ExaWizards and Persol Technology Staff Jointly Launch Human Resource Development Project to Develop DX/AI Workforce- Aiming to resolve manpower shortages by reskilling IT engineers wishing to become DX/AI specialists

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　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 Technology Staff Co., Ltd., a staffing service provider specializing in IT and engineering under the umbrella of the PERSOL Group, a giant in the human resource services industry (hereafter, “Persol Technology Staff”; headquarters: Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo; President and Representative Director: Shinji Masaki), have jointly launched a human resource development project to develop talents with expertise in the implementation and operation of AI-based systems from January 2022 onward. ExaWizards’ recruitment/training support service focusing on tech talents with digital transformation (DX) skills “exaBase DX Assessment & Learning” provides Persol Technology Staff with a chance to reskill its engineers and help them become DX/AI specialists.
☑︎Background
1. Only 36 percent of all companies can conduct internal DX training,*1 while the DX/AI talent shortage is expected to reach 124,000 people by 2030.*2
2. Approximately 30 percent of all tech workers specializing in development engineering are interested in the career development that would enable them to handle DX-related projects.
　In recent years, Japan’s business environment has changed due to the decrease in the labor population as well as globalization-driven intensified competition, making DX promotion a high-profile issue that can be a key to ensure profit and competitiveness. However, only 36 percent of all companies in Japan can conduct internal DX training, and the workforce shortage in the field of AI, the core technology of DX, is projected to reach 124,000 people by 2030.
　Under such circumstances, a growing number of engineers hope to acquire DX-related skills, and a survey targeting Persol Technology Staff’s engineers conducted in November 2021 indicated that approximately 30 percent of the company’s web development engineers were interested in the career development that would enable them to handle DX-related projects. Taking these things into consideration, ExaWizards believes that it can contribute to solving the DX/AI talent shortage problem by providing DX training opportunities.

*1 “Human Resource Development Survey Results” released by the Japan Business Federation in January 2020.
　https://www.keidanren.or.jp/policy/2020/008.pdf
*2 “IT Talent Demand and Supply Survey (Summary)” issued by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry in April 2019.
　https://www.meti.go.jp/policy/it_policy/jinzai/gaiyou.pdf　

☑︎Summary: Use the assessment tool to choose, hire, and train talents. Support engineers exploring career transition opportunities to become DX/AI specialists.
　ExaWizards and Persol Technology Staff are together developing an DX/AI workforce, targeting Persol Technology Staff’s engineers. With ExaWizards’ DX talent recruitment/training support service “exaBase DX Assessment & Learning,” Persol Technology Staff visualizes the level of AI engineering skills and knowledge of each engineer to hire new tech workers, or select appropriate ones from among those already with the company. Persol Technology Staff’s engineers can learn skill of DX and AI, including general DX literacy, image recognition, and natural language processing, through the training of specialist course. After completing the training program, they are dispatched from Persol Technology Staff to work as engineers responsible for the implementation or operation of AI-based systems. The training program is designed to support engineers in accumulating work experience.

☑︎About “exaBase DX Assessment & Learning” <https://exawizards.com/exabase/assess-learning/>
　On the basis of the vision statement, “Accelerate digital transformation in Japanese businesses to improve Japan’s productivity,” the “exaBase DX Assessment & Learning” service supports businesses in finding and developing internal talents who can make digital innovation happen.
・Feature 1: Measuring engineers’ digital skills and capabilities as an innovator
The examinee who takes the 15-minute online test receives scores for their digital skills and capabilities as an innovator, both of which are indispensable for implementing and promoting DX. The examinee’s skills and career intentionality are measured simultaneously so that the company can identify talents ready for duties related to DX promotion and easily create a future human resource development plan.
・Feature 2: Offering training advice customized for every individual
The examinee can find out their potential and receive advice on what to do to obtain higher scores while confirming what they can do once their potential improves.
・Feature 3: The company identifying its current position in the competition for DX promotion through the assessment of the entire organization
In addition to the measurement of individual skills and potential, “exaBase DX Assessment & Learning” allows the company to immediately check the entire organization’s online analysis report. In comparison with the global data average, the company can determine its current position in the competition for DX promotion from an objective standpoint.

■About ExaWizards Inc. ＜https://exawizards.com/＞
　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 Technology Staff <https://persol-tech-s.co.jp/>
　Persol Technology Staff Co., Ltd. is a staffing service provider specializing in IT and engineering. It was established as Persol Technology Staff Co., Ltd. through the merger of Tempstaff Technologies Co., Ltd. and the staffing service division of Intelligence Co., Ltd. (currently known as Persol Career Co., Ltd.) in January 2017. Persol Technology Staff aims to solve various labor/employment issues through collaboration with all PERSOL Group companies.

■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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