April 13, 2009
To whom it may concern
Radia Holdings Opens "Radia University" Training Centers in
Shin-Yokohama and Osaka
Hands-on programs and new career advisor services help engineers hit
the ground running
Staffing services company RADIA HOLDINGS, INC. (Head office: Minato-ku, Tokyo; President and Representative Director: Shinichi Horii) is pleased to announce the simultaneous opening on April 13 of new "Radia University" training centers in Shin-Yokohama and Osaka. Open to all employees of the RADIA Group, the centers will offer a curriculum designed to improve customer satisfaction by developing and upgrading technical skills and capacity. They aim to give engineers the professional knowledge they need to hit the ground running, with a professional curriculum focused on mechanical design, electrical and electronic design and information technology. In conjunction with the opening of the training centers, the company will also begin offering consultations with "Career Design Advisors," who are expert staff assigned to provide career development support to engineers. The training system will enable engineers to maintain their knowledge and skills at the levels required by client companies while also providing fine tuned assistance in developing new skills, opening new career paths and maintaining mental and spiritual health.

Radia University will begin by using the training methods developed by Applied Learning System (ALeSys; Alachua, Florida, USA) to maintain and improve the techniques of its trainers.
There will be 5 full-time trainers assigned to engineer training at Shin-Yokohama and 4 at Osaka; there will also be 3 trainers for the training aimed at sales and administrative staff. Sales training will include a specialized, professional curriculum focused on either existing clients or new prospects.
Some 20 employees have been selected as Career Design Advisors and will receive professional training by qualified career consultants and industrial counselors at Radia University. The company will also assign professional instructional designers and curriculum developers to the development of Radia University's curriculum.
Radia University is part of a program launched by RADIA Group in April to strengthen its human resources development and will work in coordination with outside training institute's to offer a systematic curriculum to all employees.
More specifically, the company will provide a systematic, programmed mechanism for skills acquisition that offers increasingly advanced challenges to employees according to their abilities: 1) distance-learning from JTEX; 2) basic training in CAD, embedded software and information systems
Company:
RADIA HOLDINGS, INC.
Representative: Shinichi Horii
Representative Director and President

(Code No. 4723 TSE 2nd Section)
Contact:
Hideshi Tachiyama Senior Executive Officer General Manager, Public Relations and Investor Relations Division

(TEL: 03-3405-9262)

from partner Win School (88 locations around Japan); 3) general technology training from nationwide vocational skills development promotion centers ("Polytech Centers"); and 4) training customized to client-company requirements at Radia University.
Course selection will be made in consultation with Career Design Advisors, who are experienced engineers with advanced levels of professional knowledge and skills who have been selected to develop programs tailor-made to the career goals, knowledge and skill levels of individual engineers and the requirements of their desired positions.
Radia University projects approximately 2,000 students each at the Shin-Yokohama and Osaka locations during the first year. The entire training program, including offerings from outside partners, will provide training opportunities for the entire group staff.
With the new Radia University and Career Design Advisors, RADIA Group will have a training program that is focused on future industrial trends, and the development of professional technicians who have systematically mastered the knowledge and skills required.
By continuing to create training curricula geared towards market trends, Radia Holdings seeks better fulfill its role as a technically-focused staffing services company that speedily and accurately addresses the technical staffing needs of its client companies and the training needs of engineers who wish to acquire knowledge and skill in mechanical, electrical, electronic and information fields.
Profile of Radia University
Name:
Radia University
Locations:
1
Radia University Kanto
7F, Shin-Yokohama 214 Building, 2-14-2 Shin-Yokohama, Kohoku-Ku, Yokohama

2
Radia University Kansai
12F Sky Building Tower West, 1-1-30 Oyodonaka, Kita-ku, Osaka
Capacity:
106 students for Kanto and 110 students for Kansai
Mechanical training 12, CAD training 20, information training 12, electrical and electronic training 12, general training 54
Tools:
CATIA, NX, I-DEAS, SolidWorks, Pro-E, Auto-CAD, oscilloscope, PLC etc.
RADIA Group
RADIA Group is the leading solutions-oriented group in the Japanese staffing services market, focused on engineer staffing services as a "professional staffing services company."
It has four domestic companies providing technical staffing services (Ctec, Inc., TechnoPro Engineering, Inc., CSI Co., Ltd. and HITEC Co., Ltd.) as well as Premier Staff, Inc. that provides clerical and sales staffing and job referrals. Internationally, it has 10 companies in six countries in North America, Europe and Asia, for a total of 15 operating companies.
It is known as one of the top Japanese players in the global staffing services market with an international network able to serve markets around the world.
For details see http://www.radiaholdings.com.