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eole (2334) · RiskDropped

Decline in Recruitment Advertising Placements Due to COVID-19 and Impact on Business Performance

First written in FY2020. 2 of 7 entries say "Restated". Latest entry: FY2024.

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ProgressHeldSoftenedWorseRestatedFY2021 – FY20242020: 320202021: 220212022: 120222023: 020232024: 12024
Same theme, other companies
Decline in Advertising Spend and Advertising Engagements Won Due to COVID-19A theme 21 companies write about · 21 as a headwind · 1 as a tailwind

eole moved to the "Worse" side of this theme in 2020, 1 year before the typical company in this theme (2021).

The whole theme swung hardest in 2025: 1 of 7 companies on the "Worse" side.

5 other companies' latest entry also says "Dropped".

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  1. FY2024DroppedAnnual report
    The filing does not contain a statement identifying as an independent risk a decline in recruitment advertising placements by the food service and events industries due to COVID-19.
  2. FY2022RestatedAnnual report

    「Our core business is performance-based recruitment advertising, and its customers include companies in the food service and events industries. There is a risk that a decline in future advertising placements by customers in these industries, as well as reduced willingness to place advertisements among customers across a broad range of industries due to a decline in the active job openings-to-applicants ratio if the effects of COVID-19 are prolonged, could affect our operating performance.」

    Continued to identify as a risk the impact on demand for recruitment advertising from declining placements by the food service and events industries and from a lower active job openings-to-applicants ratio.
  3. FY2021RestatedAnnual report

    「Our core business is performance-based recruitment advertising, and its customers include companies in the food service and events industries. There is a risk that a decline in future advertising placements by customers in these industries, as well as reduced willingness to place advertisements among customers across a broad range of industries due to a decline in the active job openings-to-applicants ratio if the effects of COVID-19 are prolonged, could affect our operating performance.」

    Continued to identify as a risk the impact on demand for recruitment advertising from declining placements by the food service and events industries and from a lower active job openings-to-applicants ratio.
  4. FY2021-Q3SoftenedAnnual report

    「In the internet-based job advertising market, which has been a focus of the Company, the effective job openings-to-applicants ratio has declined substantially since March 2020 as economic activity stagnated amid requests for voluntary restraints and business closures due to the spread of COVID-19. Although signs of a bottom have recently emerged, a faster recovery is desired.」

    Stated that the deterioration in the recruitment market due to COVID-19 continued, although the active job openings-to-applicants ratio had recently shown signs of bottoming out. However, the recovery was still considered insufficient.
  5. FY2021-Q2WorsenedAnnual report

    「Economic activity has stagnated because of voluntary restrictions and requests for business closures associated with the spread of COVID-19. As a result, the active job openings-to-applicants ratio fell substantially from March 2020, and uncertainty over the outlook has continued.」

    Regarding the decline in recruitment advertising placements and its impact on operating performance due to COVID-19, stated that the active job openings-to-applicants ratio had fallen substantially since March 2020 and that uncertainty over the outlook continued.
  6. FY2021-Q1MaterialisedAnnual report

    「Economic activity has stagnated because of voluntary restrictions and requests for business closures associated with the spread of COVID-19, resulting in a declining trend and a rapid deterioration in employment conditions.」

    Regarding the risk of declining recruitment advertising placements and an impact on operating performance due to COVID-19, a declining trend in the active job openings-to-applicants ratio and a rapid deterioration in employment conditions actually occurred.
  7. FY2020First statedAnnual report

    「Our core business is performance-based recruitment advertising, and its customers include companies in the food service and events industries. There is a risk that a decline in future advertising placements by customers in these industries, as well as reduced willingness to place advertisements among customers across a broad range of industries due to a decline in the active job openings-to-applicants ratio if the effects of COVID-19 are prolonged, could affect our operating performance.」

    For COVID-19, independently identified for the first time the risks of declining placements by customers in the food service and events industries, a decline in the active job openings-to-applicants ratio, and reduced willingness to place advertisements across a broad range of industries. A decline in the number of recruitment advertisements in March was also reported in the same filing.
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"Increase in the Number of Job-Site Listings" moved the same way as this thread, in the same document, in 3 of its 7 moves.

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  1. ★This thread
  2. 1Increase in the Number of Job-Site Listings3×
  3. 2Contraction of the Job-Listing Market Due to Fluctuations in Economic and Employment Conditions3×
  4. 3Uncertainty Over the Outlook Due to Uncertainty Surrounding Overseas Political Conditions3×
  5. 4Dilution of shareholder value through the exercise of stock options2×
  6. 5Fluctuations in Internet Advertising Demand Due to Economic Changes and Reduced Advertising Budgets2×

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