Village House Opens Up More Jobs in Japan Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic

TOKYO, JAPAN – Media
OutReach – 25 October 2021 – Village
House, a trusted
rental housing service company in Japan, has recently leveraged Erikura to provide employment opportunities to
its tenants and local residents. A job matching service owned by Recruit Co.,
Ltd, Erikura enables residents to apply for one-off cleaning work at any of the
Village House properties.

On top of affordable homes and rooms for
rent with no brokerage
fees, Village House continues to support its community in the best ways
possible. 

Supporting Livelihoods During Difficult
Times

In the face of the global COVID-19
pandemic which has had a serious economic impact, Japan has experienced the largest decline in average job
availability ratio in nearly half a century as of fiscal 2020, with the unemployment rate up
for the first time in 11 years.

The sudden reduction in demand,
especially in the services sector, during the pandemic meant that many firms
had no choice but to lay off workers or stop renewing contractors who depended
on part-time work.

For those who suddenly find themselves
unemployed or have some time to spare, they can acquire income with the help of
Village House. In addition to supplying safe and secure rental housing to
everyone including low-income earners, the company now enables job seekers to
tide over this period with jobs that they can apply for as and when they
want. 

Through Erikura, Village House will post
available job vacancies which mainly involve cleaning of common areas that can
be completed within minutes.

Those interested can easily sign up for
the job and proceed to complete the task. Once finished, they are required to
report with photo proof to receive the matching fee.

As of January 2021, this service has been
introduced to 31 prefectures in Japan with over 9,000 successful trials. This
job matching service is available in the following regions:

●       Aomori

●       Iwate

●       Akita

●       Miyagi

●       Kanagawa

●       Nagano

●       Niigata

●       Toyama

●       Gifu

●       Aichi

●       Mie

●       Shizuoka

●       Shiga

●       Kyoto

●       Nara

●       Osaka

●       Hyogo

●       Wakayama

●       Okayama

●       Hiroshima

●       Totori

●       Shimane

●       Yamaguchi

●       Kagawa

●       Kochi

●       Tokushima

●       Fukuoka

●       Nagasaki

●       Kumamoto

●       Kagoshima

●       Oita

This service will be phased in all
prefectures sequentially to improve the quality of life for all Village House
residents. This will include:

●       Hokkaido

●       Yamagata

●       Fukushima

●       Ibaraki

●       Tochigi

●       Gunma

●       Saitama

●       Chiba

●       Tokyo

●       Yamanashi

●       Ishikawa

●       Fukui

●       Ehime

●       Saga

●       Miyazaki

●       Okinawa

Increasing the Quality of Life in Japan

Village House Management is promoted by
the Japan Organization for Employment of the Elderly, Persons with Disabilities
and Job Seekers (JEED). With almost 1,100 properties operating in 47
prefectures in Japan, Village House caters to the needs of the people who live
and thrive in its community.