the main hello work offices have established as of banks of human resources to introduce qualified personnel to medium and smallsized enterprises and to promote the employment of the elderly parttime job banks in convenient places such as train stations in major cities to offer comprehensive placement services to people seeking parttime employment and hello work information plazas which give direct access to jobsearch engines and enable jobseekers to search through a wide range of information jilpt b okutsu reports that women in japan find their first job after a period of childrearing most often through job advertisements closely followed by contact with hello work these centres salons and corners are targeted at mothers who are bringing up children and seeking employment or who wish to change jobs