Difficulty Securing Talent and Declining Headcount Due to the Shortage of IT Engineers
First written in FY2016-Q3. 11 of 19 entries say "Worsened", first in FY2016. Latest entry: 2026-09-14.
Caica Digital moved to the "Worse" side of this theme in 2017, 8 years before the typical company in this theme (2025).
The whole theme swung hardest in 2026: 34 of 109 companies on the "Worse" side.
102 other companies' latest entry also says "Restated".
- 2026-09-14RestatedEarnings
「Securing engineers and business-partner personnel suited to customer requirements remains an ongoing challenge.」
Difficulty securing engineers and business-partner personnel continued to be identified as a challenge. - FY2026-H1RestatedAnnual report
「In terms of personnel, securing engineers and business-partner staff who meet customer requirements continues to be a challenge.」
Securing engineers and business-partner staff who meet customer requirements continues to be cited as a human-resources challenge. - FY2025-H1WorsenedAnnual report
「Sales at 株式会社ＣＡＩＣＡテクノロジーズ, the IT services business, have remained somewhat weak because the company continues to selectively accept high-value projects to improve margins and because the shortage of engineers has delayed order intake.」
The shortage of engineers has affected performance beyond recruitment difficulties, resulting in delays in order intake and weak sales. - FY2023-Q3WorsenedAnnual report
「Meanwhile, although this is also an industry-wide challenge, competition for highly skilled engineers is becoming increasingly intense.」
It is stated that competition for highly skilled engineers has become even more intense, following the previously chronic shortage. - FY2023-Q1WorsenedAnnual report
「Meanwhile, although this is also an industry-wide challenge, competition for highly skilled engineers is becoming increasingly intense.」
It is stated that competition for highly skilled engineers has become more intense than before. - FY2022-Q1WorsenedAnnual report
「In the non-financial systems development field, customers have a strong appetite for business expansion, IT investment is continuing, and the company is consistently securing inquiries for new projects. However, as orders expand, leader-level talent at ＣＡＩＣＡテクノロジーズ is increasingly in short supply.」
While the company is securing inquiries for new projects, the shortage of leader-level talent accompanying order growth has newly become evident. - FY2021RestatedAnnual report
「Engineers with advanced skills in areas including big data, IoT, AI and blockchain remain in chronically short supply, and competition with rival companies for talent is intensifying.」
The chronic shortage of advanced-technology talent and competition with rival companies for talent continue. - FY2021-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「Inquiries for new projects are increasing, and we are focusing on securing engineers to meet this demand.」
The company is focusing on securing engineers against a backdrop of increasing inquiries for new projects, but there is no indication that the shortage of engineers itself has been resolved. - FY2020RestatedAnnual report
「Meanwhile, the industry as a whole is experiencing a persistent shortage of engineers with the latest skills. Our group is also facing intensifying competition with rival companies for talent, and the shortage of personnel continues.」
The persistent shortage of engineers with the latest skills, competition with rival companies for talent, and the shortage of personnel continue. - FY2020-Q1WorsenedAnnual report
「Meanwhile, the industry as a whole is experiencing a persistent shortage of engineers. Our group is also facing intensifying competition with rival companies to recruit immediately deployable engineers, and the shortage of personnel continues.」
The shortage of engineers and intensifying recruitment competition continued, and higher outsourcing costs caused by difficulties securing engineers were cited as a factor behind the operating loss in the current quarter. - FY2019WorsenedAnnual report
「At 株式会社東京テック, orders remained stable, but sales and profit fell below the previous consolidated fiscal year because of a shortage of engineers.」
The shortage of engineers has affected performance beyond recruitment difficulties, resulting in full-year sales and profit falling below the previous year's levels at 東京テック. - FY2019-Q3WorsenedAnnual report
「At 株式会社東京テック, orders remained stable, but sales and profit fell below the same quarter of the previous year because of a shortage of engineers.」
The shortage of engineers has affected performance at 東京テック, with sales and profit falling below the previous year's levels. In addition to the continuing industry-wide shortage of engineers and recruitment competition, the impact on the performance of an individual subsidiary was also described. - FY2019-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「Meanwhile, the industry as a whole is experiencing a persistent shortage of engineers. Our group is also facing intensifying competition with rival companies to recruit immediately deployable engineers, and the shortage of personnel continues.」
The persistent shortage of engineers, competition with rival companies for talent, and shortage of immediately deployable personnel continue to be cited. - FY2018RestatedAnnual report
「The information services industry faces the challenge of responding to increasingly complex and sophisticated technologies, in addition to a chronic shortage of engineers.」
The chronic shortage of engineers and the need to respond to increasingly sophisticated technologies continue to be cited as human-resources challenges. - FY2018-Q2WorsenedAnnual report
「Meanwhile, the shortage of engineers has become chronic across the industry, and competition with other companies for experienced engineers has intensified within the group, resulting in a shortage of personnel.」
The shortage of engineers has become chronic, and competition with other companies for experienced personnel has intensified, indicating that personnel constraints are continuing and becoming more severe. - FY2017WorsenedAnnual report
「Meanwhile, in addition to the chronic shortage of engineers, the company faces the challenge of responding to increasingly complex and advanced technologies.」
In addition to the chronic shortage of engineers, responding to increasingly complex and advanced technologies is explicitly identified as a challenge, indicating that personnel constraints are widening. - FY2017-Q3WorsenedAnnual report
「Intensifying competition for engineers has made it difficult for the company to hire experienced engineers mid-career, resulting in a shortage of personnel and delaying the expansion of orders.」
In addition to the shortage of IT engineers, intensifying competition for engineers and difficulty hiring experienced mid-career personnel have resulted in delays in expanding orders. - FY2016WorsenedAnnual report
「The number of employees decreased by 82 from the end of the previous consolidated fiscal year to 411. The main reasons were difficulty in timely replenishing personnel in business divisions, partly due to the shortage of IT engineers across the information services industry, and reductions in indirect administrative personnel accompanying operational streamlining.」
The continuing shortage of IT engineers and difficulty securing personnel have become evident in the decline in headcount. - FY2016-Q3First statedAnnual report
「The shortage of IT engineers across the information services industry as a whole remained unresolved, and difficult conditions for securing personnel continued.」
The shortage of IT engineers and difficulty securing personnel continued, while the number of employees also declined by 69 during the cumulative period through the quarter.