New Graduate Recruitment Specialist

This role manages THECOO’s new-graduate recruitment, covering planning through execution, candidate communications, and support for people who receive offers. The position also contributes to recruitment communications and organizational development. Depending on the individual’s interests, it may expand to include mid-career hiring and personnel planning or other organizational initiatives.

Responsibilities include organizing candidate requirements, designing the recruitment story, creating new-graduate hiring strategies and plans, and building candidate pools through agencies, direct recruiting, events, referrals, and other channels. The recruiter plans and executes measures from initial candidate attraction through joining, manages recruitment media, and designs communication plans covering the period from the start of selection to the hiring decision. The role is expected to work actively with internal teams and to identify and address hiring issues.

Applicants must have two to three or more years of recruiting experience at an operating company or sales experience in the human-resources industry. Basic computer skills are required, including Slack, Google Workspace, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. The posting also seeks flexibility in responding to changing situations and alignment with THECOO’s stated values of continuing to challenge what is considered impossible and balancing freedom with responsibility.

Preferred qualifications include experience in recruitment communications or in planning and executing recruitment strategies. Experience in other human-resources functions, such as labor administration, personnel planning, or office-operations support, is also welcomed. Business-level English and an interest in the internet and technology are listed as welcome qualifications rather than mandatory requirements.

The role is part of the organization supporting THECOO’s businesses, including the Fanicon membership fan-community app, iCON Suite, RIPPLY, iCON CAST, and online-marketing consulting services. The company describes its business development as including influencer marketing and services connecting influencers, core fans, and companies.

Employment is as a regular employee. Annual compensation is JPY 4,000,000 to JPY 6,000,000, with annual salary review and a possible performance-based closing bonus. The probationary period is six months. A flextime system is available with core hours from 11:00 to 15:00, an approximate working time of eight hours per day, and average overtime of about 10 hours. A specialized discretionary-work system is also stated.

The workplace is in Jingumae, Shibuya, Tokyo, at Sumitomo Fudosan Harajuku Building. The nearest stations listed are Kita-sando, Meiji-jingumae, and Harajuku. Benefits include social insurance, commuting expenses, influenza vaccination, babysitter-voucher assistance, support for study meetings, training and books, freee welfare benefits, and full support for installing and using a high-speed home internet connection specified by the company. Holidays include a two-day weekend on Saturdays and Sundays plus public holidays, year-end and New Year holidays, paid leave, bereavement leave, sick leave, marriage leave, maternity leave, childcare leave, and nursing-care leave.

The selection process consists of document screening, multiple interviews, and an offer. A personality aptitude test is conducted before the final interview, and a reference check may be requested.