SaiyouTeam
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Your Talent Research
Team in Japan

Replace expensive recruitment agencies with a dedicated talent research team. We map your entire talent pool, write your job descriptions and outreach templates, and advise your team from first message to accepted offer.

Free Strategy Call How It Works
Technical engineering recruitment focus Tech & Engineering focus
Japan tech talent market expertise Japanese market specialist
by a former Google recruiter
4x
Cheaper than agents
42 days
Average Time-To-Hire
200%
Better Retention Rate

Why Hiring Feels So Hard in Japan

Between talent shortages, passive candidates, and limited market visibility,
you’re probably relying heavily on staffing agencies.

Recruitment "Consultants" are incentivized to make a placement quickly.
You first receive a few candidates from their database, sometimes a bit of headhunting.
Then they send candidates only when they have them.

That’s why hiring in Japan often feels random, opaque, and unreliable.
Instead of a true hiring partner, you get a sales rep pushing for a deal.
You’re paying for a high success fee while still managing the process yourself.

How it works

Information flows one way. You stay in control.

We hand you the data and the tools. Your team owns every conversation with a candidate, from the first message to the signed offer.

How the sourcing service works SaiyouTeam provides information to the hiring company. The hiring company contacts candidates directly. SaiyouTeam never contacts candidates. SAIYOUTEAM We provide the information Data, job description, advice HIRING COMPANY (YOU) You reach out and decide Outreach, interviews, offer CANDIDATE Hears from you, never from us Your relationship to own we hand over you engage

Your Hiring Runs on a Schedule

At SaiyouTeam, we advise on your hiring process like an internal hiring team would.
We handle the sourcing part of your recruitment process, by mapping your entire talent pool. We then assist you with the outreach with regular meetings, strategic advice and templates.
Every step is tracked, progress is fully visible and you control candidate selection.

WEEK 1
WEEK 2
WEEK 3
WEEK 4
Week 1
Hiring strategy video call Kick-off meeting
Compliant Japanese job description template Compliant Job Description
Talent mapping and sourcing automation Talent Mapping (Candidate Profile Search)
Week 2
Meeting icon Talent Pool presentation
Spreadsheet icon Talent List & Tracker
Document icon Reach Out Templates
Week 3
Direct candidate outreach on LinkedIn
Candidate Outreach (You)
Week 4
Meeting icon
Response Rates Review
Spreadsheet icon
Pipeline Analytics Dashboard
+ ONGOING SUPPORT
Ongoing recruitment consulting and interview guidance Ongoing Support
WEEK 1

Search Strategy

Reaching a deep understanding of your business and your needs

We align on requirements by diving deep into the skills and experience needed for the role. We'll ask about your business, the team and current challenges so that we understand the bigger picture. We’ll also share the talent pool size and expected salary range for the role.

You get:
  • Strategy deliverable included 1 hour visio call
  • Strategy deliverable included Talent Pool Estimation
  • Strategy deliverable included Japanese Salary Benchmarks
SaiyouTeam kick-off meeting for Japan tech sourcing strategy
WEEK 2

Sourcing & Talent Mapping

No more guesses. You get to see the entire talent pool based on yoursearch requirements.

Get full visibility on available talent with the most detailed candidate list you've ever seen. We go deep with the data so your reach outs can be targeted and effective.

You get:
  • Talent Mapping deliverable included Talent Mapping with up to 500 profiles.
  • Talent Mapping deliverable included Full Profile data: Names, profile link, employment info, engineering/domain expertise, technical skills, languages, certifications.
  • Talent Mapping deliverable included Status Info: open to job offers and/or currently unemployed.

For a Back-End Software Engineer search in Tokyo...

We identified 912 candidates.

87 were contacted in 2 weeks -> 2 hires were made.

WEEK 3

Happy Hunting!

It's your turn to play, but we'll there to support you along the way.

In Japan, CEOs and Hiring Managers get a much higher response rates than external recruiters (especially for SMB). We'll coach you through the reach out phase and answer all your questions.

You get:
  • Talent Outreach deliverable included Outeach Templates in English, Japanese (+ 1 more language)
  • Talent Outreach deliverable included Ongoing Q&A support during the entire process.
Illustration for candidate outreach templates
WEEK 4

Results & Analytics

Get an in-depth analysis of your results and recommendaton for optimization

Most candidates on LinkedIn reply within a 2 weeks window, so this is the perfect timing to review your results together.

You get:
  • Talent Pipeline Analytics deliverable included 1 Hour viso call (Response Rates Review)
  • Talent Pipeline Analytics deliverable included Pipeline Analytics Dashboard
  • Talent Pipeline Analytics deliverable included Advice on next steps
Illustration for the recruitment process analytics

Meet the founder

Portrait of Emmanuel Gendre, Founder, Hiring Expert and former Google recruiter.
Emmanuel Gendre
Founder & Hiring Expert
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Emmanuel is a Talent Acquisition Expert with 12 years of recruiting experience, both in Japan as a Recruitment Consultant and in EMEA as a Google recruiter. He founded TechieCV K.K. in 2023 to support small businesses with the hiring of IT professionals.

Talk to Emmanuel directly →

Packages

Choose a plan that fits your hiring goals, timeline, and internal bandwidth.

Sourcing Campaign

Build a candidate pipeline fast, with clear weekly deliverables and continuous support from your Talent Acquisition Partner.

¥ 300,000 / 4 weeks
Start Now (Purchase)
Week 1
  • Kickoff Meeting
  • Job Descriptions
Week 2
  • Talent Mapping
  • Pipeline Tracker
  • Outreach setup
Week 3
  • Outreach Templates & Support
Week 4
  • Analytics Review

Sourcing Campaign + Interview Process Design

Sourcing Campaign + Hiring Process Design, including a custom questions database, and your company's hiring handbook.

¥ 600,000 / 4 weeks
Start Campaign (Purchase)
Week 1
  • Kickoff Meeting
  • Job Descriptions
Week 2
  • Talent Mapping
  • Pipeline Tracker
  • Outreach setup
Week 3
  • Outreach Templates & Support
  • Interview Process Design
  • Interview Questions Database
  • Interview Feedback Template
Week 4
  • Analytics Review
  • Hiring Handbook

Custom

A flexible engagement for unique hiring needs.

Talk to Us

Tell us what you need and we'll propose a plan, timeline, and deliverables that fit.

FAQ

Your questions, answered.

Unlike agents, we act as your internal hiring team to offer speed, efficiency and visibility. You get access to the entire talent pool with scripts so you get predictable response rate and timeline. This leads to quicker results for a quarter of the price.

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