FAQ

A managed service (マネージドサービス) is a model where a company outsources a specific function or operation to a provider who assumes responsibility for delivery, performance, and ongoing management under a defined scope and service level.

Dispatch, or haken (派遣), is a staffing model in which employees of a dispatch company are assigned to work at a client company under that client’s direction.

Gyōmu-itaku (業務委託) is a form of outsourced contracting where work is delivered based on defined outputs rather than labor. Workers are not under the client’s direction. No special license is required for gyōmu-itaku, but the work must be structured to avoid “disguised dispatch.”

Yes. Ahead Group hires and supports foreign professionals across multiple industries.

Yes. Ahead Group sponsors work visas for qualified candidates.

Ahead Group primarily serves the Technology and Finance sectors, but the company is not limited to these areas and also supports clients in other industries as required.

Yes. Ahead Group holds the required licenses in Japan: (i) Paid Employment Placement License (有料職業紹介事業許可): 13-ユ-307406; (ii) Worker Dispatch License (労働者派遣事業許可): 派13-307934. Ahead Group is fully licensed and insured to operate recruiting, dispatch (haken), and related services.