Recruitment and development of talent to support business expansion
First written in FY2016. 14 of 21 entries say "Advanced", first in FY2017-Q2. Latest entry: FY2026.
109 other companies' latest entry also says "Advanced".
- FY2026AdvancedAnnual report
「The group has adopted the company's corporate motto, “People are life, people are treasure, people are assets,” as a common basic policy. Through recruitment and organizational strategies and the optimization of personnel systems, it is advancing human capital management across all group companies by sharing management values, objectives and progress, while creating value through human capital as a source of contributions to regional communities through advertising and the group's sustainable growth.」
The company has positioned its recruitment- and training-centered workforce measures as advanced human capital management encompassing group-wide recruitment and organizational strategies and the optimization of personnel systems. Consolidated employee numbers increased by 61 from the end of the previous fiscal year to 588. - FY2026-H1AdvancedAnnual report
「During the current interim consolidated accounting period, employee numbers increased by 69 due to the addition of consolidated subsidiaries and other factors.」
The number of employees at consolidated companies increased by 69 during the current interim consolidated accounting period due to the consolidation of Chuko Workin and other factors. - FY2025AdvancedAnnual report
「To accelerate employee development and strengthen organizational capabilities, the company provides thorough employee training centered on various training programs and OJT, as well as support for obtaining public qualifications. It will realize strategic human capital development to increase contributions to the business by clarifying goal-setting and personnel appraisal methods for more appropriate employee evaluations, and to achieve an optimal allocation of labor in line with its growth strategy.」
The company has given concrete form to its workforce measures through recruitment, training and OJT, support for obtaining public qualifications, clarification of appraisal methods and strategic human capital development. - FY2023AdvancedAnnual report
「To secure personnel for its sales force, the group recruits new graduates and hires mid-career employees as needed. To ensure appropriate employee evaluations, the company has clarified employee goal-setting and personnel appraisal methods, and will develop sales personnel through thorough employee training centered on OJT.」
The company continues new-graduate and mid-career recruitment, clarification of goal-setting and appraisal methods, and OJT-based training. Following the acquisition of consolidated subsidiaries, employee numbers rose by 70 from the end of the previous fiscal year to 439. - FY2023-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「During the cumulative third quarter, employee numbers in the media advertising business increased by 86 due to the addition of consolidated subsidiaries and other factors.」
Employee numbers in the media advertising business increased by 86 due to the addition of consolidated subsidiaries and other factors. - FY2023-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「During the cumulative second quarter, employee numbers in the media advertising business increased by 99 due to the addition of consolidated subsidiaries and other factors.」
Employee numbers in the media advertising business increased by 99 due to the addition of consolidated subsidiaries and other factors. - FY2023-Q1AdvancedAnnual report
「During the cumulative first quarter, employee numbers in the media advertising business increased by 73 due to the addition of consolidated subsidiaries and other factors.」
Employee numbers in the media advertising business increased by 73 due to the addition of consolidated subsidiaries and other factors. - FY2021AdvancedAnnual report
「To secure personnel for its sales force, the group recruits new graduates and hires mid-career employees as needed. To ensure appropriate employee evaluations, the company has clarified employee goal-setting and personnel appraisal methods, and will develop sales personnel through thorough employee training centered on OJT.」
The company has given concrete form to its workforce measures through new-graduate and mid-career recruitment, clarification of goal-setting and appraisal methods, and OJT-centered training. - FY2021-Q2ReframedAnnual report
「On the expense side, the company worked to reform its personnel system and maintain employment while continuing to curb nonessential and nonurgent spending.」
The focus has shifted from workforce measures centered on recruitment and staffing for business expansion toward reforming the personnel system, maintaining employment and curbing expenses during the COVID-19 pandemic. - FY2021-Q1ReframedAnnual report
「The company also worked to maintain employment while curbing nonessential and nonurgent expenses,」
The focus of workforce measures has shifted from recruitment and staffing to support business expansion toward maintaining employment and curbing expenses during the COVID-19 pandemic. - FY2020-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「In addition to strengthening and consolidating the sales division through the first-quarter integration of the Development Division, the creative division, with the Sales Division, the company worked to improve productivity and restore earnings power by improving business processes and internal systems to make sales operations more efficient and less labor-intensive, and revising internal regulations to support employee development.」
