[Column on Specified Skills System] Part 1: Merits and demerits of Specified Skills System

“Advantages and disadvantages of the specific skill system”

When applying for a status of residence for skilled workers (engineers, specialists in humanities, international services), there are cases where you cannot know whether your application will be successful until you apply, but for specific skills, most applications will be successful if the conditions are met.
In the case of Specified Skilled Workers, the major difference from the country of skilled workers is that whether or not a status of residence can be obtained at the consultation stage can generally be determined by looking at the requirements of the accepting company.

▼ Benefits of the specific skills system for the restaurant industry and food and beverage manufacturing companies

One of the benefits of the specified skills system for the restaurant industry is that it is now possible to hire part-time international students as specified skills personnel.
My impression is that there is no need for recruitment costs or post-employment training periods, and we now have a system in place where employees can immediately start working.

In addition, until now, the condition for employment-related residence status such as "Technician Country" was expressed as "specialized/technical", but for specific skills,"Significant level of knowledge or experience"Another big advantage is that I can now be entrusted with a wider range of tasks.
Although we do not use the expression "simple work," the fact that specific skills can now be delegated to such tasks may be an advantage for companies in the restaurant and food and beverage manufacturing fields.
Particularly in the food and beverage manufacturing field, it has become possible to work in industries that were not possible under the technical intern training system.

▼ Disadvantages of companies accepting people with specific skills

The disadvantage of the accepting company is that a new burden will be added to support human resources with specific skills.
Of course, entrusting a registration support agency will incur costs. However, if you try to provide the required support yourself, it will take some time.

In addition, regarding compliance, the required standards are higher than when hiring Japanese or engineers from other countries.
Small businesses, such as those in the restaurant industry, must consider cases in which they would like to hire foreign personnel, but their management would be affected by joining social insurance.
I think whether or not to hire someone with a specific skill will be determined by how you think about the cost and effort associated with such specific skills and the merits of hiring someone with a specific skill.

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