Japan's AI Tool Knows When Fresh Grads will Quit Their Jobs: New Study

A new Japanese AI tool is being developed to determine whether workers, particularly college freshmen, will quit their jobs based on attendance, performance, and other factors.

This upcoming model will predict their likelihood of leaving their current jobs, particularly if they are experiencing significant challenges or problems and looking to help both employer and employee.

Japan's AI Tool Knows When Fresh Grads Will Quit Their Jobs

Tokyo City University's Naruhiko Shiratori and a new Japanese start-up are now looking to upgrade their AI technology, which will soon help determine a fresh graduate who is about to quit their jobs.

According to Channel News Asia, it is based on an existing AI that predicts a student from a college or university who is about to drop out of their studies.

In Japan, there is a so-called recruitment day for businesses done at colleges and universities to hire graduating students, and it typically happens during the same time every year. According to statistics, one out of ten recruits quit their job after one year.

With this tool, it will use the data from job interviews, characteristics, personal histories, attendance records, and more for the prediction model.

Facing Difficulties? AI May Tell Your Boss About It

The technology is already being tested on various partner companies in Japan, with the tool looking to determine recruits facing difficulties in their job and lives.

Their bosses may offer support during these trying times instead of outright confronting them about their poor performance or watching them leave.

The development seeks to create a model specific to a business's needs.

AI Tools in Workplaces That Help

In most cases where AI is applied in the workforce, it is not about the technology looking to steal people's jobs and dominate the different industries where it is used.

Many AI developments already help in people's jobs, and Gen Z graduates are now looking at this massive integration as an opportunity to further improve their craft and use it as a competitive edge.

Particularly, a renowned Big Tech company, IBM, is now putting massive importance on a collaborative approach with AI, and it aims to integrate more of the technology to improve its flow rather than replace humans.

There are already certain tools that AI brings its expertise, helping employees deliver better outputs, with IBM focusing on training its workers to welcome the tech.

Japan is known for being a country that has a workplace that faces depression, distress, conflict, and more, with its employees going through struggles and leading to decline.

With the upgrade on this specific AI, researchers are looking to apply it to businesses and corporations to help them determine the fresh graduates that are about to quit, one that could help improve their state and work at the same time.