We have updated the latest information on the number of registered members, gender ratio, and number of listings for each job advertisement medium across various media. Please make use of this for recruiting job seekers.

We are pleased to announce that the book "A Practical Guide to Successful Recruitment: A Textbook for Mid-Career Hiring Starting from Zero," written by the representative of b Search Co., Ltd., will be published by Gomabooks Co., Ltd. on June 16, 2025, and has achieved the number one ranking in three categories on Amazon. This book is a "textbook for mid-career hiring" filled with practical recruitment know-how that has been applied in the field, aimed at companies that are about to engage in mid-career hiring and those responsible for recruitment who feel challenges in their hiring activities. We hope it serves as a "textbook that can truly be used in the field" and is helpful to everyone.

On June 16, 2025, Takada, the representative of b-Search Co., Ltd., published the book titled "A Textbook for Mid-Career Recruitment Starting from Zero: Super Practical Recruitment Know-How to Lead Job Offers to Success" through Gomabooks Co., Ltd. The POD book and e-book are simultaneously released on Amazon! **Book Title:** A Textbook for Mid-Career Recruitment Starting from Zero: Super Practical Recruitment Know-How to Lead Job Offers to Success What companies are currently being asked is "how to strategically, efficiently, and reliably recruit and retain talent that fits their organization." This book generously shares the super practical know-how honed by the professional group b-Search in actual fieldwork. It covers everything from how to create recruitment plans, winning patterns for job advertisements, mechanisms to attract applicants, techniques to identify "high-performing talent" during interviews, to preventing job offer declines and retention strategies after joining the company. Additionally, it is packed with immediately usable "on-the-ground" know-how, such as "how to create compelling catchphrases," "designing the ideal candidate persona," and "solution strategies for various recruitment challenges"!

We are pleased to announce that b Search Co., Ltd. has been recognized as a "Prime Partner" for the fiscal year 2025 by Persol Career Co., Ltd., which operates the job change site "doda." The title of Prime Partner is awarded to companies that have been recognized for their high performance and expertise among the numerous authorized doda agencies across the country. Only a very small number of recruitment advertising agencies are selected for this top-tier title, which we believe reflects the high evaluation of b Search's ability to support recruitment success. Regarding "doda Prime Partners": The selection of doda Prime Partners is based not only on sales but also on multiple criteria, including the quality of the content, the approach to recruitment success, and the internal structure. (Details of the assessment are not disclosed.) We are truly honored that the efforts and daily dedication of our employees have been recognized in this process. We sincerely thank everyone in our company for this prestigious recognition and award. Moving forward, we will continue to strive to provide higher quality services as a bridge between companies and job seekers. Additionally, two of our sales representatives have also been recognized for their daily efforts and have received a special title and commemorative award.

B-Search Co., Ltd. will be relocating to the address below as of February 5, 2024 (Monday) due to business expansion. Taking this opportunity, all employees will continue to work diligently. We appreciate your continued support and encouragement. ■ New Office Overview Address: 4 Tsukiji-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-0818, 3rd Floor, Kagurazaka Technos Access: 5 minutes on foot from "Kagurazaka" station on the Tozai Line 10 minutes on foot from "Ushigome-Kagurazaka" station on the Toei Oedo Line 7 minutes on foot from "Edogawabashi" station on the Yurakucho Line Relocation Date: February 5, 2024 (Monday) *There will be no changes to phone numbers, fax numbers, or business days due to the relocation. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 【Contact Information for This Matter】 ・Company Name: B-Search Co., Ltd. ・Tel: 03-6721-5113 ・Fax: 03-6721-5207 ・Email: bpr-member@b-bsearch.com ・URL: https://www.bsearch.co.jp/ ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

B Search Co., Ltd. has started handling engage and engage premium from December 2023. B Search Co., Ltd. has begun offering engage and engage premium to realize its vision of being the number one company in recruitment success support in Japan. ◆ Engage / Engage Premium: Unlike traditional job advertisements, this is a recruitment platform that allows companies to create job postings and recruitment websites themselves. The published job listings are displayed on over 20 media outlets using ad network technology, enabling your job postings to reach a larger number of job seekers. Its ease of use, allowing for quick and simple initiation at any time, has been well received, and since the service started in 2016, it has been adopted by many companies. It boasts one of the largest numbers of user companies in the country. (Number of user companies: 550,000, Number of job postings: 1.6 million)

Starting in November 2023, we have launched the b-search introduction site "Job Advertisement Dot Com." - Trust and results with over 500 companies implemented - Whether it's your first time hiring or you've already implemented it, you can hire even more. - We are offering optimal solutions for free from over 100 types of job media! We are currently providing information that hiring managers want to know for free! We hope you find it useful for your recruitment activities. Please make the most of it!

In July 2023, we launched the recruitment job column "Recruitment Smart Navi." - 5 Steps to Dramatically Increase Your Recruitment Rate - 10 Advantages and 5 Disadvantages of Recruitment Outsourcing You Should Know Before Making a Request - Professionals Explain How to Clarify Recruitment Objectives and Dramatically Improve Recruitment Rates! We are sharing information related to recruitment! We hope you find it useful for your recruitment activities. Please make the most of it!