TOKYO –
Tokyo hosted an employment help occasion for older employees on October 6, providing job consultations, interviews, hands-on work expertise and coaching in synthetic intelligence because the variety of folks aged 65 and over within the workforce continues to rise.
The Senior Job Expo, organized by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government in Bunkyo Ward, attracted giant numbers of older folks searching for new employment alternatives or contemplating a return to work.
The variety of employed folks aged 65 or older in Japan has elevated for 22 consecutive years, reaching a file 9.43 million in 2025.
The occasion included cubicles the place guests might obtain employment counseling and participate in recruitment interviews with corporations. Other areas allowed members to expertise several types of work, together with customer support and meals presentation.
A 65-year-old girl who retired from an workplace job in June mentioned she needed to proceed working reasonably than spend her retirement at residence. “I’ve never been a full-time housewife, so I want to continue living while working,” she mentioned. After making an attempt customer support work for the primary time, she added, “It was fun. I thought it might be something I could actually do as a job.”
The expo additionally featured a sales space the place guests might achieve sensible expertise utilizing synthetic intelligence, reflecting the rising variety of corporations introducing AI into their operations.
Participants have been in a position to make use of the conversational AI service ChatGPT to carry out computer-based duties, together with creating pictures, giving them a chance to turn out to be conversant in expertise more and more used within the office.
One 59-year-old man, who has been out of labor after growing issues together with his leg about 10 years in the past, mentioned he had been in search of employment that might be carried out from residence.
He beforehand labored in building and had initially most popular bodily energetic jobs, however mentioned his situation had made returning to such work troublesome. “I used to work in construction, so I thought a job where I could move around would be good, but after my leg became bad, I was rejected every time I went for an interview,” he mentioned. “If you’re going to work from home, it really comes down to using a computer. I thought that in the future it might be inconvenient if I couldn’t use ChatGPT.”
Tokyo officers mentioned the AI program was designed not merely to introduce members to the expertise, however to point out them the way it might be utilized effectively in precise workplaces.
“Recently, there have been more opportunities to use AI at work,” a Tokyo Metropolitan Government official mentioned. “We want participants to learn not only the ordinary ways of using AI, but also how they can use it efficiently in their jobs.”
The metropolitan authorities hopes the programs will assist older job seekers purchase sensible AI expertise that may enhance their employment prospects as expertise turns into more and more built-in into on a regular basis enterprise operations.
Source: TOKYO MX NEWS