Demand for Addressing the Declining Labor Force Population and Diverse Working Styles
First written in FY2017-Q1. 23 of 29 entries say "Restated". Latest entry: 2026-08-07.
The whole theme swung hardest in 2024: 2 of 6 companies on the "Worse" side.
5 other companies' latest entry also says "Restated".
- 2026-08-07RestatedEarnings
「Amid continuing labor shortages at companies caused by a decline in Japan's working-age population and progressing population aging, workers' career orientation is rising as work styles and values diversify, and demand for job openings remains firm.」
The company continues to assume a business environment of a declining domestic working-age population, labor shortages, diversifying work styles and values, and rising career orientation. - FY2026ReframedAnnual report
「In the human resources business, as workers' career orientation rises amid increasingly diverse work styles and values, companies are facing increasingly severe labor shortages and an aging population is progressing. As a result, the effective job-openings-to-applicants ratio remains high.」
The response to the declining labor force has expanded into a structural view of personnel supply and demand encompassing more diverse ways of working and values, stronger career orientation, population aging and a high active job openings-to-applicants ratio. - FY2025RestatedAnnual report
「Although global economic uncertainty is increasing due to continued inflation driven by geopolitical risks and policy trends in the United States and other countries, demand for higher corporate productivity is increasing in Japan against the backdrop of labor shortages caused by structural population decline.」
Continues to treat labor shortages caused by structural population decline, and the resulting corporate need to improve productivity, as important premises of the business environment. - FY2025-H1ReframedAnnual report
「In the human resources services business, labor shortages at companies are becoming more severe as the domestic labor force declines, with shortages of personnel in the IT sector in particular becoming an urgent issue. Companies are investing in their people to upgrade employee skills, and human resources services companies are also expected to develop personnel through reskilling and career advancement support.」
The response to the declining labor force is becoming more specific, encompassing increasingly severe labor shortages at companies, shortages of IT personnel, investment in people, and personnel development through reskilling and career advancement support. - FY2024-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「The business environment surrounding our Group is such that, in the human resources services business, demand for personnel driven by labor shortages is expanding while the domestic labor force continues to decline. As forms of personnel utilization, ways of working and workers' values diversify, the growing momentum for investment in people is creating demand for personnel development through recurrent education and reskilling.」
Continues to describe the declining domestic labor force, growing demand for personnel due to labor shortages, more diverse ways of working, and demand for recurrent education and reskilling driven by investment in people. - FY2024-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「The business environment surrounding our Group is such that, in the human resources services business, demand for personnel driven by labor shortages is expanding while the domestic labor force continues to decline. As forms of personnel utilization, ways of working and workers' values diversify, the growing momentum for investment in people is creating demand for personnel development through recurrent education and reskilling.」
Continues to describe the declining domestic labor force, growing demand for personnel due to labor shortages, more diverse ways of working, and demand for recurrent education and reskilling driven by investment in people. - FY2024-Q1ReframedAnnual report
「The business environment surrounding our Group is such that, in the human resources services business, demand for personnel driven by labor shortages is expanding while the domestic labor force continues to decline. As forms of personnel utilization, ways of working and workers' values diversify, the growing momentum for investment in people is creating demand for personnel development through recurrent education and reskilling.」
The previous focus on addressing the declining labor force has been expanded to include growing demand driven by labor shortages and the need for personnel development through investment in people, recurrent education and reskilling. - FY2023-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「The business environment surrounding our Group is such that, in the human resources services industry, demand for personnel is increasing even as the domestic population declines. As forms of personnel utilization and attitudes toward work diversify, companies are required to use digital technologies to provide workers with optimal ways of working.」
Reaffirms the view that demand for personnel is increasing amid a declining domestic population, creating a need to address more diverse ways of working and the use of digital technologies. - FY2023-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「The business environment surrounding our Group is such that, in the human resources services industry, demand for personnel is increasing even as the domestic population declines. As forms of personnel utilization and attitudes toward work diversify, companies are required to use digital technologies to provide workers with optimal ways of working.」
Demand for personnel continues to increase despite the declining domestic population, while demand for more diverse ways of working and the use of digital technologies continues. - FY2023-Q1ReframedAnnual report
「The business environment surrounding our Group is such that, in the human resources services industry, demand for personnel is increasing even as the domestic population declines. As forms of personnel utilization and attitudes toward work diversify, companies are required to use digital technologies to provide workers with optimal ways of working.」
The previous view of the environment, centered on a declining labor force and more diverse ways of working, is being made more specific through the provision of optimal ways of working using digital technologies. - FY2022-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「The business environment surrounding our Group is such that, in the human resources services industry, employment conditions have rapidly shifted from a seller's market to a buyer's market due to the impact of COVID-19. In addition, expectations for technological innovation, including DX (digital transformation), have risen rapidly across industries, bringing changes in people's values and ways of working. As ways of working diversify, including the establishment of telework, initiatives to improve productivity through RPA (robotic process automation) and other means are also required.」
Continues to describe the shift in employment conditions to a buyer's market, the establishment of DX and telework, and the need to improve productivity through RPA and other means as changes in the business environment. - FY2022-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「The business environment surrounding our Group is such that, in the human resources services industry, employment conditions have rapidly shifted from a seller's market to a buyer's market due to the impact of COVID-19. In addition, expectations for technological innovation, including DX (digital transformation), have risen rapidly across industries, bringing changes in people's values and ways of working. As ways of working diversify, including the establishment of telework, initiatives to improve productivity through RPA (robotic process automation) and other means are also required.」