Amid constraints on human resources, the company gave concrete form to workforce initiatives, including the integration and consolidation of the Sales Division and the revision of internal regulations to support employee development. - FY2020-Q1SoftenedAnnual report
「During the cumulative first quarter, the company's operating environment became even more challenging as the shift toward lower-cost online advertising and the difficulty of securing human resources continued from the previous fiscal year, while the company also faced upward pressure on printing paper prices amid supply shortages.」
The difficulty of securing human resources has continued from the previous fiscal year, and the company states that business expansion premised on recruiting and securing personnel remains constrained. - FY2019SoftenedAnnual report
「Human resources are the company's most important management resource. Against a backdrop of chronic labor shortages, securing and developing talented personnel is an important issue as the company expands its directly operated publishing areas and strengthens its management structure through an increase in VC contractual partners.」
The company positions human resources as an important management resource and continues to treat recruitment and development as issues amid the chronic labor shortage. The company has not stated that the previous constraints on securing human resources have been resolved. - FY2019-Q3SoftenedAnnual report
「As the securing of human resources fell short of the assumptions underlying the earnings forecast, first-half results fell below forecast, and at the beginning of the second half the company revised downward its expected first-half results and full-year earnings forecast. During the third quarter, as the difficulty of securing human resources continued,」
The securing of human resources fell short of the assumptions underlying the earnings forecast, continuing to constrain initiatives to support business expansion through recruitment and staffing. - FY2019-Q2SoftenedAnnual report
「However, the severe labor shortage in Japan has had a significant adverse impact on the company as a regional advertising agency, making it difficult to secure sufficient mid-career hires and leaving the company unable to secure the human resources that were a prerequisite for an earnings recovery.」
The existing initiative of supporting business expansion through recruitment has been constrained by the severe labor shortage, which has made it difficult to secure sufficient mid-career hires. - FY2018AdvancedAnnual report
「Human resources are the company's most important management resource. Against a backdrop of chronic labor shortages, securing and developing talented personnel is an important issue as the company expands its directly operated publishing areas and strengthens its management structure through an increase in VC contractual partners.」
The company positions human resources as its most important management resource and continues recruitment, development and the identification of personnel in publishing areas in response to the chronic labor shortage. Year-end employee numbers reached 381. - FY2018-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「As stated in the “Notice Concerning Revisions to Earnings Forecasts” disclosed on 6 October 2017, selling, general and administrative expenses amounted to ¥2,446.703 million, up 8.2% year on year, due to higher personnel expenses resulting from increased staffing for summer incentive payments, preparations for new magazine launches and other factors.」
The company increased staffing in preparation for new magazine launches and other initiatives, resulting in an 8.2% year-on-year increase in selling, general and administrative expenses. - FY2017AdvancedAnnual report
「On the expense side, the company increased its workforce as the free magazine business expanded, and upfront investment costs for developing operating bases and other initiatives increased. Employees (people): 366 [90]」
To support the expansion of the free magazine business, the company increased its workforce. Year-end employee numbers were 366, including temporary employees as shown in the figure. - FY2017-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「During the cumulative third quarter, employee numbers increased by 23 in the media business and 18 company-wide as the company's operations expanded, while the advertising sales promotion business saw a decrease of 3 employees.」
To support the expansion of operations, the company increased headcount by 23 in the media business and 18 company-wide, while headcount in the advertising sales promotion business decreased by 3. - FY2017-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「As a result, revenue was ¥3,523.864 million and gross profit was ¥1,655.629 million. In addition, the company actively increased its workforce, developed operating bases centered on Nagoya, where the Linear project is progressing, and invested in systems to strengthen its business base in preparation for the nationwide rollout of its free magazines. Operating profit was ¥144.313 million, ordinary profit was ¥142.968 million and net income for the quarter was ¥107.671 million.」
The company increased its workforce to support the nationwide rollout, with employee numbers rising by 35 in the media business and 15 company-wide. Workforce initiatives are progressing in the form of concrete increases in headcount. - FY2016First statedAnnual report
「The company considers the recruitment and development of talented personnel important, and will develop its workforce by further enhancing its internal training programs and utilizing external training programs.」
The company places importance on recruitment and internal and external training to support the expansion of directly operated areas and the increase in VC contractual partners.