Rikunabi｜A Perfect Guide to Get Jobs and Work in Japan

Rikunabi – the largest recruitment website for new graduates in Japan

リクナビ Rikunabi is the largest job searching support website operated by Recruit Career Co., Ltd. The website has the largest number of job postings in the industry and is used by many companies which are popular with job-seeking students including big corporations, famous venture companies and foreign-affiliated companies. Therefore, if you are looking for a job in Japan, this website is essential to register. Additionally, this website not only has a wide range of contents which are useful for the preparation of job-searching activities but it also holds events, which are ideal for the information gathering on job-searching activities.Go to Rikunabi（Japanese）

Service name	Rikunabi
Service URL	https://job.rikunabi.com/2022/
Service type	Job searching website
Supported language	Japanese
Employment type	Full-time
Industry	General
Job category	General
Number of jobs	–
Number of registered users	–
Operating company	Recruit Career Co., Ltd.
Capital	643.35 million yen
Representative director	Daizo Kobayashi
Established	November 28, 1977
Head office	Gran Tokyo South Tower, 1-9-2, Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
Japan offices	Tokyo, Saitama, Yokohama, Utsunomiya, Sapporo, Sendai, Morioka, Koriyama, Kanazawa, Niigata, Nagano, Matsumoto, Toyama, Shizuoka, Hamamatsu, Nagoya, Kyoto, Osaka, Kobe, Okayama, Hiroshima, Takamatsu, Matsuyama, Fukuoka, Kumamoto, Kagoshima
Overseas offices	–

A closer look at Rikunabi

Following are the service features of Rikunabi.

The largest number of companies posted in the industry
You can search for companies that suit you based on a variety of search conditions
Many events are held such as joint interviews
Full of useful contents for the preparation of job-seeking
Efficient creation and management of entry sheet
Analyzes your orientation based on the companies you have checked and recommend companies
A large number of small and medium-sized companies are listed

1. The largest number of companies posted in the industry

Rikunabi has the largest number of job postings in the industry (as of March 2019). It achieved No.1 in the “job information website used by senior students” in a survey of new graduates who were recruited in 2019 (conducted by Leggenda Corporation), and it is mostly used among undergraduate and graduate students who aim to become a full time employee after graduation.

2. You can search for companies that suit you based on a variety of search conditions

On Rikunabi, you can search for companies not only by industry, job category and area but also by company size, target students actively recruited and company benefits, and apply to them.

3. Many events are held such as joint interviews

In addition to the job searching support seminars, Rikunabi also holds joint interview events in which you can participate in explanatory sessions and interviews in multiple companies at once. By participating in these events, you can gather information and advance your selection activities efficiently.。

4. Full of useful contents for the preparation of job-seeking

Rikunabi offers a wide range of useful contents for your job-seeking such as self-analysis tool “Rikunabi Shindan” which allows you to have a result in five minutes what kind of jobs are suitable to you, a test version of SPI test, industry research content, know-how on how to write entry sheets, job-seeking schedules and etiquettes.

5. Efficient creation and management of entry sheet

With Rikunabi OpenES, you can create and manage entry sheets which consume your time and effort to write over and over again all at one time, so that you can apply to multiple companies efficiently.

6. Analyzes your orientation based on the companies you have checked and recommend companies

Rikunabi analyzes your orientation based on the companies added to your favorite list and introduces you to companies which are suitable and recommendable to you. In addition, you can see the companies that are attracted by the students from your school in a rank format.

7. A large number of small and medium-sized companies are listed

Among the 31,564 companies listed on Rikunabi, 15,180 companies which are 48 % of all are small to medium-sized companies with less than 100 employees (as of March 2020). This is as twice as the other major job searching websites, which makes Rikunabi a job searching website with strengths in small to medium-sized companies.

How to use Rikunabi

Registration

Use the Registration Form to register.

Search for companies

Search by a variety of conditions such as industry, job category, etc.

Pre-entry

Pre-entry is the declaration to a company that you are interested in the company. Once you have made a pre-entry, you will receive information that is necessary for the selection process such as information of the explanatory session and selection schedule.

Rikunabi Q&A

What is “Open ES”?

“Open ES” is Rikunabi’s original common entry sheet. You can submit your pre-registered entry sheet and resume to multiple companies. Registration is free, and you can apply to several thousand companies.

What is “Scout”?

“Scout” is a message sent from a company that is interested in you by seeing your OpenES. It will only be sent to those who have entered and saved their information in OpenES and have registered for the scout function in OpenES. When you accept the scout, you can apply to the company.

I want to register my language skills.

For the registration, confirmation and modification of your language skills and qualification, go to ”Confirmation/change registration” -> ”Qualifications and language skills” in Your Intension and Orientation. For qualifications which are not indicated in the registration field, please appeal directly to the company in your correspondence.