Continues to describe changes in employment conditions and ways of working, and the need to improve productivity through DX and RPA, as important changes in the business environment. - FY2021ReframedAnnual report
「The COVID-19 pandemic caused employment conditions to change rapidly from a seller's market to a buyer's market, while expectations for technological innovation rose rapidly across industries, bringing changes in people's values and ways of working.」
The focus has shifted from the previous view of the environment centered on a declining labor force to a description centered on the rapid changes in employment conditions caused by COVID-19 and changes in ways of working and values. - FY2020-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「In the human resources services industry, the role expected of human resources companies is likely to become even more diverse, against the backdrop of a declining domestic labor force and the promotion of work-style reform.」
Reaffirms the view that the roles of human resources companies will become even more diverse against the backdrop of a declining domestic labor force and work-style reform. - FY2020-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「The business environment surrounding our Group is such that, in the human resources services industry, the role expected of human resources companies is likely to become even more diverse, against the backdrop of a declining domestic labor force and the promotion of work-style reform.」
Reaffirms the view that the roles expected of human resources companies will become even more diverse against the backdrop of a declining domestic labor force. - FY2020-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「In the human resources services industry, the role expected of human resources companies is likely to become even more diverse, against the backdrop of a declining domestic labor force and the promotion of work-style reform.」
Reaffirms the diversification of the roles of human resources companies against the backdrop of a declining domestic labor force and work-style reform. - FY2019RestatedAnnual report
「Although the number of employed people is trending upward as older people and women participate in the workforce, the domestic labor force is expected to decline over the long term, and measures to secure and develop personnel and facilitate their mobility, including overseas, continue to be required.」
Notes the increase in employed people resulting from the participation of older people and women in the workforce, while reaffirming the long-term decline in the labor force and the need to secure and develop personnel and facilitate their mobility. - FY2019-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「In the human resources services industry, demand from client companies remains firm, with inquiries for personnel continuing to be strong against the backdrop of a declining domestic labor force and labor shortages.」
Continues to describe strong demand for personnel against the backdrop of a declining domestic labor force and labor shortages. - FY2019-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「In the human resources services industry, demand from client companies remains firm, with inquiries for personnel continuing to be strong against the backdrop of a declining domestic labor force and labor shortages.」
Reaffirms strong demand for personnel against the backdrop of a declining domestic labor force and labor shortages. - FY2019-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「In the human resources services industry, the increase in demand for personnel, driven by improved corporate earnings and the declining labor force, has outpaced supply, making labor shortages a major management issue across a wide range of industries.」
Reaffirms that demand for personnel is increasing while supply remains insufficient against the backdrop of a declining labor force, making labor shortages a major management issue. - FY2018RestatedAnnual report
「Although the number of employed people is trending upward as older people and women participate in the workforce, the domestic labor force is expected to decline over the long term, and measures to secure and develop personnel and facilitate their mobility continue to be required.」
Notes the increase in employed people resulting from the participation of older people and women in the workforce, while reaffirming the long-term decline in the labor force and the need to secure and develop personnel and facilitate their mobility. - FY2018-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「In the human resources services industry, labor shortages have become more severe across a wide range of sectors, while corporate appetite for recruitment remains strong amid expectations of a future decline in the labor force.」
Restates the view that corporate appetite for recruitment remains strong, against the backdrop of labor shortages and a future decline in the labor force. - FY2018-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「In the human resources services industry, demand for personnel is recovering, but as the labor force is expected to decline in the future, demand is growing for diverse services beyond recruitment, including proposals for systems that enable flexible working arrangements and personnel development.」
Restates the demand for diverse services covering not only recruitment but also flexible working arrangements and personnel development, against the backdrop of a future decline in the labor force. - FY2017RestatedAnnual report
「The domestic labor force is expected to decline over the long term, and measures to facilitate the securing, development and mobility of personnel continue to be required.」
States that, given the long-term decline in the labor force, continued action is needed to secure and develop personnel and facilitate their mobility. - FY2017-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「At the same time, the outlook remains uncertain, with the declining labor force, the indefinite-term conversion rules for temporary staff that began applying in 2018, and expected advances in digital technologies such as AI and machine learning.」
Continues to identify the declining labor force as a concern in the business environment. New issues concerning the temporary staffing system and digital technologies were added in separate threads. - FY2017-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「Over the medium to long term, concerns about a declining labor force and the expected advance of corporate globalization are creating demand for proposals that enable flexible working arrangements for a diverse range of personnel, as well as services covering not only recruitment but also training and retention.」
The decline in the labor force, corporate globalization and demand for more diverse ways of working continue to be described, as in the previous quarter. - FY2017-Q1First statedAnnual report
「Over the medium to long term, concerns about a declining labor force and the expected advance of corporate globalization are creating demand for proposals that enable flexible working arrangements for a diverse range of personnel, as well as services covering not only recruitment but also training and retention.」
Describes the declining labor force as an external environmental concern and explains the growing demand for services covering training and retention in addition to recruitment.