Well, potentially it can if you aren't following the regulations, and it is classified as recruiting. For instance, if your job board recommends sends recommend

Well, potentially it can if you aren't following the regulations, and it is classified as recruiting. For instance, if your job board recommends sends recommendations to individuals to apply to a certain job based on their profile, even if this is automated, it is potentially going to be considered as recruiting, thus requiring a license. For this reason, some of the major Japanese recruiting platforms, such as Wantedly, which offers a LinkedIn like social network around job hunting, has obtained a recruitment license, though they aren't doing what we would traditionally think of as recruitment.