Recruitment and development of talent, and enhancement of expertise

「We have worked to expand consulting-based solutions using data, AI and other technologies, and to strengthen our human resources and organization, while leveraging our strengths as a community-based advertising company and pursuing the goal of becoming a marketing design company using next-generation digital technologies.」

「For the fiscal year ending March 2027, cumulative consolidated ordinary income for the second quarter (April–September) was a loss of ¥73 million, with the deficit narrowing from ¥118 million in the same period of the previous fiscal year.」

「The Company actively recruited specialist personnel in the digital and spatial production fields and also focused on strengthening its organizational foundation.」

「In addition, to support employees' efforts to enter the digital field, the Company encouraged them to obtain web analyst certification and promoted reskilling by covering the associated costs」

「In addition to sales activity costs accompanying the increase in proposal activities and internal digital-transformation costs aimed at strengthening sales and proposal capabilities, the Company incurred higher personnel expenses due to wage increases and share-based compensation expenses accompanying the introduction of restricted stock compensation」

「In addition, to support employees' efforts to take on challenges in the digital field, the company encourages them to obtain Web Analytics certification and covers the associated costs, thereby promoting reskilling. The Group currently has 44 Web Analytics-certified employees and 8 Advanced Web Analytics-certified employees.」

「In addition, to support employees' efforts to take on challenges in the digital field, the company encourages them to obtain Web Analytics certification and covers the associated costs, thereby promoting reskilling. The Group currently has 44 Web Analytics-certified employees and 8 Advanced Web Analytics-certified employees.」

「Selling, general and administrative expenses were ¥707 million, or 103.6% of the year-earlier period, due to higher sales activity costs accompanying the increase in advertising orders and higher personnel expenses resulting from recruitment」

「As competition for human resources intensifies, our Group will work to secure an appropriate workforce and develop talented personnel by strengthening in-house training and education systems and continuing recruitment activities.」

「Through in-house study sessions on digital products and web know-how seminars, the Group worked to sell internet advertising and digital products and support customers' digitalisation」

「Through in-house SNS study sessions and web know-how seminars, the company focused on sales of internet advertising and SNS-related services and on supporting customers' digital transformation,」

「As competition for human resources intensifies, our Group will work to secure an appropriate workforce and develop talented personnel by strengthening in-house training and education systems and continuing recruitment activities.」

「To improve productivity and promote work-style reform, the Company built a new personnel evaluation and compensation system last year that emphasizes achievement of targets by teams. It has also strengthened investment in its people by improving the workplace environment at its main operating sites, introducing mobile PCs, expanding groupware functionality, and introducing a cloud-based talent management tool, thereby improving employees' working environment.」

「In terms of profit, selling, general and administrative expenses were ¥772 million, or 100.0% of the year-earlier period, due in part to recruitment costs aimed at strengthening sales capabilities」

「In addition to recording personnel recruitment costs to strengthen sales capabilities, selling, general and administrative expenses were ¥399 million, or 102.8% of the same period of the previous year」

「Our Group is developing human resources and working to improve each individual's capabilities through a shift to a performance evaluation system that emphasizes quality and the implementation of training by job type and organizational level. Recognizing that increasing productivity within limited working hours and achieving a well-balanced way of working will drive the creation of the corporate value our Group seeks to achieve, we are also working to improve employees' workplace environment, labor management and health management.」

「Although expenses included recruitment, development and training costs for personnel aimed at strengthening sales capabilities, as well as floor renovation costs to ensure a comfortable working environment, selling, general and administrative expenses were ¥1,150 million, essentially unchanged from the prior year (99.5% year on year).」

「Our Group will develop its human resources and work to improve each individual's capabilities by shifting to a performance evaluation system that emphasizes quality and implementing training by job type and organizational level. In addition, by increasing productivity within limited working hours and achieving a well-balanced way of working, we will make this a driving force for the creation of the corporate value that our Group seeks to achieve.」

「The Group conducted training and other programs aimed at enhancing the value of the services it provides.」

「To improve productivity, the Group reviewed its sales structure and provided training aimed at adding value to the services it offers.」

「For the Group, its most important management resource is its people. Developing and recruiting talented personnel is essential to delivering the communications capabilities that satisfy customers.」