Case Studies Airitech Inc.
Before joining the SHIFT Group, Airitech Inc. struggled to hire engineers, whereas SHIFT annually recruited about 1,000 engineers and other employees back then. By implementing a variety of measures in the area of HR, from recruiting methods to the establishment of a HR system, not only does SHIFT help Airitech with recruiting, but also create a work environment in which the employees feel their work is worthwhile.
Airitech successfully recruited capable engineers by leveraging SHIFT’s know-how of recruiting 1,000 people annually.
Masanori Yamasaki, Representative Director
Investment date 2018/04
Business Overview We are an engineer group with a commitment and confidence to technology, who provide services such as verification and improvement of system performance, utilization of big data and AI, development of web apps, and constructing infrastructure of large-scaled distributed systems. Our mission as a member of SHIFT Group is to provide technical solutions to customers with particularly difficult technical issues.
The capital and business alliance deal was done in about one month. From this speed, I felt there was chemistry between SHIFT and Airitech.
When trying to accelerate the expansion of our business, we wanted to concentrate on improving our services. Nonetheless, we had to do other things from sales and marketing to HR. Thus, to solve this issue, we decided to form the capital and business partnership with SHIFT. As I personally knew Mr. Koji Yamagishi, Founder, then-President and then-CEO of MethodoLogic at that time, who had already joined the SHIFT Group, SHIFT was one of our candidates to form a partnership with.
I always try not to waste time even when making important decisions. Therefore, I would have refused the deal if SHIFT had taken more than three months to sign the deal. Nevertheless, I found that my way of thinking and even my age were close to those of Mr. Tange, CEO of SHIFT, and the deal was executed in about a month. I believe that there is great chemistry between us in terms of speed and corporate culture.
By accelerating recruiting, the number of employees has increased several times after the deal.
We are aiming to hire even more employees. One of the benefits from this deal is hiring. Before joining the SHIFT Group, we created ourselves Webpages to hire engineers. Yet, we only had one application per few months if lucky. I couldn’t say it was going well.
After the deal, however, SHIFT shared with us the know-how to recruit 1,000 people annually, and moreover, on our behalf, they undertook time-consuming tasks such as creating Webages to hire and sending scout emails. This allowed us to focus on selecting candidates as to what type of personnel we should hire. In part because of the creditworthiness of the SHIFT Group, we have been able to accelerate hiring, and the number of employees has risen many times greater than before.
I care about my employees. This value has been shared with SHIFT.
SHIFT is a company that values its employees by raising their annual salaries by 10%, holding company events, and enhancing employee benefits. Since I also had this value and wanted to care about my employees, we have rebuilt our HR system in collaboration with SHIFT. If I had tried to rebuilt it without their help, I doubt I would have successfully done it.
In addition to the HR system, SHIFT assisted us in establishing other administrative systems. This allowed us to focus on refining our services. For this reason, we now have grown to the extent to have a subsidiary. Being in the SHIFT Group makes me feel confident and comfortable aggressively hiring and accelerating growth.
SHIFT will realize the big goal: global expansion.
I have been doing business with a variety of companies, but I believe that SHIFT is such a rare company to have a sense of unity. Furthermore, they are so enthusiastic about what they do. The combination of SHIFT’s culture and having more employees has fueled enthusiasm within Airitech as well.
Now I am pursuing my dream because Airitech joined the SHIFT Group. Going forward, I will ask SHIFT for less help and make greater contributions to accelerate the SHIFT Group’s growth. My goal as a member of the SHIFT Group is to expand this franchise globally. To this end, we will need to further solidify the foundation of Airitech and the SHIFT Group. Airitech will make significant contributions to the advancement of our cutting-edge technologies. We are committed to achieving this goal.
