Story of WDB Group

The purpose for client companies to use staffing services is to secure the right talent when needed and ensure smooth business operations.
Many systems promote their ability to “centralize the management of staffing agencies” and reduce the burden on clients. In reality, however, many still have usability issues, and there are frequent complaints that they have actually increased the workload.
If that is the case, then we should create, by our own hands, a service that is truly easy to use and closely aligned with the needs of our clients.
This conviction led to the development of a new platform. Leveraging the extensive know-how of WDB Group’s staffing business, cultivated since our founding in 1985, we spent more than four years refining the system through continuous trial and error.
By listening closely to client feedback throughout the process, we finally brought the platform to life: “doco1,” a staffing management system launched in May 2025.
Developed in-house by the WDB Group, "doco1" is more than just a tool for improving operational efficiency. It enables clients to focus on their core operations and unlock the full value of staffing services. Going forward, we will continue to evolve doco1 into an even more valuable platform by actively incorporating user feedback and continuously improving its features and functionality.

On July 6, 2025, the WDB Group marked its 40th anniversary.
Looking back, the journey has not always been smooth. There were days when things did not go as planned. Even so, we continued to move forward step by step, sharing small successes and celebrating each new milestone together. These accumulated efforts have shaped the WDB Group as it stands today.
Our guiding principles remain unchanged since the day of our founding: to live with integrity, to never engage in actions we cannot take pride in, and to continue making choices that we can stand by.
At this 40-year milestone, the WDB Group has taken a new step. We relocated our headquarters from Himeji City in Hyogo Prefecture to Kobe City, consolidating our head office functions in this new location.
Looking ahead, we will move far beyond the boundaries of temporary staffing and create value that is uniquely WDB in new fields. Rather than remaining on a continuation of the past, we will continue to evolve at times even challenging and redefining our own ways of working.
Kobe, our new base, has long been open to the world—a port city where Japanese and Western cultures have intersected. Among its districts, the former foreign settlement is known for preserving its rich history and cultural heritage across generations.
By putting down roots in this city, the WDB Group embarks on its journey toward the future—honoring the past 40 years and striving to meet the needs of the era to come.

No matter how advanced technology becomes, it alone is not enough. WDB’s services go beyond mere "intermediation." The true value of the WDB Group lies in the realm of “job support” that only people can provide.
To achieve this, our first priority is to advance digitalization. By streamlining and automating business processes to enhance productivity and control selling, general, and administrative expenses, we will strengthen the very foundation of our business.
On top of this, the resources created through digitalization will be focused on areas that only people can handle.
Flexible and attentive responses, and the uniquely human value of connection—these are the qualities that will define the future. In the years ahead, services will be expected not only to be practical, but also to convey a sense of human warmth and offer hospitality that leaves a lasting impression.
Technology and human capability: it is not a matter of choosing one over the other, but of how to integrate the two. By confronting this challenge, the WDB Group will continue to explore service models suited to the times so that we can provide everyone connected to WDB with better opportunities and ways of working.