Questions about ChordOne Sourcing
Anything else? Write to us in English; we reply within one business day.
Is ChordOne Sourcing available in English?
Yes. The web app and the Chrome extension can be switched to English, Japanese, Simplified or Traditional Chinese, Korean, Spanish, French or German. Japanese job board pages stay in Japanese, but the extension panel next to them follows your language.
Which Japanese job boards does the Chrome extension support?
LinkedIn, LinkedIn Recruiter, BizReach, Wantedly and YOUTRUST, plus Recruit Direct Scout, doda X, AMBI, Mynavi Scouting and Eight Career Design. On each profile page it shows the estimated salary band in yen, signals about the current employer and matching jobs, and records the scout messages you send and the replies you receive.
How much does it cost?
It is free, with no limit on candidates, jobs, messages or team members, including the AI drafting, suggestions and natural-language search. A paid Team plan is planned; features available today will not become paid. ChordOne earns its revenue from ChordOne ATS, the applicant tracking system used by hiring companies.
How does it handle Japanese company names?
Every employer is matched to the registered Japanese legal entity using the 13-digit corporate number (houjin bangou). An English name on LinkedIn and a katakana name on BizReach resolve to the same company, so the candidate history and employer signals are kept in one place.
Where does the company data come from?
Public sources only: Japan Pension Service employer enrollment data (monthly insured headcount), EDINET annual securities reports, TDnet timely disclosures, gBizINFO, and public careers pages and job postings (HRMOS, HERP, Talentio, Wantedly and others). ChordOne does not buy personal contact data.
Where is candidate data stored?
In AWS Tokyo (ap-northeast-1). Only you and the members of your workspace can see your candidates. When you refer a candidate to a client company, only that candidate's information is shared. Your agency remains responsible for how candidate data is handled.
Does the extension scrape LinkedIn?
No. On LinkedIn it reads only the page you have open. It does not fetch other pages or APIs in the background, and it never scrolls, clicks, paginates or opens tabs for you. Check each job board's terms of use for your own account.
We use Bullhorn, Spott or another ATS. Can we still use it?
Yes. You can use ChordOne Sourcing as the sourcing layer for Japanese job boards and keep your existing ATS for placements and billing. Candidates can be imported by CSV (up to 500 rows at a time) and exported when you need them elsewhere.
Can in-house recruiters at foreign-capital companies in Japan use it?
Yes. Add your open positions as jobs and the extension, scout tracking, interview recording and candidate CRM work the same way. Referral and client features are for agencies and can be ignored.
Can I contact you in English?
Yes. The contact form is in Japanese, but you can write in English and we will reply in English.
Source in Japan, without the spreadsheet.
Install the Chrome extension and open a BizReach or LinkedIn profile. The people you save become candidates, with their employer, salary band and signals already filled in. Free for one recruiter or a whole team.