Decline in placements due to earlier start of graduate recruitment
First written in FY2018-Q1. 8 of 20 entries say "Mitigated", first in FY2018. Latest entry: FY2026-H1.
Career Design Center moved to the "Worse" side of this theme in 2019.
0 other companies' latest entry also says "Worsened".
- FY2026-H1WorsenedAnnual report
「During the interim accounting period, the number of registrations and interviews for students expected to graduate in 2027 increased, and we continued acquiring job openings, mainly those based on hiring results from the previous fiscal year. However, the timing of students’ acceptance of job offers was delayed, slowing the growth in the number of placements.」
Registrations and interviews of students graduating in 2027 increased, but growth in placements slowed because the timing of acceptance of job offers was pushed back. - 2026-04-30WorsenedFinancial results
「During the interim accounting period, the number of registrations and interviews for students expected to graduate in 2027 increased, and we continued acquiring job openings, mainly those based on hiring results from the previous fiscal year. However, the timing of students’ acceptance of job offers was delayed, slowing the growth in the number of placements.」
Student registrations, interviews, and the acquisition of job openings progressed, but the delay in students accepting job offers slowed the growth in placements. - FY2025WorsenedAnnual report
「During the fiscal year, revenue increased from the previous fiscal year as the company sought to increase placements by expanding student registrations and developing job openings. However, revenue fell below plan because registrations of students graduating in 2026 slowed and withdrawals from accepted job offers exceeded expectations, resulting in an ordinary loss.」
Revenue increased as the company strengthened student registrations and the development of job openings, but the shortfall against plan and ordinary losses continued due to slower registrations of students graduating in 2026 and withdrawals from accepted job offers exceeding expectations. - FY2025-H1MitigatedAnnual report
「During the interim accounting period, the company increased student registrations in response to the earlier timing of job-hunting activities and strengthened its development of job openings, leading to an increase in placements at major companies.」
As job-hunting activities continued to move earlier, the number of placements at major companies increased through higher student registrations and stronger development of job openings, helping address the risk of a decline in placements caused by the earlier timing. - FY2024WorsenedAnnual report
「During the fiscal year, the number of placements declined because student registrations for those graduating in 2025 and customer development slowed.」
In the new graduate placement business, registrations of students graduating in 2025 and customer development slowed, resulting in a decline in placements. Revenue from the new graduate placement business fell 27.4% year on year. - FY2024-Q2WorsenedAnnual report
「During the cumulative second quarter, student job searches generally moved earlier. Although completed placements among students expected to graduate in 2024 decreased substantially from the previous year, completed placements among students expected to graduate in 2025 increased as the Company strengthened its development of job mandates.」
The number of placements for students graduating in 2024 fell sharply from the previous year as job-hunting activities moved earlier. Meanwhile, the number of placements for students graduating in 2025 increased as the company strengthened its development of job openings. - FY2023-Q3MitigatedAnnual report
「During the cumulative third quarter, the acquisition of new mandates remained firm as the Company strengthened its development of mandates from hiring companies with strong needs for earlier recruitment activity among students expected to graduate in 2024. Completed placements increased, particularly in the IT industry.」
The Company strengthened its development of mandates from hiring companies with strong needs for earlier recruitment activity. The acquisition of new mandates for students expected to graduate in 2024 remained firm, and completed placements increased, particularly in the IT industry. - FY2023-Q2MitigatedAnnual report
「Completed placements among students expected to graduate in 2024 increased as the Company strengthened its development of mandates from hiring companies with strong needs for earlier recruitment activity.」
The Company strengthened its development of mandates from hiring companies responding to the need for earlier recruitment activity, and completed placements among students expected to graduate in 2024 increased. The Company continues to address the risk of fewer completed placements associated with earlier hiring activity. - FY2023-Q1MitigatedAnnual report
「Completed placements among students expected to graduate in 2024 increased as the Company strengthened its development of mandates from hiring companies with strong needs for earlier recruitment activity.」
The Company strengthened its development of mandates from hiring companies responding to the need for earlier recruitment activity, and completed placements among students expected to graduate in 2024 increased. - FY2022MitigatedAnnual report
「During the fiscal year, the acquisition of new mandates and registrants remained firm. Completed placements increased among students expected to graduate in 2023, particularly in the IT industry, while job searches among students expected to graduate in 2024 showed a trend toward earlier activity and completed placements increased as the Company strengthened its development of new mandates.」
