Recruitment and Training of Talented People and Experienced Consultants

「During the interim consolidated accounting period, the number of employees in our group increased by 348 from the end of the previous consolidated fiscal year to 2,746, reflecting active mid-career and new graduate recruitment.」

「In particular, we plan to recruit 203 new graduates this fiscal year and significantly strengthen our training system to accelerate their development into productive employees.」

「In FY2026, our group will continue working to strengthen human capital with the aim of medium- to long-term business expansion. In particular, we will allocate resources commensurate with organizational growth to increasing and training talented consultants and developing our management structure, while fostering a corporate culture with high employee engagement.」

「Human capital development is the most important driver of our growth. In the first half, broadly in line with the initial plan, we increased the number of consultants by approximately 250, including approximately 150 new graduates.」

「To strengthen human capital, we will continue recruiting, training, and retaining consultants, while also selecting and developing candidates for senior management, with the aim of growing the business with a view to the future.」

「For consultants with limited experience, we will provide thorough instruction in the basic activities from interviews with registered candidates through placement completion. For experienced consultants who are already fully productive, we will improve productivity by focusing on strengthening expertise in their business areas and on higher-income placements.」

「We are increasing consultant numbers, essential to the growth of this business, in line with the initial plan, while using our independently developed induction training program, JAC Standard, to accelerate their development into productive personnel and enhancing career programs within the group.」

「We will continue and further strengthen efforts to increase and train talented consultants and reinforce management, with the aim of medium- to long-term business expansion.」

「Our group’s domestic recruitment business has continued increasing consultant numbers, essential to the growth of the business, in line with the initial plan. With a view to expanding the business scale, we also strengthened the organizational structure by increasing the number of executive officers and senior employees at division-manager level, including within the administration headquarters.」

「Under training based on JAC Standard, which our group’s consultants have been expected to attain since the previous year, the securing of consultant personnel has progressed broadly in line with the initial plan, and we will continue to increase headcount as planned.」

「Regarding consultant numbers, strengthening the recruitment team, a key initiative for 2022, enabled us to hire more than 20 consultants every month since July.」

「More specifically, as a result of increasing the recruitment team and strengthening recruitment, we have hired more than 20 consultants every month since July.」

「More specifically, as a result of increasing the recruitment team and pursuing these initiatives, the significant increase in consultant hiring is producing results in line with the initial plan.」

「More specifically, while strengthening the recruitment function to significantly increase consultant hiring,」

「In FY2022, the domestic recruitment business will work to increase and train consultants and strengthen management, with a view to medium- to long-term business expansion.」

「Recruitment, which we have been advancing against the backdrop of a recovering market and solid business performance, did not produce sufficient results in the first half. After clarifying the causes, we strengthened the recruitment department and substantially reformed the recruitment structure. As a result, recruitment progress since July has been at a level well above the monthly average for the first half, and we continue to treat achieving the year-end recruitment target as the top priority for the second half.」

「Recruitment did not produce sufficient results in the first half. Accordingly, in the second half, we will vigorously strengthen the recruitment structure and accelerate budget allocation, treating recruitment as the top management priority and working reliably toward achieving our targets.」

「Given this situation, we will focus on strengthening recruitment, another key theme for the current fiscal year, and work to quickly restore the number of consultant personnel, which declined in the previous year.」

「While maintaining the basic principle of selective hiring capable of withstanding a challenging environment, we will seek a net increase in consultants to the extent permitted by business conditions, with the aim of quickly resuming business expansion.」

「In light of the situation described above, we are implementing tighter cost controls than in the initial plan, including with respect to employee recruitment.」

「For consultant recruitment, we will pursue selective hiring capable of withstanding a challenging environment, thereby improving and stabilizing productivity, while prioritizing retention and aiming for a net increase in highly productive consultants.」

「We are also recruiting international students studying overseas who are scheduled to join us next spring, in preparation for further globalization in the future.」

「Notably, strong performance was supported by the achievement of the planned headcount through various recruitment measures, including the delegation of recruitment authority to branch and division managers, and by the fact that enhanced training systems enabled the productivity of new consultants to improve largely in line with the plan. As we pursue further medium- to long-term organizational expansion, we will reaffirm the importance of recruitment and productivity and further strengthen efforts to recruit and retain suitable personnel and enhance employee training.」

「In the current fiscal year, with a view to medium- to long-term organizational expansion, we made substantial investments and advanced fundamental development of the business infrastructure required for a consultant workforce of 1,000 through employee recruitment, securing registered candidates, development of a new core information system, and other initiatives. As a result, the increase in consultant numbers was ahead of the planned number for the end of December as of the end of September.」

「In particular, during the six-month period ended in the second quarter, with a view to future organizational expansion, we made substantial investments while keeping profit at approximately the level of the previous year, and advanced fundamental development of the business infrastructure required for a consultant workforce of 1,000 through employee recruitment, securing registered candidates, development of a new core information system, and other initiatives.」

「The difficulty of recruiting employees, amid historically high active job-opening ratios, is no exception for our company. Promoting the recruitment, training, and retention of recruitment consultants will remain a top management priority in FY2018.」

「In the current fiscal year, our group adopted “Grow and Expand” as its management theme and, with a view to medium- to long-term business development, is strengthening the recruitment of talented personnel with future potential and expanding the investment required for their training. Taking seriously the fact that headcount fell below the planned level in the previous fiscal year, we have strengthened the recruitment function and enhanced recruitment initiatives to make up the shortfall. However, reflecting the strong economy, the difficulty of the hiring environment this fiscal year has exceeded the expectations held at the start of the year.」

「In the current fiscal year, our group adopted “Grow and Expand” as its management theme and, with a view to medium- to long-term business development, is strengthening the recruitment of talented personnel with future potential and expanding the investment required for their training. In particular, taking seriously the fact that headcount fell below the planned level in the previous fiscal year, we are strengthening the recruitment function and enhancing recruitment initiatives in the current fiscal year to make up the shortfall.」

「In the current fiscal year, our group adopted “Grow and Expand” as its management theme and is expanding the investment required to strengthen the recruitment and training of recruitment consultants, with the aim of securing a path to medium- to long-term growth. Taking seriously the fact that the number of such consultants fell below the planned level in the previous fiscal year, we will actively implement measures in the current fiscal year to make up the shortfall.」

「Our group’s recruitment business is focusing on recruiting and training talented personnel and experienced consultants capable of handling high-value mandates. To further expand the scale of the recruitment business, we opened the Shizuoka Branch in July as our seventh office, and from October established a new system under which all of our consultants participate in recruiting our own employees, working to secure the necessary headcount.」

「Our group’s recruitment business is focusing on recruiting and training talented personnel and experienced consultants capable of handling high-value mandates.」