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| October, 1996 | Accredited by the Law on the Promotion of Creative Business Activities of Small and Medium Enterprises as an individual. |
| March, 1997 | Founded DIP Corporation in Nagoya with a paid-in-capital of 29 million yen. |
| January, 1998 | Entered into an agreement with IBM Japan to provide contents for a network of terminal kiosks in 1,000 convenience stores in the Tokyo metropolitan area. Began a free catalog service on this network. |
| May, 1998 | Started the 'Temporary dispatch job information service' utilizing the same convenience store terminal network. |
| The head office was relocated to Jingumae in Shibuya Ward. | |
| January, 1999 | Sales of approximately 100 million yen were booked with the participation of 116 companies including Toyota Motor and Honda Research Institute Industries. |
| February, 1999 | Received a commendation for the Best Contents of the Year from IBM Japan. |
| March, 1999 | Relocated the head office to Hatsudai in Shibuya Ward. |
| August, 1999 | Certified to receive the New Business Foundation Subsidy sponsored by Organization for Small and Medium Enterprises and Regional Innovation, Japan. |
| December, 1999 | Increased capital to 40 million yen. |
| February, 2000 | Recognized as the First Marunouchi Frontier Member Company. |
| March, 2000 | Increased capital to 230 million yen. |
| May, 2000 | Relocated the head office to Yuraku-cho in Chiyoda Ward. |
| June, 2000 | Increased capital to 250 million yen. |
| October, 2000 | The portal site 'Hatarako Net' started as the first employment agency in the employment advertisement industry. |
| December, 2000 | 'Hatarako Net' started distribution via 7,600 terminal kiosks(" Loppy ") in Lawson stores nationwide and via cell phones. |
| February, 2001 | Started providing part-time and contract job information in addition to the information provided for temps. |
| June, 2001 | Started Japan's first telephone employment service, 'Hatarako Net'. |
| September, 2001 | Applied for patent for the employment advertisement system. |
| Opened the Osaka Branch. | |
| October, 2001 | 'Hatarako Net' was given an extensive update to commemorate its first-year anniversary. |
| November, 2001 | Formed a business alliance with Yahoo, Inc., and started providing part-time and contract job information on 'Yahoo! Job Information.' |
| January, 2002 | Formed a business alliance with Yahoo, Inc., and started providing temp job information on 'Yahoo! Job Information." |
| February, 2002 | Increased the capital to 295 million yen. |
| June, 2002 | Started a new service of BtoB "Jinji Net" for matching the staffing demands of companies and employment agencies. (site is closed in Feb. 2006) |
| August, 2002 | Started providing part-time and contract job information on 'Hatarako Net' as 'Baitoru Com.' |
| October, 2002 | Baitoru Com' became independent from 'Hatarako Net' and started providing part time job information as a separate site. |
| March, 2003 | Relocated the head office to Roppongi in Minato Ward. |
| May, 2003 | Formed a business alliance with Nifty, Inc. , and started providing part-time and contract job information on the 'Job@nifty Part-time Job Search Engine.' |
| June, 2003 | Held the "DIP Brand Strategy Exhibition" using, Ryoko Hirosue as the promotional character. |
| August, 2003 | Opened the Nagoya Branch. |
| September, 2003 | Formed a business alliance with Excite, Inc., and started providing dispatch job information to 'Excite Excitement Dispatch Job Information.' |
| Increased the capital to 297.7 million yen. | |
| Opened the official i-mode site, 'BAITORU-COM'. | |
| October, 2003 | Opened the official i-mode site, 'Hatarako Net'. |
| March, 2004 | Opened the official Vodafone live! and EZweb sites, 'Baitoru Com'. |
| April, 2004 | Opened the official Vodafone live! and EZweb sites 'Hatarako Net'. |
| Started the toll-free service. | |
| Published the first issue of the free paper, 'BAITORU'. | |
| May, 2004 | Listed on the Mothers Market on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. |
| Increased the capital to 977.7 million yen. | |
| June, 2004 | Published the first issue of the free paper, 'Hatarako'. |
| July, 2004 | Obtained the Privacy Mark. |
