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FOR FACTORIES & MANUFACTURERS
Show your shop floor.
Then hire.
A well-ordered line, a skilled maintenance team, the character of the people who teach. A factory’s strengths rarely come across in the words of a job posting. Cura (クーラ) is a hiring service that starts with factory visits and trial shifts.
The Cura employer site is in Japanese.
- MODEVisit / trial shift / hire
- APPLYJob seekers apply with no résumé or interview
- CHECKQualifications are checked with documents
- SCOPE41 job types
SEC.01 — WHY
Many factory jobs
are short of people
In Hello Work’s jobs-to-applicants ratios (FY2025), some jobs are far above the all-occupation figure (1.10): the category closest to equipment maintenance is at 4.04, metalworking at 1.98, and so on. Letting candidates get to know the workplace itself is one way to be chosen among all the postings.
In the White Paper on Manufacturing Industries（ものづくり白書）2026, 62.8% of manufacturing sites with problems in developing staff said they “lack people who can teach,” and 54.4% said “people quit even after we train them.” A chance to get to know each other before joining gives the hiring side useful information too.
REF / Sources
- 一般職業紹介状況（長期時系列表 第21表）・雇用関係指標（年度） — Employment Referrals for General Workers (long-term time series, Table 21) and annual employment indicators (Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW), released May and Aug 2026 (FY2025 figures))Jobs-to-applicants ratio (有効求人倍率) for regular jobs at Hello Work, including part-time; not seasonally adjusted. Does not include openings on private job sites or through recruitment agencies.
- 2026年版ものづくり白書 概要（厚生労働省パート） — White Paper on Manufacturing Industries 2026, summary (MHLW part) (MHLW, May 2026)
SEC.02 — FLOW
Hiring that starts with a visit or trial shift
Details on how it works and pricing are on our site for recruiters (in Japanese).
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A job seeker applies
Job seekers apply for visits and trial shifts in the app, with no résumé or interview.
- 02
Show them around on a visit
Equipment, lines, break areas, the people they’d work with — the things a posting can’t easily convey.
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Work together on a trial shift
They actually do part of the job. Trial shifts are paid.
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Hire if it’s a mutual fit
Nobody is obliged to hire or be hired. It can lead to talks about working from one day a week or a job change.
SEC.03 — BEFORE YOU HOST
What to prepare before hosting
Points specific to factory visits and trial shifts. The legal points are a general summary; for individual cases, check with the Labour Standards Inspection Office（労働基準監督署）or a labor and social security attorney（社会保険労務士）.
CHECKLIST / BEFORE YOU HOST (TICK AS YOU GO)
REF / Related laws and materials
- 労働基準法研究会報告「労働基準法の『労働者』の判断基準について」 — Report on the criteria for who counts as a "worker" under the Labor Standards Act (Ministry of Labour, Labor Standards Act Study Group (労働省 労働基準法研究会), Dec 19, 1985)Status is judged by the actual situation, not by the label (visit, experience, training). We have not found a notice that deals with trial shifts specifically.
- 労働安全衛生法施行令 第20条第11号／労働安全衛生規則 第36条第5号／フォークリフト運転技能講習規程 — Industrial Safety and Health Act Enforcement Order, Art. 20(11); Ordinance on Industrial Safety and Health, Art. 36(5); Rules on forklift operator training (e-Gov Laws and Regulations / MHLW, laws as of Sept 2026)
- 特定化学物質障害予防規則・作業環境測定基準等の改正（溶接ヒューム） — Amendments on welding fumes (Ordinance on Prevention of Hazards Due to Specified Chemical Substances, etc.) (MHLW, in force Apr 1, 2021)
- 公正な採用選考の基本 — Basics of fair recruitment and selection (MHLW, as of Sept 2026)
- 改正男女雇用機会均等法（求職者等へのセクシュアルハラスメント防止措置） — Amended Equal Employment Opportunity Act (measures against sexual harassment of job seekers) (MHLW, in force Oct 1, 2026)
SEC.04 — WHAT THEY LOOK AT
What job seekers look at on a visit
This site gives job seekers “what to check on a visit” for each job type. Being ready to answer these on the day makes the conversation go faster.
Skilled production work
- Welding fume measures (ventilation, protective gear)
- Real overtime, shifts and weekend work
- Who teaches you, and Trade Skill Test support
Equipment maintenance
- How often call-outs, on-call and weekend work happen
- Mechanical or electrical, and number of lines
- Who teaches you, and support for qualifications
Design & production engineering
- Concept design, or mainly detailed design?
- Number of lines, and any overseas trips
- Rules on access to confidential information
Quality control & assurance
- Mostly visual, or instruments and vision systems?
- Acceptance criteria and authority to stop shipments
- How often customer audits and complaints happen
Production control & purchasing
- Which systems are used
- How often plans change, and coordination load
- Orders and payments in line with the Toriteki Act
Warehouse & forklift
- How training is arranged and who pays
- The specified voluntary inspection sticker
- Weight of loads and temperature inside
CONTACT → saiyo.cu-ra.net
Hiring that starts with a factory visit —
with Cura.
See our site for recruiters for service details and pricing.
Talk to us about hiringThe Cura employer site is in Japanese.