Researcher

Tomoko Iwade

Profile

After graduating from university, she gained a diverse employment background through part-time, temporary agency, fixed-term contract, and regular full-time employment. She joined Recruit HR Marketing Tokai Co., Ltd. (now Recruit Co., Ltd.) in 2004 as a part-time employee and transitioned to a full-time position in 2005. Throughout her career, she has been involved in recruitment and hiring support for a wide range of talent segments, from new graduates and mid-career professionals to part-time and hourly workers.
Driven by her mission of helping individuals transform part-time work experience into meaningful career development, she joined the Recruit Works Institute in April 2024.
Drawing on her own experiences of career change, non-regular employment, and lifelong learning, her research focuses on career transitions and the ways individuals navigate work and career development during periods of change and uncertainty.
She received an MBA from Globis University Graduate School of Management in 2014 and an M.A. in Career Design from Hosei University in 2019. She is a Nationally Certified Career Consultant in Japan.