue) 12:00-13:00
Method: Online
What is "Regional Management Talent Production (Provisional name: Sototsugi)" by Chiikizukan?
It is a talent matching project that enables urban professionals who see potential in rural areas to become management personnel for regional companies. In reality, the psychological and practical hurdles associated with sudden business participation or job changes are high for both companies and individuals. To resolve this issue, we provide a mechanism of "phased agreement." Candidates first join a regional company's project on a business consignment (outsourcing) basis. After mutually confirming aptitude and compatibility through actual work, both parties can confidently transition to a full-time employee status (executive candidate/successor candidate).
Key Initiatives
1. Selection of Regional Management Candidates: We will recruit individuals who have the ambition to take on management in the future and the necessary qualities of management personnel, implementing Chiikizukan's proprietary selection process.
2. Initial Matching: We will propose the selected talent to regional companies struggling with a lack of successors. First, matching is done on a business consignment basis to confirm the compatibility of both parties' abilities and personalities. Our company mediates information sharing and contract discussions to create a smooth first step.
3. Full-scale Matching: After the initial matching, we will conduct interviews with the job seekers and regional companies under our initiative. If intentions and conditions are mutually agreed upon, matching will be conducted with the premise of full-time employment (full commitment).
4. Other Support: Utilizing our "10 Billion Think Tank" and business network, we will provide necessary development and hands-on support from the selection stage through to the period following full-scale matching.
Kickoff Event to be Held
Along with the launch of the project, we will hold a talk event inviting an active executive (Provisional name: Sototsugi) who actually took over the management of a regional company without any blood relations. This event will unravel the process leading up to the succession, the conflicts involved, and the current reality of becoming a business owner.
Date: April 7 (Tue) 12:00-13:00
Method: Online