| September, 2004 | Launch Partner System |
| October, 2004 | Organize Kyujinjoho Service Inc. as a subsidiary of dip and launch JobEngine website. |
| Increase capital to 987.7 million JPY | |
| November,2004 | Kyujinjoho Service renamed E-engine Co., Ltd. |
| December, 2004 | Launch Shoukai Hatarako Net website |
| February, 2005 | Launch JobEngine Agent website |
| June, 2005 | Engage "Koyuki" as promotional character |
| Establish Nadeshiko Career in a joint venture with Professional Bank | |
| July, 2005 | Opened the Yokohama Branch |
| October, 2005 | Opened the Fukuoka Branch |
| Obtained BS7799 and ISMS Certification | |
| Increase capital to 1,071million JPY | |
| February, 2006 | Transfer entire shares in Nadeshiko Career Corporation to Professional Bank |
| March, 2006 | Acquired 80% shares in BOOK DESIGN Co., Inc and convert it to a subsidiary |
| April, 2006 | Opened Kyoto Branch |
| May, 2006 | First TV commercial with Baitoru.com. Mouse brothers Baitorus were born. |
| June, 2006 | Establish DIP AGENT Corporation |
| July, 2006 | 'Job Engine' starts providing a new ASP service "RHP"(Recruiting Home Page) |
| Oct, 2006 | Engages the animated character "Hataraki man" as a promotional character and sponsors the TV program of the same name. |
| 'Hatarako Net' launches TV commercial with "Hataraki man" | |
| 'Job Engine' starts offering a skill diagnostic service for job seeking IT engineers. | |
| Nov, 2006 | 'Job Engine' starts providing a new service "Auto resume creation tool" |
| Dec, 2006 | Obtained information security management system, "ISO27001(JIS Q 27001)" certification |
| Jan, 2007 | 'Hatarako Net' starts a nationwide computer skill testing service. |
| Feb, 2007 | 'Job Engine' starts offering "Checkyara", a diagnostic tool to match the values of job seekers with corporate culture values. |
| May, 2007 | Engages Ryoko Shinohara as a promotional spokeswoman. |
| "Hatarako Neko" makes first appearance as the promotional character for 'Hatarako Net'. | |
| Renew all site logos. | |
| July, 2007 | Embedded GPS search into 'Bitoru.com'mobile site. |
| August, 2007 | Redesigned 'Baitoru.com' and 'Hatarako.net' websites. |
| September, 2007 | Redesigned 'Job Engine'website. |
| October, 2007 | Redesigned 'Job Engine Agent' website. |
| January, 2008 | Merged consolidated subsidiaries, E-engine Co., Ltd.and BOOK DESIGN Co., INC. |
| February, 2008 | "Job EN JIN"makes first appearance as the promotional character for 'Job Engine' |
| 'Job Engine' starts new service, supporting mid career recruiting for medium sized companies. 50,000yen/month recruiting solution realizes employer goals - 'creating applicant motivation', 'acquiring applicants' and 'supervising applicants'. | |
| March, 2008 | Enter into sponsorship agreement with SEIBU LIONS for helmet advertising |
| April, 2008 | Enter into one-year sponsorship of K-1 WORLD GP”õK-1 WORLD MAX |
| May, 2008 | Supported "TAKE ACTION! 2008" -””a goodwill project organized by Hidetoshi Nakata |
| July, 2008 | Launched temp job information site specializing in information for working mothers |
| August, 2008 | Sponsored NEC Karuizawa 72 Golf Tournament. |
| Held second annual Hatarako-net"Catch the Dream"Contest. | |
| Sponsored K-1 Koshien | |
| September, 2008 | Sponsored TORAY Pan Pacific Tennis Tournament |
| Sponsored YONEX Open Japan 2008 and Badminton BWF Super Series | |
| October, 2008 | Launched temp job information mobile site specializing in information for retail workers |
| Engages Aya Ueto as a promotional spokswoman for Baitoru.com | |
| December, 2008 | Launched temp job information site specializing in information for technical engineers |
| Launched temp job information mobile site specializing in information for nurses and other health care professionals | |
| January, 2009 | Launched part time job information site specializing in parmanent employment and information for working mothers or fathers |
| February, 2009 | Aquired Employment Agency License |
| March, 2009 | Aquired all businesses of consolidated subsidiary, DIP AGENT and dissolved DIP AGENT |
| September, 2009 | Started providing job positngs site only for nurses, 'Hatarako for Nurses' |
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