Although the trend toward earlier job searches continued, completed placements increased among students graduating in 2023 and those expected to graduate in 2024, supported by the acquisition of new mandates and mandates in the IT industry. - FY2022-Q1WorsenedAnnual report
「During the cumulative first quarter, the Company strengthened its acquisition of new mandates, particularly in the IT industry, but activity among students expected to graduate in 2023 had slowed from the previous fiscal year, resulting in a decrease in completed placements.」
Activity among students expected to graduate in 2023 slowed, and completed placements decreased. The disclosure describes a deterioration from the increase in completed placements achieved through the previous fiscal year in response to earlier hiring activity. - FY2021-Q3MitigatedAnnual report
「Job searches by students expected to graduate in 2023 showed a trend toward earlier activity, and the number of completed placements increased as the Company strengthened its development of new mandates.」
Although the trend toward earlier job searches continues, completed placements among students expected to graduate in 2023 increased as a result of the Company's strengthened development of new mandates. - FY2021-Q1MitigatedAnnual report
「Job searches by students expected to graduate in 2022 showed a trend toward earlier activity, and the number of completed placements increased as the Company strengthened its development of new mandates.」
Although the trend toward earlier job searches continues, completed placements among students expected to graduate in 2022 increased as the Company strengthened its development of new mandates. The current-quarter disclosure indicates progress toward improvement in the decrease in completed placements associated with earlier hiring activity. - FY2020WorsenedAnnual report
「In the fiscal year, in addition to a decrease in the number of students expected to graduate in 2021 that hiring companies planned to recruit, recruitment schedules were generally pushed back. As a result, student placements fell below plan and revenue was substantially below plan.」
For students expected to graduate in 2021, hiring companies reduced their planned recruitment and pushed back their recruitment schedules throughout the fiscal year, causing completed placements and revenue to fall substantially below plan. - FY2020-Q3MaterialisedAnnual report
「During the cumulative third quarter, in addition to a decrease in the number of students expected to graduate in 2021 that hiring companies planned to recruit, recruitment schedules were generally pushed back. As a result, completed placements fell below plan and revenue was substantially below plan.」
For students expected to graduate in 2021, hiring companies reduced their planned recruitment and pushed back their recruitment schedules, causing completed placements and revenue in the new-graduate placement business to fall substantially below plan. - FY2020-Q2From the risk of earlier hiring activity to hiring-schedule delays caused by an infectious diseaseAnnual report
「During the cumulative second quarter, the impact of COVID-19 and other factors intensified from February 2020, and hiring companies postponed their recruitment schedules. As a result, completed placements for students expected to graduate in 2021 fell below plan, and revenue was below plan.」
In addition to the previous issue of fewer completed placements due to the earlier timing of new-graduate hiring, hiring companies postponed their recruitment schedules because of COVID-19, causing completed placements and revenue for students expected to graduate in 2021 to fall below plan. - FY2020-Q1MaterialisedAnnual report
「During the cumulative first quarter, revenue was slightly below plan because activity and student registrations among students expected to graduate in 2020 slowed as job searches moved earlier, while more students than expected declined job offers.」
As job searches moved earlier, activity and student registrations among students expected to graduate in 2020 slowed. In addition, more students than expected declined job offers, causing revenue in the new-graduate placement business to fall slightly below plan. - FY2019WorsenedAnnual report
「In the new-graduate market business, Keidanren has formally decided to abolish the hiring guidelines it had issued to member companies for students graduating in March 2021. This may lead to further acceleration and increased fluidity in new-graduate hiring activity.」
The Company identified a future risk arising from the abolition of the hiring guidelines, in addition to the past decrease in completed placements caused by the earlier timing and increased fluidity of new-graduate hiring activity. - FY2018MitigatedAnnual report
「In the fiscal year, the number of active candidates graduating in 2018 and expected to graduate in 2019 increased as the acquisition of new mandates and student registrations progressed strongly, resulting in an increase in completed placements and revenue above plan.」
In response to the decrease in completed placements caused by the earlier timing of new-graduate hiring that became apparent in the first quarter, the number of active candidates graduating in 2018 and expected to graduate in 2019 and the number of completed placements increased, resulting in full-year revenue above plan. - FY2018-Q1MaterialisedAnnual report
「During the cumulative first quarter, revenue was below the previous year. This was because the number of students continuing their job searches declined as new-graduate hiring moved earlier, causing the number of completed placements to fall below plan.」
The Company stated that the earlier timing of new-graduate hiring reduced the number of students continuing their job searches, causing completed placements and revenue in the new-graduate placement business to fall below plan and the previous year.