Advantage promotes encounters between companies seeking to hire people with disabilities and people with disabilities seeking employment.
Our referral services help you find the human resources that are best suited to your needs based on the career background, skills, characteristics of disabilities and potential of the candidates with disabilities who are registered with our service. Our experts in job assistance will provide your company with comprehensive support from making necessary accommodations for employees with disabilities to following up regularly on their adaptation to the workplace after placement and providing appropriate counseling.

1.	Increasing need for participation of disabled persons in the workforce due to the falling birthrate and aging population A falling birthrate and aging population has led to a reduced workforce pool. Increased participation of disabled persons in production activities will fill the void.
2.	Increasing awareness of normalization Normalization means creating a society where people with disabilities can live and work where they want free from any barriers. Normalization is about helping people achieve self-realization as full members of society.
3.	Stakeholders' point of view Stakeholders (your shareholders, employees and business partners) will think highly of your normalization efforts.
4.	Company's legal responsibilities Legally required percentage of disabled persons to total number of employees: 1.8%

Features of ARM Disability Employment Services

Services for Employers

1.	Matching employers and candidates We refer you to disabled candidates who will fulfill your needs exactly.
2.	Consultations to ensure you get the most out of subsidies and support programs We provide information on disability employment programs and consultations on receiving subsidies.
3.	Consultations on compensation packages We provide consultations on employee placement, assignment, commuting, employment status, wages, etc.
4.	Consultations on accommodating employees with disabilities and designing work environments We provide consultations on developing positions and duties appropriate for persons with disabilities according to their disability levels. We provide all the answers to employers hiring persons with disabilities, whether it be related to what kind of positions should be offered or what kind of organizational structure should be developed. • Consultations on designing work environments for people with disabilities • Advice on adjusting the work environment • Advice on assistance provided to new employees with disabilities
5.	Periodic follow up Our consultants/coordinators will visit your company on a regular basis after placement of candidates with disabilities to see how they are adapting to their job. We also provide consultation services to both employer and employee.

Shinji Torigoe, Representative Director & President After graduating from the Tokyo University's Economics Faculty with a degree in business administration, Mr. Torigoe earned a MBA at the Northwestern University Kellog Graduate School of Management. He started out at Bain & Company, a foreign- affiliated business consulting firm, providing a wide range of consulting services in insurance, finance, and other major industries. In 1994, he assumed a post of Partner at Advantage Partners Inc. and acceded to Representative Director & President of Advantage Insurance Services Co., Ltd. that he established in the same year and succeeded in making it a leading company in GLTD sector - the long-term income indemnity insurance business. In April 1999, he set up Advantage Risk Management Co., Ltd., presently taking charge of developing the company's whole strategies and managing operations in branches and group companies.

Makoto Hata, Advisor/Senior Coordinator After graduating from Keio University with a B.A. in business and commerce, focusing on labor management, Mr. Hata worked for a trading company and later joined Recruit Co., Ltd. After serving as Director of the Office to Establish a Special Disability Employment Subsidiary, he was appointed Senior Executive Director of Recruit Plasis, a special subsidiary of Recruit Co., Ltd., in 1990. He also served as a disability employment adviser for Nippon Keidanren (Japan Business Federation). In addition to being a prolific writer, he speaks at various public agencies. At Advantage Mr. Hata works as a disability employment coordinator.

Shunich Nuita, Adviser After graduating from the Waseda University's Political Economic Science Faculty, Mr. Nuita joined the Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan (now Shinsei Bank) and served as deputy general manager at its London branch, manager of the corporate finance department I & II the central office and other key positions, before being transferred to Choei Co., Ltd. He was appointed to President of the company in 1998 and vice deputy chairman of Choei Advantage Co., Ltd in July 1999. He currently deals with marketing of disabled people's employment in corporate sector at Advantage.

Manabu Kamiya, Director of the Recovery Career Support Section After graduating with a degree in law from Tokyo University, Mr. Kamiya worked for the Ministry of Education (now the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology). He was engaged in HR planning for the Minister's Secretariat and education policy planning in the Elementary and Secondary Education Bureau. At Advantage, Mr. Kamiya works on planning and operations for disability employment support and referral services.

Yuichi Omori, Consultant Mr. Omori graduated from Asia University with a degree in business administration. He started out in 1997 at the HR department of MatsumotoKiyoshi Co., Ltd. drafting budgets for hiring new college graduates, mid-career workers and persons with disabilities, as well as developing annual recruitment plans and recruiting operations (he hired more than 300 workers annually). Later he participated in a venture business that operated call centers and temporary employment services. At Advantage, he is a consultant on employment/outplacement for persons with disabilities.

Naomi Kaji, Coordinator (Occupational Therapist) Ms. Kaji graduated from the Junior College of the Kanazawa University of Medical Technology (now Kanazawa University Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences) after majoring in occupational therapy. She worked at the National Printing Bureau Tokyo Hospital, Tokyo Municipal Rehabilitation Hospital, Municipal Matsuzawa Hospital, and Tokyo Teishin Hospital. She teaches part time at the Tokyo College of Welfare, focusing on ADL and higher brain functions. She is a member of the Brain Function and Rehabilitation Study Group, the ADL/QOL Society, and the Society for the Study of Higher Brain Functions. At Advantage, Ms. Kaji works as an advisor/coordinator on disability employment.

other professional counselors are also on hand to provide support services.

Recovery Career Support Section, Advantage Risk Management Group Co., Ltd. 4th Floor, Naka-Meguro GT Tower, 2-1-1 Kami-Meguro, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-0051 Phone : +81-3-5794-3980 Fax : +81-3-5794-3971 e-mail : mkamiya@armg.jp Fee-based employment service : Licensed by the Minister of of Health, Labour and Welfare: Permit No. 13-YU-300161