Strengthening the Recruitment of High-Caliber Technologists
First written in FY2016. 12 of 22 entries say "Restated". Latest entry: FY2026.
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- FY2026Continued failure to meet recruitment targets, with updated resultsAnnual report
「To secure valuable personnel and strengthen the resources that underpin the Group's corporate value, the Group is pursuing the early achievement of annual recruitment of 100 new graduates, including 43 technical personnel in fiscal 2025, and a 700-technologist workforce, compared with 420 at the beginning of fiscal 2025.」
Against an annual target of hiring 100 new graduates, the Company hired 43 technical personnel in fiscal 2025. For the 700-person workforce target, it also disclosed 420 at the beginning of the fiscal year, continuing to report the gap against the target. - 2026-05-27RestatedEarnings presentation materials
「Strengthening technologist recruitment and sales」
Strengthening technologist recruitment continues to be listed as a core objective of the medium-term management plan. The company reports 43 technology-focused new graduates joining in April 2025 and 37 joining in April 2026. - FY2025RaisedAnnual report
「While Japan's population is declining because of its aging and declining birthrate, the country faces a labor shortage. The Company is therefore also looking overseas, including at international students, and is focusing on creating employment and ensuring diversity by recruiting and training highly skilled personnel with diverse knowledge and experience regardless of nationality or gender. In addition to educating employees in more advanced technologies, it is working to build a group of technologists who are both professional and rich in humanity.」
The Company explicitly expanded the scope of recruitment and training to include international students and other foreign personnel, emphasizing the recruitment of personnel regardless of nationality or gender and the promotion of diversity. - FY2025Continued failure to meet recruitment targets, with updated resultsAnnual report
「The Group's business structure depends heavily on the number and quality of its personnel. Given this environment and its organizational structure, it must secure and maintain an educational environment capable of recruiting large numbers of people and developing them into highly specialized technologists. Because increasing headcount and training are essential to business continuity, and human capital is regarded as the most important sustainability issue, the Group is working to secure valuable personnel and strengthen the resources that underpin its corporate value, so that it can provide more capable personnel to society and contribute to society. It is pursuing the early achievement of annual recruitment of 100 new graduates, including 43 technical personnel in fiscal 2024, and a 700-technologist workforce, compared with 421 at the beginning of fiscal 2023.」
Against an annual target of hiring 100 new graduates, the Company disclosed that it hired 43 technical personnel in fiscal 2024. For the 700-person workforce target, it also provided the figure of 421 at the beginning of fiscal 2023, continuing to quantify the gap between the target and actual results. - FY2024Disclosure of the gap between recruitment targets and actual resultsAnnual report
「Because increasing headcount and training are essential to business continuity, and human capital is regarded as the most important sustainability issue, the Group is working to secure valuable personnel and strengthen the resources that underpin its corporate value, so that it can provide more capable personnel to society and contribute to society. It is pursuing the early achievement of annual recruitment of 100 new graduates, including 52 technical personnel in fiscal 2023, and a 700-technologist workforce, compared with 435 at the beginning of fiscal 2023.」
Against an annual target of hiring 100 new graduates, the Company disclosed that it hired 52 technical personnel in fiscal 2023, providing a specific comparison between its recruitment target and actual results. - FY2024-Q1AdvancedAnnual report
「In terms of expenses, cost of sales increased from the same period of the previous year because the Company increased the number of technologists by welcoming more new graduates than in the previous year.」
The Company welcomed more new graduates than in the previous year and increased the number of technologists. The disclosure describes progress in strengthening recruitment compared with the same period of the previous year. - FY2022Recruitment target shortfall and continued recruitment initiativesAnnual report
「The Group hired 100 technical personnel as new graduates joining in April 2021, the highest number since its founding. Although it pursued similar efforts the following year, differences from its expectations, including trends among job seekers, meant that it did not reach a similar number of hires. To establish a 700-technologist workforce as soon as possible from the fiscal year ending March 2022 onward, the Group will continue to focus on securing highly skilled personnel. It has shifted recruitment activities toward the web and will continue measures to substantially increase contact points with applicants through web-based company information sessions targeting students in science and engineering faculties across Japan and communication via social media, while analyzing past recruitment activities to improve recruitment efficiency.」
The Company reported hiring 100 people the previous year, while explaining that it did not reach a similar number the following year. It continues to use web-based recruitment, expand contact with science and engineering students nationwide, engage with applicants via social media and analyze recruitment data. - FY2022-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「The cost of sales exceeded that of the same period of the previous year because the Company welcomed 100 new employees in technical positions, the highest number since its founding. In recruitment, the Company has identified increasing the number of technologists as a key medium-term initiative and continues to focus on securing highly skilled personnel, as it did the previous year.」
The Company confirmed that it welcomed 100 new employees, the highest number since its founding, while identifying an increase in technologists as a key medium-term initiative and continuing to recruit highly skilled personnel. - FY2021AdvancedAnnual report
「The Group hired 100 technical personnel as new graduates joining in April 2021, the highest number since its founding. To establish a 700-technologist workforce as soon as possible from the fiscal year ending March 2022 onward, the Group will continue to focus on securing highly skilled personnel. It has shifted recruitment activities toward the web and will continue measures to substantially increase contact points with applicants through web-based company information sessions targeting students in science and engineering faculties across Japan and communication via social media, while analyzing past recruitment activities to improve their efficiency.」
