Startup NovAccel in Medical x Deep Tech Field Implements "Recboo" and Achieves Hiring of 7 Founding Core Members, Including Chemical Engineers, Radiation Safety Officers, and Sales, in 3 Months

Knocklearn Inc. (Ota-ku, Tokyo, CEO: Hide FUKUMOTO), a provider of HR consulting (integrated recruitment consulting to recruitment agency) services called "Recboo," has released an interview article featuring NovAccel Inc. (Tsuchiura-shi, Ibaraki, CEO: Ryo YAMASHITA) as a case study.

NovAccel Inc. is a deep tech startup challenging the manufacturing of "Actinium-225," a medical radioisotope used in cancer treatment, by leveraging superconducting accelerator technology. With cutting-edge technology originating from universities, the company is driving its business forward under the grand mission of "Changing Cancer Treatment Worldwide."

As their business plan progressed at a speed exceeding expectations, the company faced an urgent need for rapid organizational buildup.

In this specialized field, there are few recruitment agencies, and it is not uncommon for job postings to receive no applications.

While it typically takes over 6 months per position, by utilizing Recboo's recruitment agency services, they broke through the limitations of referral hiring.

Despite operating in the rare field of medical x deep tech startups and targeting scarce talent with only a few hundred individuals in Japan, they successfully hired 7 founding core members in just 3 months.

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Background for Intensifying Recruitment Efforts

As NovAccel Inc.'s business progressed faster than anticipated, securing core members with high expertise in areas such as accelerator design, regulatory compliance, and safety management became an urgent priority.

Initially, they relied on referral hiring, but found limitations in recruiting highly specialized talent and began considering the use of scouting platforms.

Lacking extensive recruitment know-how, they determined that "simply sending out scout messages would not lead to successful hires" and partnered with Recboo to manage the entire recruitment operation, from detailed communication with candidates to interview scheduling and selection progression.

What Recboo Handled

Recboo consistently supported and accelerated recruitment by:

- Deeply understanding the complex business content and recruitment requirements, and accurately reflecting them in job descriptions and scout messages.

- Accurately managing candidate evaluations and statuses, even in an environment without an Applicant Tracking System (ATS).

- Independently creating interview evaluation sheets and question items, and designing and establishing the recruitment operation from scratch.

- Redefining essential requirements based on BizReach's registered user data to align with market realities, expanding the candidate pool while ensuring quality.

- Swiftly and accurately promoting persona design and target selection.

- Managing candidate communication, interview scheduling, engagement levels, and selection progression.

- Organizing recruitment rules and establishing candidate response flows early on using Slack.

As a result, they reduced unnecessary scout messages and interviews, achieving the hiring of 7 founding core members in 3 months.

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Client Testimonial: Ryo YAMASHITA, Co-founder and CEO, NovAccel Inc.

"Bringing Recboo on board significantly accelerated our hiring process.

Moreover, it wasn't just fast; it was incredibly thorough. Their deep understanding of our complex business and recruitment needs, and their accurate reflection of these in job postings and scout messages, was a major factor.

If we had tried to handle recruitment ourselves, it would likely have taken a year."

Client Testimonial: Keisuke FUKUMOTO, Co-founder and Director, NovAccel Inc.

"Young startups often tend to think, 'Let's try doing it ourselves first.' On the other hand, 'mature startups' like us understand how challenging recruitment can be and recognize that we don't have much time to dedicate to it.

Recboo is recommended for companies like ours that want to carefully recruit each important member who will form the core of the organization."

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To date, Recboo has supported a cumulative total of 50 companies, approximately 70% of which are startups that have achieved either a subsequent funding round, IPO, M&A, or profitability after receiving support.

Companies looking to "advance their recruitment before establishing a dedicated HR department" or "secure immediate talent for the next funding round" are encouraged to inquire freely.

Our "Recboo" case study collection is also available below.

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Recboo Service Overview

"Recboo" is a mid-career recruitment support service provided by Knocklearn Inc. As a subsidiary of the Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime-listed AirTrip Group, we primarily support startups, focusing on high-level hires such as CxOs and niche roles like AI engineers and R&D specialists.

Our strengths lie in our extensive support experience, mainly with seed to Series B startups, and our ability to flexibly provide integrated support from recruitment strategy design to execution.

70% of companies we support achieve IPO/M&A/profitability/upsizing of funding rounds.

Recently, we have accumulated significant experience supporting DeepTech startups in fields such as AI, robotics, blockchain, 3D modeling, and biotechnology, and possess strong direct recruiting know-how tailored to a wide range of hard-to-hire targets.

Features:

- After supporting a cumulative 50 companies, 70% achieved upsizing of funding rounds/IPO/M&A/profitability.

- Over 70 partner VCs.

- Recruitment support utilizing overwhelming direct recruiting operational know-how.

- A system capable of providing integrated support from recruitment strategy design to execution.

- Support specialized for high-level hires such as CXO class.

- In addition to existing databases, we can also approach individuals by name, including those in domestic and international research labs.

Click here for details on "Recboo."

Knocklearn Inc. Company Information

Knocklearn Inc. is a venture company that provides "Recboo," a service supporting mid-career recruitment for startups.

Company Name: Knocklearn Inc.

Location: 1-5-1 Omori-Honcho, Ota-ku, Tokyo, 2nd Floor

Representative Director: Hide FUKUMOTO

Business Activities: Recruitment consulting and outsourcing business

Date of Establishment: March 14, 2022

Official Website: https://recboo.com/

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