History

1995
  • Feb
    Established Digital Media division at Nihon Brain Center.
  • Jul
    Set up en EMPLOYMENT NET,a job information site
2000
  • Jan
    Spun off the Digital Media division of Nihon Brain Center, and established en-japan Inc.
  • Feb
    Set up en CAREER CHANGE CONSULTANT, a collective website for placement agencies
  • Mar
    Relocated Tokyo office to Shinjuku, Tokyo.
  • Jul
    Set up en Temporary Placement Info , a collective temporary staff services website
  • Dec
    Set up website for executive job search, en Career Executive, for annual income over 10 million.
2001
  • Jun
    Listed on Nasdaq Japan, currently Nippon New Market 'Hercules'.
  • Dec
    en Career Change Consultant became the largest collective site for job placement agencies in Japan.
2002
  • Apr
    Ranked No.1 in the general assessment by the 'Spring 2002 Online Recruitment advertising site ranking by Gomez'.
  • Jul
    Ranked No.1 in market recognition for 'Online Recruitment Advertising Site Research 2002 by Vagabond'.
  • Aug
    Started the industry's first streaming video for each job advertisement.
  • Oct
    Started en PARTNERS CLUB, a website for executives and HR managers
2003
  • Feb
    en Career Change Info received the business division award at Digital Content Grand Prix 2002.
  • May
    en CAREER EXECUTIVE was merged into en CAREER CHANGE INFO to make a new section called CHALLENGE FOR EXECUTIVE.
  • Jun
    Added 'Quality Assurance' comment to each job advertisement.
  • Sep
    Business alliance with System Technology-i Co., Ltd.
    Ranked No.1 in "market recognition" and "site visit" for Online Recruitment Advertising Site Research 2003 by Net and Security research institute Co., Ltd.
  • Nov
    Renewed the en Career Change Info.
2004
  • Jun
    Integrated Nihon Brain Center Co., Ltd.'s new graduate recruitment,education and evaluation business.
  • Jul
    Renewed the en Temporary Placement Info.
  • Oct
    Released mobile version of en HAKEN NO OSHIGOTO JOHO
2005
  • Feb
    Opened a dedicated site to casual positions that can be upgraded to full-time positions, en Part-time Jobs Plus.
  • Jun
    Opened mobile Internet site for en Part-time Jobs Plus.
  • Jul
    Renewed the en Career Change Consultant.
    en Part-time Jobs Plus services expanded to the Kansai area.
  • Sep
    Selected as the "Company with superior disclosure policies (Emerging markets sector)" by The Security Analysts Association of Japan.
  • Oct
    Launched the 2007 version of en Job Info for Students, the first job information site to include a "job portal," a robot search engine, and now one of the largest sites in Japan.
2006
  • May
    en Temporary Placement Info mobile site selected as an official "EZ-Web" site.
  • Jul
    Renewed the en Career Change Info site.
    Invested in "Talent Alliance (Beijing) Technology Development Limited," a Chinese online job information company (first business overseas).
    en Career Change Info was selected as the No.1 site in the private sector for the overall rating in "Career Change Job Site Survey 2006."
  • Sep
    Selected as the "Company with superior disclosure policies (Emerging markets sector)" by The Security Analysts Association of Japan.
2007
  • Apr
    en Temporary Placement Info and en Part-time Jobs Plus mobile sites selected as official "i-mode" sites.
  • Jul
    en Career Change Info was selected as the No.1 site for the overall rating in "Career Change Job Site Survey 2007."
  • Nov
    Renewed the en Temporary Placement Info site.
  • Dec
    Launched en koukousei a contest & SNS mobile site exclusively for high school students.
2008
  • Feb
    Launched en Part-time Jobs a site which offers comprehensive information on part-time jobs. The traditional site was revamped as a satellite site, named en Part-time Jobs Plus - Challenge! Regular Employee.
  • May
    Released en Career Change Info Mobile.
  • Jul
    en Career Change Info was selected as the No.1 site for the overall rating in Career Change Job Site Survey 2008.
    en Temporary Placement Info was Selected as No.1 as to User Satisfaction in the part time worker survey 3times in a row.
  • Oct
    Business transferred of en KOUKOUSEI
    Renewed the en Career Change Info site.
2009
  • Feb
    Formed a business alliance with REVIC Global Co., Ltd.
  • Mar
    Formed a capital tie-up with Relo Holdings, Inc.
