- CEO
- Takao Wada
- Full Time Employees
- 74,926
- Sector
- Commercial services
- Industry
- Personnel services
- Address
- 1-15-5 Minami-Aoyama Tokyo TY Japan 107-0062
- IPO Date
- Oct 1, 2008
- Business
- Persol Holdings Co., Ltd. provides comprehensive human resource services under the PERSOL brand worldwide, operating through segments including Staffing, Business Process Outsourcing, Technology, Career, and Asia Pacific. The company offers temporary staffing and general worker dispatching; permanent placement and mid-career recruitment; business process outsourcing such as clerical work, call centers, helpdesks, IT consulting, and health support; recruitment advertising and direct recruiting; outplacement support and career transition services; engineering and digital solutions including system development and HR management platforms; and facilities maintenance under the PROGRAMMED brand as well as staffing, recruitment, and outsourcing in Asia-Pacific under the PERSOLKELLY brand. Persol Holdings targets businesses seeking workforce management solutions and individuals pursuing career opportunities across industries like IT, engineering, healthcare, manufacturing, and retail, with primary operations in Japan, Asia-Pacific, Europe, and the United States. Founded in 1973 and headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, the company, formerly known as Temp Holdings Co., Ltd., reorganized as Persol Holdings Co., Ltd. in 2008 with its head office at 1-15-5 Minami-Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo. Recent developments include the acquisition of an 85% stake in French AI-driven staffing platform Gojob SAS on October 1, 2025 for approximately JPY 21.5 billion, positioning it as a subsidiary to accelerate digital transformation and expansion into European and U.S. HR markets; an investment in AI-powered recruitment platform Vahan.ai in early 2025 to enhance workforce management in India's gig economy; and ongoing evolution under the Mid-Term Management Plan 2026 toward technology-driven HR services.