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Smartphone Support for "@type" and New User Acquisition Through Advertising

First written in FY2016. 16 of 22 entries say "Advanced", first in FY2017-Q1. Latest entry: 2026-07-31.

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Acquiring job seekers through mobile support and advertising for the job-change website “@type”A theme 1 companies write about · 0 as a headwind · 1 as a tailwind

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  1. 2026-07-31AdvancedFinancial results briefing materials

    「The number of applications increased substantially year on year through initiatives to attract applications using email newsletters and IT tools. The number of applications increased as a result of initiatives to promote applications through scouting and apps.」

    The disclosure described initiatives using email newsletters, IT tools, scouting, and apps to attract applications, and the resulting increase in applications.
  2. FY2023RestatedAnnual report

    「In terms of user acquisition, the company began advertising featuring Audrey in February 2023 and sought to raise awareness of and strengthen the type brand. As a result, registered-user acquisition for both "type" and "Women’s Career type" progressed steadily.」

    The company continued its advertising campaign featuring Audrey, launched in February 2023, to raise awareness of and strengthen the branding of the type brand and attract registrants to both recruitment websites.
  3. FY2023-Q3RestatedAnnual report

    「In terms of user acquisition, the company began advertising featuring Audrey in February 2023 and sought to raise awareness of and strengthen the type brand. As a result, registered-user acquisition for both "type" and "Women’s Career type" progressed steadily.」

    Advertising featuring Audrey launched in February 2023 helped raise awareness of and strengthen the type brand, while registered-user acquisition for both recruitment sites progressed steadily.
  4. FY2023-Q2AdvancedAnnual report

    「The company began advertising featuring Audrey in February 2023 and sought to raise awareness of and strengthen the type brand. As a result, registered-user acquisition for both "type" and "Women’s Career type" progressed steadily.」

    The company began advertising featuring Audrey in February 2023, working to raise awareness of and strengthen the type brand and acquire registered users for both recruitment sites.
  5. FY2023-Q1AdvancedAnnual report

    「In terms of user acquisition, the company renovated its smartphone app and the "Women’s Career type" website and conducted advertising to acquire registered users. As a result, registrations and applications for both "type" and "Women’s Career type" progressed steadily.」

    The company renovated its smartphone app and the "Women’s Career type" website and conducted advertising to acquire registered users, resulting in steady registration and application acquisition for both services.
  6. FY2022AdvancedAnnual report

    「Released the web version of "Direct type" in July 2022」

    The company released the web version of Direct type in July 2022, adding a new means of attracting and directly approaching job seekers.
  7. FY2022-Q1AdvancedAnnual report

    「In terms of user acquisition, the company upgraded and enhanced its smartphone apps and AI-powered job recommendation functions and made an additional investment of ¥20 million in advertising and promotional expenses. As a result, registrations and applications for both "type" and "Women’s Career type" progressed steadily.」

    The company upgraded and enhanced its smartphone apps and AI job recommendation functions and made an additional investment of ¥20 million in advertising and promotional expenses. Registrations and applications for type and Women’s Career type progressed steadily.
  8. FY2021AdvancedAnnual report

    「In terms of user acquisition, the company implemented new measures, including upgrading and enhancing its smartphone apps and AI-powered job recommendation functions and holding online conferences for engineers through the web media site "Engineer type." As a result, registrations and applications for both "type" and "Women’s Career type" progressed as planned. Although advertising and promotional expenses were initially planned to be substantially reduced, revenue exceeded plan by more than expected, prompting an additional investment of ¥280 million in the second half of the fiscal year ending September 2021 to strengthen the acquisition of registered users.」

    In addition to its apps, AI job recommendation functions, and online conferences, the company made an additional investment of ¥280 million in the second half of the fiscal year ending September 2021 to strengthen registered-user acquisition.
  9. FY2021-Q3AdvancedAnnual report

    「In terms of user acquisition, the company implemented new measures, including upgrading and enhancing its smartphone apps and AI-powered job recommendation functions, and registrations and applications for both "type" and "Women’s Career type" progressed as planned. Although advertising and promotional expenses were initially planned to be substantially reduced, revenue exceeded plan by more than expected, prompting an additional investment of approximately ¥150 million in television commercials and other advertising to strengthen the acquisition of registered users.」

    In addition to upgrading and enhancing its smartphone apps and AI job recommendation functions, the company made an additional investment of approximately ¥150 million in television commercials and other advertising to strengthen registered-user acquisition for type and Women’s Career type.
  10. FY2020AdvancedAnnual report

    「The recruitment app "Direct type," released in August 2020, has steadily acquired member registrations, and the company will continue strengthening efforts to acquire job seekers from segments different from those targeted by "type" and "Women’s Career type."」

    In addition to the existing "type" and "Women’s Career type," the company released "Direct type" in August 2020 to acquire different segments of job seekers, and acquired member registrations.
  11. FY2020-Q3AdvancedAnnual report

    「In terms of user acquisition, although advertising and promotional expenses were reduced, registrations and applications for both "type" and "Women’s Career type" progressed steadily as a result of upgrading and enhancing their smartphone apps and AI-powered job recommendation functions.」

