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Free Online Seminar: Understanding Recruitment ROI Loss and Recovery Steps

Fractal Workout Inc., based in Shibuya, Tokyo, is launching a complimentary 15-minute online seminar focused on effectively managing recruitment ROI. This session will highlight the key metrics that hinder the recovery of hiring investments, such as re-hire costs, vacancy losses, and productivity losses, collectively known as presenteeism. The seminar will merge strategic hiring and management tactics while providing a unified decision-making framework tailored for operational integration (assignment, onboarding, and supervisor support).

Hiring is often viewed merely as a labor expense; however, it should be treated as a strategic investment. Frequently, the process concludes with merely getting candidates on board, which can lead to delayed performance, reduced output, and premature turnover, ultimately deteriorating the recruitment ROI. This seminar emphasizes understanding these losses through a shared vocabulary among management and HR, paving the way for actionable insights (diagnostic and design) in a concise 15-minute format.

The losses impacting recruitment ROI can be categorized into three main areas:
1. Re-hire Costs: Costs incurred from early departures or mismatches result in additional recruitment investments (referral fees, advertising, and labor).
2. Vacancy Losses: During the vacancy period, there’s a direct impact on revenue and productivity, accompanied by increased costs due to overtime or outsourcing by remaining staff.
3. Productivity Losses: Even when present at work, employees may not deliver optimal results (presenteeism) or may take longer to adapt to their roles, hindering their output.

These losses can be hard to quantify; however, neglecting them can lead to rising hiring costs, disrupted workforce planning, and increased operational burdens.

In this seminar, we will discuss four key themes without treating them in isolation, but instead, as interconnected strategies to recover recruitment ROI:

• - Health Management Excellence: Establishing a credible entry point through candidate comparisons to prevent opportunity losses.
• - Public Exposure (e.g., through local authorities): Strengthening recruitment marketing while minimizing advertising expenses through third-party endorsements.
• - Competitive Analysis (Industry x Region): Defining competitive sets for candidates ensures decision-makers can quantify risks related to comparative weaknesses.
• - Post-Hire KPIs (adaptation & presenteeism): Even when initial hiring targets are successful, we focus on ensuring ROI retention post-hiring through ongoing monthly assessments.

Just obtaining certifications or public visibility is not enough for recruitment effectiveness. Successful recruitment KPIs emerge only when messaging across job listings, recruitment websites, and interview narratives are aligned. Furthermore, continuous tracking of actual post-hire conditions through KPIs ensures that the focus remains on realizing employee value and retention.

Minimum Recruitment ROI Operational Steps in 15 Minutes

1. Align Management KPIs: Concentrate on core metrics (application cost, requirement match rate, offer acceptance rate, retention at 3/6/12 months, and effectiveness achievement rates).
2. Define Competitive Sets: Identify competing organizations based on industry, region, and conditions to catalog comparative weaknesses.
3. Complete Entry Preparation: Confirm systems and annual plans for certification acquisition and ensure consistent messaging across platforms.
4. Measure Post-Hire KPIs: Continuously assess presenteeism and workplace adaptation to identify bottlenecks based on department, role, and hiring period.
5. Prioritize Implementation Steps: Enhance allocation, onboarding, and supervisor support protocols, monitoring participation rates as well.
6. Update Monthly Through Reviews: Correlate KPIs with implementation rates and refine hiring requirements, assignments, and onboarding processes. Quarterly adjustments based on hiring costs, training investments, and turnover should be reflected in recruitment plans.

The key to this operational approach is to avoid expanding KPIs unnecessarily or using them for individual evaluations and to ensure regular updates. Expanding metrics can overwhelm teams, using them for evaluations may reduce response rates, and a lack of updates can perpetuate losses.

Seminar Overview

• - Seminar Title: “15 Minutes to Explain: How Recruitment ROI Dissolves and Recovery Strategies” – A six-step method integrating certifications, post-hire KPIs, competitive analysis, and public recruitment initiatives.
• - Format: Online Event
• - Date and Time: February 4, 2026, Wednesday, 12:10 PM - 12:25 PM
• - Fee: Free
• - Target Audience: Business owners, COOs/CFOs, HR managers, hiring managers, and department heads.
• - Registration: Click here to apply

Post-Seminar Takeaways:

• - A template to break down recruitment ROI losses: re-hire costs, vacancy losses, and productivity losses.
• - A one-page summary of the minimum recruitment ROI operational six-step method.
• - Examples of core KPIs monitored during monthly reviews along with updating considerations.
• - A list of deliverables to be finalized in future diagnostics (competitive set, unified messaging, post-hire KPI design).

Presenter Profile

Masahiro Takase, Representative Director
He operates fitness facilities in collaboration with medical institutions and leverages insights from over 10,000 hours of on-site guidance to advise on corporate health management. He has extensive experience aiding organizations in achieving Health Management Excellence certifications and translating health challenges into actionable insights for productivity improvement, absenteeism reduction, presenteeism management, and turnover risk mitigation. As a project manager, he has participated in health data-driven system development, from requirements definition to operational implementation.

Company Overview

• - Company Name: Fractal Workout Inc.
• - Location: 1-14-34 Jinguumae, Harajuku, Shibuya, Tokyo, 4F
• - Representative: Masahiro Takase
• - Founded: April 1, 2020
• - Capital: 50 million yen
• - Business Focus: Fitness Services
• - Website: www.fractal-workout.com
• - Affiliated Organizations: PHR Service Business Association, Health Management Alliance, Cancer Control Promotion Business Action, Smart Life Project, Sport in Life

Contact Information

• - Phone: 03-6721-0255
• - Email: [email protected]
• - Administration: Yuka Mizushima

Business Collaboration Invitation

Fractal Workout is seeking business partners interested in building cooperative relationships within the fitness service sector and those engaged in health and human capital management. We look forward to your inquiries.
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