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Overview of September 2025 Bossjob Registration Trends

In September 2025, Yolo Technology Co., Ltd., which operates the global job platform Bossjob, shared significant insights regarding the shifts in job roles and industries among newly registered companies and job seekers in Japan. This month marked a notable transition in the utilization of foreign talent, with a clear move from a predominantly IT focus to a broader array of occupations.

New Registrations by Industry: Expanding Beyond IT

The composition of newly registered companies on Bossjob indicates a continued strong demand for IT professionals, who accounted for 45% of new registrations. This consistent percentage, although steady, no longer represents the full picture. An observable shift occurred this month, as foreign talent is venturing beyond IT roles, entering sectors like staffing services (8%), specialized services (7%), advertising (7%), and construction (6%). This expansion supports the notion that the utilization of foreign professionals now stretches across diverse fields, including consulting, creative, and various onsite roles.

Manufacturing also persisted at 7%, reflecting a steady requirement for skilled labor in the machinery and technical sectors. However, the surge in industries related to inbound activities, such as retail (3% down from 17%) and food services (3% down from 4%), has levelled out, hinting at seasonal hiring fluctuations. There were also registrations from education, energy, insurance, trade, real estate, semiconductors, and hospitality sectors, each contributing 1-3%, showcasing Bossjob's diversifying client base.

Job Listings: Diversifying from IT

An examination of new job postings reveals a significant decline in openings for IT engineers, which now represent only 36.4% of the total, a notable decrease from 53% the previous month. Despite this drop, the tech sector's demand remains robust. Meanwhile, the proportion of sales roles has surged from 11% in August to 17.3%, signaling a broadened scope for the employment of foreign talent in communication-driven positions.

Other notable roles emerging include professionals in fields such as specialized services (5.8%), creative (5.2%), and administrative (4.6%). This distribution showcases a distinct shift from IT-centric hiring towards a more diverse range of practical and managerial roles. We are also seeing a steady number of white-collar positions listed, including marketing, HR, customer service, and consulting. Job openings in hotel, tourism, executive, and culinary roles have also started to appear, indicating an expanding breadth of hiring activities. Thus, it can be concluded that September laid a foundation for a more diversified job market compared to the previous month.

Job Seeker Trends: Moving Beyond IT

On the job seeker front, the percentage of individuals interested in IT roles has dropped significantly to 12.9% from 23% last month. Instead, there’s a growing interest in non-IT fields such as creative (9.9%), tourism and hospitality (9.5%), education (7.8%), and sales (7.6%). In particular, there’s been a remarkable uptick in interest in tourism, hospitality, and education fields, suggesting that foreign job seekers are increasingly aiming to leverage their language abilities and customer service skills.

Other office-related roles, including marketing (6.4%), trade (5.3%), and accounting/finance (4.6%), are also gaining interest. This trend exemplifies a broader career focus among job seekers, particularly among those previously drawn to lower-skilled, service-oriented positions, which are now on a downward trajectory. September has thus marked a significant expansion in desired job roles among foreign job seekers, showcasing an array of interests spanning tourism, education, and business sectors.

Insights from Kenichiro Uemura, Country Manager at Bossjob Japan

Kenichiro Uemura commented on the significant shift observed in September 2025, stating, “This month has been pivotal in showing a transition from recruiting foreign talent focused purely on IT to a multi-faceted talent strategy across various job sectors. There’s been a rapid increase in interest from companies in roles such as sales, administration, creative, education, and tourism, signaling that Japanese businesses are now acknowledging the comprehensive benefits foreign talent can bring to multiple departments.” Uemura also noted a marked diversification and sophistication among job seekers. Previously, many sought roles in low-skilled or service sectors, but now there’s a definitive trend toward higher-skilled, specialized positions that utilize language skills, technical knowledge, and practical expertise.

Uemura highlighted the pivotal role of Bossjob in connecting companies to hard-to-find skilled and multilingual professionals through its extensive global database and AI matching technology. He encouraged businesses that have hesitated to hire foreign talent to take advantage of the ongoing campaign which offers free job listings, scouting, and hiring services across various industries and positions.

Therefore, the September 2025 registration report underlines a transformative period in Japan's labor market where the utilization of foreign talent is rapidly diversifying, clearly setting the stage for ongoing changes in hiring practices across industries.

[Download the Bossjob registration report here.]