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An employee of a Hello Work job centre in Japan has been caught posing as a jobseeker to multiple companies in an attempt to inflate job placement targets, according to reports.
Hello Work is the government's public employment service centre that offers job search support and assistance to jobseekers in Japan.
Each of the 544 Hello Work offices across the country has their own job placement targets, and they receive a guidance if they fall below 95% of them.
In an attempt to inflate these job placement targets, a Hello Work employee in Tokyo's Sumida Ward registered two false identities and introduced them as applicants to hiring businesses, Kyodo News reported.
According to the report, the employee applied to nine companies, and was able to secure four job offers. The employee subsequently declined these offers.
A company only noticed the discrepancies after the Hello Work employee used their real name during an interview, leading to the discovery of the fraud.
Japan's Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare has apologised to the companies that were victimised by the fake jobseeker, Kyodo News reported.
It noted that the four placements made by the Hello Work employee were included in the official statistics as of October. According to the ministry, declined job offers can still be counted in the statistics if the job centre was unaware that the jobseeker had withdrawn...
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