According to the 2nd "Awareness Survey on the Use of Data in Job Hunting" Targeting 1,270 Students Across Japan, 75% of the Students Agreed if Advantages are Clearly Stated while Those who Disagreed Less Than 5% - "Less effort," "matching with companies" "feedback" and "low turnover rate" are expected

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　The “Study Group on the Utilization of Personal Data/Technologies in HR” hosted by ExaWizards Inc., a company that develops AI (artificial intelligence)-enabled services to solve social issues (hereafter, “ExaWizards”; headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director & President: Ko Ishiyama) and Persol Holdings Co., Ltd., which provides total human resource services (hereafter, “Persol Holdings; headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director, President and CEO: Takao Wada) conducted the 2nd “Awareness Survey on the Use of Data in Job Hunting” and summarized the results as described below.

　This Study Group has been conducting awareness surveys on the use of data among job-hunting students, together with other companies and experts. This time, following the 1st survey last year, we conducted the 2nd survey to discuss the use of personal data/technologies, how to improve convenience and understanding and how to promote their appropriate use in companies.
* Please refer to the following for the results of the 1st “Awareness Survey on the Use of Data in Job Hunting” published in February 2021.

https://exawizards.com/en/archives/15084

Overview of the results of the 2nd “Awareness Survey on the Use of Data in Job Hunting”

☑︎Agreement/disagreement to the use of data in job hunting

– Overall, the percentage of those who agree (top three boxes) increased from 56.8% in FY 2020 to 58.7% in FY 2021, while that of those who disagree (bottom three boxes) decreased from 11.2% in FY 2020 to 10.6% in FY 2021.
– When the use of data offers advantages for students, the percentage of those who agree (top three boxes) increased from 72.8% in FY 2020 to 74.6% in FY 2021, and that of those who disagree (bottom three boxes) also increased from 4.0% in FY 2020 to 4.3% in FY 2021.

☑︎What students expect or they think they could expect from the use of data in job hunting

– Top answers were “less effort (no use of entry sheets)” before selection, “improved matching with companies (the use of data shows whether they are compatible with companies or decreases mismatches)” during selection process, “feedback of selection results” after selection and “decrease in turnover rate due to mismatches)” after entering companies.

☑︎What students feel anxious or concerned about the use of data in job hunting

– Top answers were concerns about the possibility that companies would evaluate students without seeing the persons themselves (evaluation based on prejudice, or not directly evaluating the persons themselves) and about transparency in the use of information (which information will be used, or use of information even when they do not want it to be used).

■Overview of survey
Name of survey
2nd “Awareness Survey on the Use of Data in Job Hunting”
Survey method
Online survey
Survey period
November 5, 2021 through November 9, 2021
Target
1,270 respondents (men and women aged between 18 and 29 years, respectively, across the country; individuals; students and graduate students who are planning or finished job hunting while at school)
Implementing body
“Study Group on the Utilization of Personal Data/Technologies in HR” launched by Persol Holdings and ExaWizards in February 2021

■Outline of the Study Group on the Utilization of Personal Data/Technologies in HR
Hosts
-Persol Holdings and ExaWizards
Activities
– Conduct interviews and discussions with and awareness surveys on students
– Organize discussions by member companies on the use of personal data/technologies
– Gather cases of corporate use, provide information for, and hold study meetings and seminars for companies
Students and companies participating in discussions(In no particular order and honorifics omitted)
– Students and graduate school students, graduates, graduates from graduate schools
– Sony, Softbank Corp., Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, en Japan Inc., LOTTE CO., LTD., SEPTENI CO., LTD., Talented People Laboratory Inc., Business Research Lab, Inc., PERSOL HOLDINGS CO., LTD, ExaWizards Inc.
– Attorneys, Tomomi Hioki and Tsuyoshi Omura (Miura & Partners)
Action policy
This Study Group conducts interviews and discussions with students and discussions with companies. The Study Group will continue participatory discussions with students, and call for experts and member companies to set discussion and case sharing and periodically publish information. Please note that it does not handle the personal information that the member companies have and will be run according to relevant laws and regulations.

■About ExaWizards Inc.
With the mission of “Solving social issues through Artificial Intelligence for future generations,” we are developing and commercializing AI products in various fields such as nursing care, medical care, HR, robotics, finance, and cameras, in order to solve industry and society-wide issues identified from individual company issues, while working on solving issues in each department and company-wide use of AI. Our members include AI engineers, software and hardware engineers, strategy consultants, UI/UX designers, domain experts in nursing care and other fields, researchers, policy experts, and other cross-disciplinary personnel. In Japan’s super-aging society, we are developing our business with a thorough understanding of the needs and issues in each field.

■About Persol Holdings Co., Ltd.
Since 1973, when the company was established, it has rolled out total human resource services, including temporary staffing, employment agency, outsourcing, and re-employment support. In October 2008, it established Temp Holdings Co., Ltd., a joint holding company. In July 2017, the corporate name changed to Persol Holdings Co., Ltd., and listed in the first section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange (securities code: 2181). As of March 31, 2021, its sales reached 950.7 billion yen.

■About PERSOL Group ＜https://www.persol-group.co.jp/＞
To achieve its vision “Work, and Smile,” the PERSOL Group deploys various businesses such as “Tempstaff,” a staffing service agency, “Doda,” a career transition support service provider, and companies offering IT outsourcing, designing, or developing services, all of which are related to humans and organizations. It contributes to the realization of a sustainable society and the achievement of SDGs through the promotion of its business activities based on its management philosophy and sustainability policy.

In addition, the PERSOL Group strives to aggressively develop technologies for next-generation innovation by combining human resource services and technologies, and deploys such services as “Miidas” that offers career transition support to help job seekers identify their market values, “TECH PLAY” that promotes tech workers’ empowerment and provides support to businesses in establishing new organizations to implement DX, and “POS+ (POSTAS),” a cloud-based mobile POS cash register.

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