There is an active movement among companies to hire and support athletes in anticipation of their retirement careers so that athletes aiming to become professionals can devote themselves to the competition without worrying about the future.
Starting last month, Pasona Group, a major human resources service company, has set up a new quota for hiring athletes who are interested in business as contract employees.
For active athletes aiming for professional contracts and the Olympics, after hiring, they will be in charge of sports-related events and sales in their spare time while giving priority to practice and games, and receive training in business etiquette and coaching. can also do.
Mari Kanazawa, managing director of the company, said, "I want to help athletes develop new careers. We also want to learn from athletes."
In addition, the hamburger chain "Moss Food Service" has begun an initiative to finance professional athletes who retired from January to develop them as franchise store owners, and Keidanren also collaborated with the JOC = Japanese Olympic Committee. We are matching athletes aiming for the Olympics with recruiters of companies.
While athletes can devote themselves to the competition without worrying about the future, as a company, it also leads to the acquisition of human resources with the know-how to realize goals and organize the organization, and with the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics held in the background. This kind of recruitment movement is widespread.