Elevated supply-demand conditions in the job market
First written in FY2016-Q2. 6 of 33 entries say "Advanced", first in FY2017-Q2. Latest entry: FY2026-H1.
JAC Recruitment moved to the "Worse" side of this theme in 2019, 1 year before the typical company in this theme (2020).
The whole theme swung hardest in 2020: 5 of 12 companies on the "Worse" side.
9 other companies' latest entry also says "Other".
- FY2026-H1Concerns over a severe labor shortage continueAnnual report
「Looking ahead, amid increasing instability, including renewed tensions in the Middle East, both large manufacturers and non-manufacturers continued to take a cautious view due to concerns about worsening personal consumption resulting from inflation and a severe labour shortage.」
While labor shortages supporting hiring demand continue, severe labor shortages are also cited as a concern regarding the economic outlook. - FY2025Labor shortages intensify further; middle- and senior-level talent remains firmAnnual report
「In addition, labor shortages at companies intensified further, and the December survey showed that the sense of insufficient employment among medium-sized companies across all industries reached its highest level in 34 years.」
It states that strong hiring demand continued and that the sense of insufficient employment among medium-sized companies reached its highest level in 34 years. - FY2025-H1Job-seeker mobility recovers; middle- and senior-level talent remains activeAnnual report
「Unlike in the same period of the previous year, there was no slowdown in job-seeker mobility due to expectations of wage increases, and activity among middle- and senior-level talent, a core area of our business, was strong.」
It states that job-seeker mobility did not slow as it had in the same period of the previous year due to expectations of wage increases, and that activity among middle- and senior-level talent was strong. - FY2024Strong domestic hiring intentions; labor mobility recovers in the second halfAnnual report
「Domestic companies maintained strong intentions to hire employees amid government measures to promote labor mobility and the promotion of human capital management. Although job-seeker mobility temporarily declined before the April 2024 wage increases, affecting revenue in the first half, it recovered in the second half, and activity among middle- and senior-level talent, a core area of our business, also increased.」
Domestic companies maintained strong hiring intentions, while job-seeker mobility, which had declined before the wage increases, recovered in the second half. - FY2024-H1RestatedAnnual report
「Domestic companies maintained a certain level of intention to hire employees, and the effective job openings-to-applicants ratio remained broadly at the same level as before in the first half of the current fiscal year, despite a slight downward trend, amid government measures to promote labor mobility and the promotion of human capital management. Meanwhile, on the talent side, mobility slowed as large companies in particular advanced compensation improvements through wage increases and employee retention measures」
While companies' hiring intentions and the effective job openings-to-applicants ratio remained broadly firm, labor mobility on the talent side slowed as large companies improved employment conditions and implemented retention measures. - FY2024-Q1Hiring demand remains firm; labor mobility slowsAnnual report
「Domestic companies continued to show strong intentions to hire employees, and the job-switching market continued to grow steadily, although the demand rebound immediately following the COVID-19 pandemic had run its course, supported by government policies and the promotion of human capital management. The effective job openings-to-applicants ratio also remained at a firm level in the first quarter of the current fiscal year, despite a slight decline. On the talent side, however, compensation improvements progressed, particularly among large companies, against the backdrop of the government's calls for wage increases and other factors. As a result, labor mobility in the job-switching market slowed, and revenue for the first quarter of the current fiscal year fell below the initial plan.」
While companies' hiring intentions and the effective job openings-to-applicants ratio remained firm, labor mobility slowed amid improved employment conditions, and revenue fell below the initial plan. - FY2023Strong hiring demand coexists with IT hiring restraintAnnual report
「Domestic companies maintained strong intentions to hire employees, and the effective job openings-to-applicants ratio remained at a firm level in the fourth quarter of the current fiscal year. Meanwhile, U.S.-affiliated IT and consulting companies and some major Japanese IT companies continued to restrain employee hiring throughout 2023」
It describes a bifurcated situation in which overall hiring demand in Japan remains firm, while hiring restraint among U.S.-affiliated IT and consulting companies and major Japanese IT companies continued throughout the year. - FY2023-Q3Job market remains firm; impact of IT hiring restraint continuesAnnual report
「In addition, the September Tankan survey's employment conditions index showed that, while the sense of labor shortages was intensifying, particularly among medium-sized and small non-manufacturing companies, continued restraint on employee hiring since last autumn by U.S.-affiliated IT and consulting companies and some major Japanese IT companies affected the digital division of our Group's core domestic recruitment business, resulting」
While the sense of labor shortages intensified among medium-sized and small non-manufacturing companies, hiring restraint continued among U.S.-affiliated IT and consulting companies and some major Japanese IT companies, also affecting the digital division of the domestic recruitment business. - FY2023-Q2Job market remains firm; IT-related hiring restraint continuesAnnual report
「Even under these conditions, companies in Japan are focusing on hiring to drive renewed business growth, with human capital management in mind and an emphasis on securing diversity, and the effective job openings-to-applicants ratio remained firm. However, foreign-affiliated IT and consulting companies and some major Japanese IT companies continue to restrain employee hiring, as they have since last autumn.」
