Recruiting
Approach
Recruiting creates a company’s future five to ten years ahead
Common wisdom in Japan says that “sales capabilities determine a company’s future one year ahead, corporate product development capabilities determine its future three to five years ahead and the quality of the new university graduates a company hires determines its future five to ten years ahead.” In the Link and Motivation Group, we view recruiting as an activity not just to acquire human resources with the high level of competence we need to carry out our management strategies, but also to welcome kindred spirits who are highly motivated to realize our corporate mission. Therefore, among the four areas of recruiting, training, systems and corporate culture, the Link and Motivation Group invests the most in recruiting. We began hiring new university graduates in the second year after our founding, which is unusual for a startup, and have continued to invest in recruiting year after year, even during difficult conditions. We also believe that recruiting activities have the effect of increasing current employees’ motivation. They provide an opportunity for applicants and employees to discuss their visions for the future. As employees talk with applicants about the future of the Group in their own words, it increases their motivation to work toward that vision. This cycle has become part of the Group’s culture, and is the driving force that makes the most of the Link and Motivation Group’s human capital.
Purpose
Hire human resources who have the skills the Group requires and who sympathize with our mission
Measures
New University Graduate Recruiting Events
Objective
Acquire human resources who have the high level of skills the Group requires and are highly motivated to realize our mission
Outcome
In 2024, we hired 117 new graduates with an average individual evaluation score of 10.0 as expected, so both quantity and quality were at the level we envisioned.
Data Highlights
Number of New University Graduates Hired by Link and Motivation Inc.
In recent years, the human resources we seek have continued to join the Company in the numbers we expect, meeting our standards in terms of both quantity and quality.
SPiRAL
In this program, interns are involved in diagnosing organizational conditions and planning their transformation based on actual customer case studies that were originally developed as exercises for consultants. Working side by side with Link and Motivation Group consultants in confronting the most difficult corporate issues gives participants a feeling for the real nature of organizational and personnel consulting. As part of the recruiting of 2024 university graduates, 342 students participated in the program.
RiSE
Participants in the program stay at the Huis Ten Bosch theme park in Nagasaki, where they attempt to resolve actual organizational issues faced by a customer. While learning about Motivation Engineering, they analyze organizational issues, develop reform plans, and on the final day, make a proposal directly to the president of Huis Ten Bosch. As part of the recruiting of 2025 graduates, 69 people participated in the program.
Comments from Participants
Entry Management Survey / Entry Manager System
Objective
Acquire human resources who have the high level of skills the Group requires and are highly motivated to realize our mission
Outcome
Data showing that new employees place importance on corporate philosophy and strategies at the seven Group companies that hire new university graduates
Entry Management Survey
We use our Entry Management Survey, a diagnostic tool for visualizing the state of engagement between a company and applicants, then go through the PDCA cycle in recruiting. In 2023, the survey item “philosophy and strategies” was positioned as a strength of all Group companies, and the levels of applicants’ expectations of and satisfaction with the philosophy of the Group company they joined were both high. In this way, we ensure that talent with the skills we require sympathize with our philosophy when they join the Group.
Entry Manager System
The Link and Motivation Group has introduced an Entry Manager System in which each university student who has been selected as a prospective new employee upon graduation is assigned to a current employee who manages the process from job offer to employment. With the mission of helping new employees succeed after joining the Group, we provide a variety of individualized support in areas including understanding the Group, self-analysis and growth.
Reasons New Employees Joined the Group in 2024
"I want to create a society filled with people who choose the lives they lead."
"I felt that this company is serious about creating a vibrant society."
"I want to create a society where the children of tomorrow grow up to be excited about their career choices and enthusiastic in their work."
“Compared with other internships, I was able to work more enthusiastically and felt a sense of immersion by actually listening to client stories and walking around the theme park.”
"This was more than just an internship experience, and I am very satisfied with how much I learned about myself."