  • Jul
    Formed a business alliance with Wilson Learning Worldwide
    Formed a capital and business alliance with Pharma Network Co., Ltd.
  • Sep
    Formed a capital and business alliance with Lacras Corporation for launch of SaaS-type Personnel Outsourcing Business.
  • Oct
    Launched en COLLEGE, a flat-rate training service
  • Dec
    Launched a wedding hall information site "en-Wedding"
2010
  • Feb
    Started sales for "FINE" (total HR support system)
  • Mar
    en-Wedding had its grand opening.
  • Aug
    Acquired ownership of Wall Street Associates K.K.(Renamed as en World Japan K.K.)
  • Dec
    Launched a one stop job search site en New Career Challenges
2011
  • Jan
    Established a joint venture company in China Zhiyuan Human Resorce Management Service.
  • May
    Launched a Social recruiting tool enTree Work
  • Sep
    Launched a recruitment business in Singapore.
  • Nov
    Launched a company evaluation site KAISHA NO HYOBAN
  • Dec
    Renewed the en Career Change Info site.
2012
  • Apr
    WAll Street Associates K.K. changed its name to en World Japan K.K.
    Launched a recruitment business in Hong-Kong.
  • Jul
    Acquired ownership of Calibrate RecruitmentPty Ltd (Renamed as en World Australia)
    Launched a website for engineer and creator CAREER HACK.
  • Dec
    Launched a recruitment business in Korea.
    Launched a recruitment information site ,en Temp to Perm Info for females wishing to work as full-time regular employees.
2013
  • Feb
    Launched a business idea competition site, Cotonas
  • Apr
    Launched a job placement service, en PARTNER
    Acquired ownership of Navigos Group, Vietnam
  • Jul
    Launched job placement support service, en Meet my work with TAIKAN
  • Aug
    Launched ikikata-rupo, interview site created by prospected employee and intern students.
  • Nov
    Acquired ownership of The Capstone Group Recruitment and Consulting(Now, en world Recruitment Thailand), Thailand
2014
  • Jun
    Acquired ownership of New Era India Consultancy, India
  • Jul
    Launched a site supports HR managers for companies' mid-career recruitment en Jinji no Mikata, regarding the renewal of en Partners Club
    en PARTNER changed its name to en AGENTS
    Acquired ownership of INNOBASE CO., LTD. a company supports new graduate recruiting based on scouting.
    Launched an employment support service for young people en KATSU
  • Aug
    Renewed the en TENSHOKU
  • Dec
    Launched en EXECUTIVE SEARCH, job placement service for executives of Japanese companies.
2015
  • Mar
    Launched ONNANO KYUJIN MART
  • Jul
    Acquired ownership of i Tank Japan.inc
  • Aug
    Renewed the en Career Change Consultant and opened en MIDORUNO TENSHOKU
  • Sep
    Renewed the en Temporary Staffing Placement and opened en HAKEN
  • Oct
    Launched en College-Online, flat-rate training service
  • Nov
    Renewed the en New Career Challenge and opened en BAITO
2016
  • Mar
    Release of "KAISHA NO HYOBAN," the first company review site app for Android
  • May
    Release of en BAITO iOS app
  • Jun
    Launch of industry research website, "SMART GYOKAI MAP"
  • Aug
    Release of engage app
  • Sep
    Renewed en TENSHOKU
2017
  • Jan
    Renewed MIDDLE NO TENSHOKU
  • Apr
    Launched AMBI
  • Dec
    Release of HR OnBoard app
2018
  • Jan
    Release of our official app – en-japan’s Program to Support Activities after Joining Companies
  • Jun
    Change in market to the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange for en-japan
  • Nov
    Release of LINE career app by co-parent company
2019
  • Feb
    Acquired ownership of OWLS,INC.
  • Mar
    Turned Future Focus Infotech – an IT personnel employment agency in India – into a sub-subsidiary
  • May
    Number of companies using en-japan’s “engage” recruitment support tool breaks through 200,000
  • Jun
    Acquired ownership of JapanWork,Inc.
2020
  • Jan
    Acquired ownership of Brocant,Inc.
  • Jun
    Launched en Lighthouse
    Launched Engineer Hub Career
  • Oct
    Launched ASHIATO
2021
  • Mar
    Launched engage
  • Apr
    Launched Chemistry
  • Aug
    Launched en SX