While Japan's effective job openings-to-applicants ratio remains firm, hiring restraint continues among U.S.-affiliated IT and consulting companies and some major Japanese IT companies, and the bifurcation of the job market persists. - FY2023-Q1Job market remains firm; some companies are curbing hiringAnnual report
「Many companies in Japan continued to focus on hiring to achieve renewed business growth and secure diversity in human capital, and the effective job openings-to-applicants ratio remained firm. Meanwhile, moves to restrain employee hiring intensified, particularly among foreign-affiliated companies and major IT companies.」
While Japan's effective job openings-to-applicants ratio remains firm, hiring restraint has intensified among foreign-affiliated companies and major IT companies, creating a bifurcated job market. - FY2022-Q3Job market remains firm; uncertainty over the economic outlook is increasingAnnual report
「Nevertheless, even under these conditions, many companies, particularly in Japan, are increasing hiring to achieve renewed business growth, and the effective job openings-to-applicants ratio has remained firm.」
It states that, while uncertainty over the economic outlook is increasing, many companies in Japan are increasing hiring and the effective job openings-to-applicants ratio remains firm. - FY2022-Q2Recruitment market remains firm, economic outlook uncertainAnnual report
「Meanwhile, even under these conditions, many domestic companies were actively pursuing business growth, the effective job openings-to-applicants ratio remained firm, and the domestic recruitment business continued to perform well during the second-quarter cumulative consolidated period, resulting in higher Group-wide revenue.」
While the economic outlook remained uncertain, the domestic effective job openings-to-applicants ratio and corporate hiring activity were firm, and the domestic recruitment business continued to perform well. - FY2022-Q1Recruitment market remains firm, economic outlook uncertainAnnual report
「Overseas, as economic sanctions against Russia increased uncertainty about the economic outlook, the March Bank of Japan Tankan survey showed that business conditions among large companies deteriorated for the first time in 7 quarters. Even under these conditions, however, the domestic effective job openings-to-applicants ratio continued to trend firmly upward」
While deterioration and uncertainty were indicated in overseas conditions and business conditions among large companies, the domestic effective job openings-to-applicants ratio and demand for labor were considered firm. - FY2021Recruitment market remains firm, business sentiment mixedAnnual report
「Even under these conditions, the effective job openings-to-applicants ratio remained firm. During the consolidated fiscal year, the Group's core domestic recruitment business performed well and became a major driver of overall Group performance.」
While business sentiment was mixed, the effective job openings-to-applicants ratio remained firm, and the recovery and contribution to performance from the domestic recruitment business were noted. - FY2021-Q3Job openings-to-applicants ratio continues to rise, but recovery in business sentiment slowsAnnual report
「Amid a resurgence of COVID-19 infections from July, centered on the Tokyo metropolitan and Kansai regions, the September Monthly Economic Report and the Bank of Japan Tankan survey increasingly highlighted a slowdown in the recovery of business sentiment, while the effective job openings-to-applicants ratio remained on an upward trend」
While a slowdown in the recovery of business sentiment was indicated, the effective job openings-to-applicants ratio was said to remain on an upward trend, presenting improvements in the recruitment market alongside slower recovery in business sentiment. - FY2021-Q2MitigatedAnnual report
「The June Bank of Japan Tankan survey also showed that the business conditions diffusion index for large manufacturers was plus 14, an improvement of 9 points from the previous survey in March.」
While states of emergency were declared intermittently, the economic assessment maintained signs of a recovery, and the effective job openings-to-applicants ratio also remained generally on an upward trend from October 2020. - FY2021-Q1MitigatedAnnual report
「The effective job openings-to-applicants ratio also generally remained on an upward trend from October 2020, sustaining movement toward a recovery.」
Despite the resurgence of COVID-19 infections and the declaration of a state of emergency, the effective job openings-to-applicants ratio generally remained on an upward trend from October 2020, adding signs of a recovery to the deterioration in the recruitment market. - FY2020-Q3WorsenedAnnual report
「More recently, while the September Monthly Economic Report assessed economic conditions as showing "signs of a recovery," the effective job openings-to-applicants ratio in the same month fell 0.01 points from the previous month to 1.03, and the declining trend that began last year has yet to be halted, leaving uncertainty about the outlook unresolved.」
While the economic assessment indicated signs of a recovery, the effective job openings-to-applicants ratio declined to 1.03, and the downward trend and uncertainty about the outlook continued. - FY2020-Q2WorsenedAnnual report
「In addition, the effective job openings-to-applicants ratio, which had continued to decline after reaching a high of 1.63 in April 2019, fell at an accelerating pace from January 2020 and declined to 1.11 in June.」
The effective job openings-to-applicants ratio declined after peaking at 1.63 in April 2019, falling to 1.11 in June 2020. - FY2020-Q1WorsenedAnnual report
「In addition, the effective job openings-to-applicants ratio, which had continued to decline after reaching a high of 1.63 in April 2019, fell at an accelerating pace from January 2020 and declined to 1.39 in March.」
The effective job openings-to-applicants ratio declined after peaking at 1.63 in April 2019, falling to 1.39 in March 2020. - FY2019WorsenedAnnual report
