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Strategic Seminar to Recruit Inexperienced Drivers

On October 29, 2025, Funai Soken Logistics, one of Japan's leading logistics consulting firms, will host a seminar dedicated to strategies for hiring inexperienced drivers. This event will take place in Tokyo's Yaesu district and aims to address the pressing challenges faced by logistics and transportation companies in attracting younger talent and inexperienced drivers.

Seminar Overview

The seminar is specifically designed for business owners struggling with low application rates for driving positions. Topics covered will include:

• - The importance of adapting hiring strategies to attract inexperienced drivers.
• - Effective use of specialized hiring websites and social media.
• - Latest trends in recruitment advertising.

The event will also showcase a success story from Okushu Bussan Transportation, where innovative recruiting practices allowed them to increase applications from just 10 to 165 in a regional market with a population of only 37,000. This seminar provides essential insights and real-life examples to illustrate successful methods for hiring within a competitive market.

Target Audience

This seminar is beneficial for those facing challenges such as:

• - Difficulty attracting local drivers due to the nature of the work involving manual loading and unloading.
• - Competing industries like manufacturing and service sectors attracting the majority of the workforce.
• - High costs associated with recruitment failing to yield applications from younger drivers.
• - Ineffective driver licensing programs that aim to bolster younger applicant rates.

Seminar Agenda

The seminar will consist of four primary sessions:
1. The Dangers of Ignoring Inexperienced Driver Recruitment
- Risks associated with neglecting to hire inexperienced drivers.

2. Special Guest Presentation:
- Okushu Bussan Transportation's Case Study: Strategies that resulted in a significant increase in applications.
- Best practices for building a relatable and appealing company presence on social media.
- Tips for creating a work environment that attracts younger talent.

3. Operational Tactics for Recruitment:
- Analyze successful recruitment models through data.
- Craft effective job postings that resonate with the target audience.
- Navigate the use of social media advertising to attract applicants.

4. Proven Patterns for Hiring Inexperienced Drivers in Logistics:
- Explore successful hiring strategies leading to over 160 applications per year.
- Showcase successful long-distance and heavy-load recruitment methodologies.
- How direct involvement from company leadership resulted in recruiting 250 applicants per year, including 20 younger drivers.

Event Details

• - Date & Time: October 29, 2025, from 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM (JST)
• - Location: Funai Soken Group Tokyo Headquarters, Sustainability Growth Square TOKYO, 35th Floor, 2-2-1 Yaesu, Chuo Ward, Tokyo.
• - Registration Costs: General Admission is ¥33,000 per person (tax included). Member Cost is ¥26,400 per person (tax included).
• - Eligibility: Certain restrictions apply for competitors and specific email domain providers.

About Funai Soken Logistics

Founded in May 2000, Funai Soken Logistics operates with the mission to craft advanced logistics models. Their consulting services are tailored to improving profitability for medium and small logistics enterprises across various sectors including new customer acquisition, freight negotiations, and driver recruitment. They also run the Logistics Provider Management Research Group, the largest platform for mid-sized logistics companies in Japan, gathering over 350 business leaders from across the nation.

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