    Amid reduced advertising and promotional expenses, the company upgraded and enhanced the smartphone apps and AI job recommendation functions of type and Women’s Career type, and registrations and applications progressed steadily.
  12. FY2020-Q2AdvancedAnnual report

    「In terms of user acquisition, registrations and applications through the "Women’s Career type" smartphone app, released in October 2019, progressed steadily.」

    The company released the "Women’s Career type" smartphone app in October 2019, and registrations and applications through the app progressed steadily.
  13. FY2019AdvancedAnnual report

    「The company invested in advertising and promotion, including a large-scale campaign from January 2019, and implemented measures to strengthen its products, including enhancing the "type" smartphone app and adding AI matching functionality for PCs and smartphones. As a result, indicators such as new-member acquisition and applications progressed steadily, and revenue in the Engineer and Sales markets of "type" remained strong.」

    For "type," the company conducted large-scale advertising, strengthened its smartphone app, and added AI matching functionality for PCs and smartphones, contributing to improvements in new-member acquisition and applications.
  14. FY2019-Q3RestatedAnnual report

    「In the third quarter, in addition to continuing the advertising and promotional campaign, the company implemented various measures to strengthen its products, including enhancing the "type" smartphone app. As a result, indicators such as new-member acquisition and applications progressed steadily.」

    After changing the name to "type," the company continued its advertising and promotional campaign and strengthened its smartphone app, while new-member acquisition and applications progressed steadily.
  15. FY2019-Q2ReframedAnnual report

    「The recruitment site's name was changed from "@type" to "type" in January 2019. In addition to the advertising and promotional campaign launched in January 2019, the company implemented measures including AI functionality on "type" and enhanced SEO, resulting in steady trends in indicators such as new-member acquisition and applications.」

    The company changed the recruitment site's name from "@type" to "type" and, in addition to the advertising and promotional campaign, implemented AI functionality and enhanced SEO.
  16. FY2019-Q1AdvancedAnnual report

    「As "type" conducts an advertising campaign featuring Audrey's Toshiaki Kasuga (春日俊彰) as a new image character from the second quarter, the company strengthened sales in the first quarter in preparation for the campaign. As a result, December orders in the media information business grew by double digits year on year and remained strong. These orders are expected to be recognized as second-quarter revenue.」

    The company plans to launch advertising featuring Audrey's Toshiaki Kasuga (春日俊彰) for "type" from the second quarter, and sales efforts in the first quarter in preparation for the campaign resulted in double-digit year-on-year growth in December orders.
  17. FY2018AdvancedAnnual report

    「For its products, the company implemented various measures to strengthen its smartphone app and product offering, including optimizing the UI for smartphone displays, and the number of registered users and applicants showed signs of recovery from the fourth quarter onward.」

    The company strengthened its smartphone app and optimized the UI for smartphone displays, and the number of registered users and applicants showed signs of recovery from the fourth quarter onward.
  18. FY2018-Q3AdvancedAnnual report

    「However, after implementing various measures to strengthen its smartphone app and product offering, revenue in the Engineer market increased 9.0% year on year, while revenue in the Sales market decreased 11.1% and revenue in the Women's market increased 1.1%.」

    The company implemented measures to strengthen its smartphone app and product offering. Revenue in the Engineer market increased 9.0% year on year, while the Sales market declined 11.1% and the Women's market increased 1.1%.
  19. FY2017RestatedAnnual report

    「For its products, the company conducted promotional campaigns for "@type" and "Women’s Career @type" using transit and web advertising. As a result of efforts to increase new members and applications, both progressed steadily.」

    The company conducted transit and web advertising campaigns for "@type" and "Women’s Career @type," and the number of new members and applications progressed steadily.
  20. FY2017-Q2AdvancedAnnual report

    「The company also launched a new advertising and promotional campaign for "@type," and new member registrations progressed steadily.」

    The company states that it conducted the new advertising and promotional campaign planned for the first quarter, and that new member registrations progressed steadily.
  21. FY2017-Q1AdvancedAnnual report

    「As "@type" conducts an advertising campaign featuring a new image character from the second quarter, revenue expected in the first quarter is now expected to be recognized in the second quarter.」

    The company plans to launch an advertising campaign featuring a new image character for @type from the second quarter.
  22. FY2016First statedAnnual report

    「For our core recruitment site "@type," we will step up efforts to attract smartphone users and pursue cost-effective advertising and promotional strategies, including online and transit advertising, to raise awareness and drive the acquisition of new users.」

    The company cites attracting smartphone users to @type, online and transit advertising, and raising awareness as measures to acquire new users.
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  1. ★This thread
  2. 1Slowing Sales in the Engineer Market9×
  3. 2Strengthening the Sales Organization and Expanding the Client Base9×
  4. 3Improving Attendance at Events in the New Graduate Media Business9×
  5. 4Expansion of New Mandates and Student Registrations for the Class of 20199×
  6. 5Expansion of the women's market through advertising and social media promotion8×
  7. 6Payment of Dividends7×

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