「In the Japanese economy during the consolidated fiscal year, the effective job openings-to-applicants ratio peaked at 1.63 in April and began declining from May, while in the latter half of the fiscal year the underlying assessment of the preliminary Composite Index of Coincident Indicators was revised down to "worsening" and business conditions among large manufacturers continued to deteriorate in the Bank of Japan Tankan survey, making concerns over an economic deterioration more pronounced.」
The effective job openings-to-applicants ratio declined after peaking at 1.63, while the underlying assessment of the Composite Index of Coincident Indicators was revised down to "worsening," further clarifying concerns over deterioration in the recruitment market and business conditions. - FY2019-Q3WorsenedAnnual report
「In the Japanese economy during the third-quarter cumulative consolidated period, the effective job openings-to-applicants ratio in August continued to decline from 1.63 in April, reaching 1.59, while the preliminary Composite Index of Coincident Indicators was revised down to "worsening" in its underlying assessment. In addition, the September Bank of Japan Tankan survey showed that business conditions among large manufacturers deteriorated for the third consecutive quarter, making concerns over an economic deterioration more pronounced.」
The effective job openings-to-applicants ratio declined from 1.63 to 1.59, and the underlying assessment of the Composite Index of Coincident Indicators was revised down to "worsening." Business conditions among large manufacturers also deteriorated for the third consecutive quarter, making concerns over an economic deterioration more pronounced. - FY2019-Q2WorsenedAnnual report
「In the Japanese economy during the second-quarter cumulative consolidated period, the effective job openings-to-applicants ratio in May remained high at 1.62 but declined for the first time in 7 months, while the June Bank of Japan Tankan survey showed that business conditions among large manufacturers deteriorated for the second consecutive quarter, increasing uncertainty about the outlook.」
Although the effective job openings-to-applicants ratio remained high, it declined for the first time in 7 months, and business conditions among large manufacturers also deteriorated for the second consecutive quarter, increasing uncertainty about the outlook. - FY2019-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「In the Japanese economy during the first-quarter cumulative consolidated period, the effective job openings-to-applicants ratio in February remained at the historically high level of 1.63, although」
The historically high effective job openings-to-applicants ratio of 1.63 was maintained, and the view that conditions in the recruitment market remained strong continued. It also referred to a deterioration in business sentiment. - FY2018-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「In the Japanese economy during the third-quarter cumulative consolidated period, companies' appetite for hiring remained high, and the effective job openings-to-applicants ratio in August reached 1.63, its highest level in 44 years.」
While companies' appetite for hiring remained high, the effective job openings-to-applicants ratio reached a 44-year high of 1.63. - FY2018-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「In the Japanese economy during the second-quarter cumulative consolidated period, companies' appetite for hiring remained high, and the effective job openings-to-applicants ratio in May reached 1.60, its highest level in 44 years.」
While companies' appetite for hiring remained high, the effective job openings-to-applicants ratio reached a 44-year high of 1.60. - FY2018-Q1AdvancedAnnual report
「In the Japanese economy during the first-quarter cumulative consolidated period, companies' appetite for hiring remained high, and the effective job openings-to-applicants ratio in February remained at the high level of 1.58.」
While companies' appetite for hiring remained high, the effective job openings-to-applicants ratio remained at the high level of 1.58. - FY2017AdvancedAnnual report
「In the Japanese economy during the consolidated fiscal year, companies' appetite for hiring remained strong, and the effective job openings-to-applicants ratio in November remained at 1.56, its highest level in 43 years.」
While companies' appetite for hiring remained strong, the effective job openings-to-applicants ratio remained at a 43-year high of 1.56. - FY2017-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「In the Japanese economy during the third-quarter cumulative consolidated period, companies' appetite for hiring remained strong, and the effective job openings-to-applicants ratio in August reached 1.52, its highest level in 43 years.」
While companies' appetite for hiring remained strong, the effective job openings-to-applicants ratio reached a 43-year high of 1.52. - FY2017-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「In the Japanese economy during the second-quarter cumulative consolidated period, companies' appetite for hiring remained strong, and the effective job openings-to-applicants ratio in May reached 1.49, its highest level in 43 years.」
While companies' appetite for hiring remained strong, the effective job openings-to-applicants ratio reached a 43-year high of 1.49. - FY2017-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「Companies' appetite for hiring remained high, and the effective job openings-to-applicants ratio in February remained at 1.43, its highest level in 25 years.」
Companies' appetite for hiring was high, and the effective job openings-to-applicants ratio remained at the high level of 1.43. - FY2016-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「Companies' appetite for hiring remained strong, and the effective job openings-to-applicants ratio in August remained at 1.37, its highest level in 24 years.」
The effective job openings-to-applicants ratio remained high at 1.37, and companies' appetite for hiring did not weaken. - FY2016-Q2First statedAnnual report
「Companies' appetite for hiring remained strong, and the effective job openings-to-applicants ratio in May reached 1.36, its highest level in 24 years.」
Against a backdrop of continued corporate appetite for hiring, the effective job openings-to-applicants ratio was 1.36 in May.