The Company reported hiring 100 technical personnel as new graduates, the highest number since its founding, and specified measures including web-based recruitment, expanded contact with science and engineering students nationwide, and data-driven improvements in recruitment efficiency. - FY2021-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「In terms of expenses, personnel expenses and recruitment costs increased as the Company strengthened recruitment activities. In addition, capital investment, including expanded office space and enhanced training facilities in anticipation of increasing the number of technologists from the next fiscal year onward, resulted in selling, general and administrative expenses increasing from the previous year.」
The Company is continuing to strengthen recruitment and has specified the expansion of office space and enhancement of training facilities in anticipation of increasing the number of technologists from the next fiscal year onward. - FY2020RestatedAnnual report
「For new graduate recruitment, the Company strengthened recruitment activities more than in previous years, including expanded internships and information sessions using the web, to secure highly skilled personnel. It will also continue to build diverse recruitment channels by leveraging its network of locations throughout Japan and its employee network.」
The Company continues to strengthen recruitment and has specified measures including expanded internships, web-based information sessions and the use of its location and employee networks. However, its full-year results show that it did not secure the planned number of technologists. - FY2020-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「The contract unit price exceeded that of the same period of the previous year as a result of strengthening sales initiatives and assigning technologists to higher-value-added work. In addition, the Company worked to assign new employees to dispatched positions at an early stage to accelerate monetization. Meanwhile, as competition for technical personnel intensified, recruiting the planned number of technologists became extremely difficult, leaving the Company unable to handle all projects because of personnel shortages.」
Although the Company continues to strengthen recruitment, recruiting the planned number of technologists remains extremely difficult, and insufficient capacity to handle projects because of personnel shortages continues. - FY2020-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「Meanwhile, as competition for technical personnel intensified, recruiting the planned number of technologists became extremely difficult, leaving the Company unable to handle all projects because of personnel shortages.」
Although the Company continues to strengthen technologist recruitment, achieving the planned recruitment remains extremely difficult, and insufficient capacity to handle projects because of personnel shortages continues. - FY2020-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「Meanwhile, as competition for technical personnel intensified, securing the planned number of technologists remained difficult, leaving the Company unable to handle all projects because of personnel shortages.」
Although the Company continues to strengthen technologist recruitment, achieving the planned recruitment remains difficult, and insufficient capacity to handle projects because of personnel shortages continues. - FY2019-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「Meanwhile, competition for technical personnel was extremely intense, making it difficult to secure the planned number of technologists and leaving the Company unable to handle all projects because of personnel shortages.」
Although the Company continues to strengthen recruitment, securing technical personnel remains difficult, and the shortage of capacity to handle projects due to personnel shortages continues. - FY2019-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「Meanwhile, competition for technical personnel was extremely intense, making it difficult to secure the planned number of technologists and leaving the Company unable to handle all projects because of personnel shortages.」
Although the Company continues to strengthen new graduate recruitment, it reconfirms that intense competition for technical personnel remains a challenge in securing the planned number of technologists and handling projects. - FY2019-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「Meanwhile, although we have worked to strengthen new recruitment amid intensifying competition for technical talent, securing the planned number of technologists remained difficult, and we were unable to respond fully to projects because of the shortage of personnel.」
Although the Company continues to strengthen new graduate recruitment, securing the planned number of technologists remains difficult, and it reports insufficient capacity to handle projects because of personnel shortages. - FY2018-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「Meanwhile, as competition for technical personnel intensified, the Company worked to strengthen new graduate recruitment, but securing the planned number of technologists remained difficult, leaving it unable to handle all projects because of personnel shortages.」
Although the Company continues to strengthen new graduate recruitment, securing the planned number of technologists remains difficult, and it continues to report insufficient capacity to handle projects because of personnel shortages. - FY2018-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「Meanwhile, as competition for technical personnel intensified, the Company worked to strengthen new graduate recruitment, but securing the planned number of technologists remained difficult, leaving it unable to handle all projects because of personnel shortages.」
The Company continues to strengthen new graduate recruitment, but states that securing the planned number of technologists remains difficult. - FY2018-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「Meanwhile, although we have worked to strengthen new recruitment amid intensifying competition for technical talent, securing the planned number of technologists remained difficult, and we were unable to respond fully to projects because of the shortage of personnel.」
The Group continues to strengthen recruitment, but securing the planned number of technologists remains difficult, with personnel shortages limiting its ability to respond to projects. - FY2017AdvancedAnnual report
「To meet these customer needs, the Company expanded the human resources development division overseeing recruitment across the Group. By further strengthening recruitment efforts, the Company will work to secure highly skilled personnel and build diverse recruitment channels by leveraging its network of locations throughout Japan.」
The Company has progressed from establishing its human resources development division to expanding it, while broadening the scope of its initiatives to include more diverse recruitment channels and the recruitment of engineers in growth fields. - FY2016First statedAnnual report
「To meet these customer needs, we newly established a human resources development division overseeing recruitment across the Group. By further strengthening recruitment activities, we will work to secure outstanding talent and build diverse recruitment channels by leveraging our network of locations throughout Japan.」
The measures include establishing a human resources development division, leveraging the location network and building diverse recruitment channels.