Growing Difficulty in Securing Personnel as the Active Job Openings-to-Applicants Ratio Rises
First written in FY2017-Q3. 10 of 15 entries say "Worsened", first in FY2017. Latest entry: 2026-05-02.
Can Do moved to the "Worse" side of this theme in 2018, 6 years before the typical company in this theme (2024).
The whole theme swung hardest in 2026: 27 of 104 companies on the "Worse" side.
105 other companies' latest entry also says "Restated".
- 2026-05-02RestatedGeneral Meetings of Shareholders
「The company will work as a whole toward achieving the new medium-term plan while appropriately addressing various risks, including higher costs due to inflation, intensifying competition to secure personnel as the working-age population declines and rapidly changing customer preferences.」
Inflation, competition to secure personnel and changes in customer preferences were identified as priority risks to address. - FY2024WorsenedAnnual report
「However, as the working-age population declines substantially, failure to secure the necessary personnel could affect the business development and performance of the Group.」
The risk of difficulty securing personnel against the backdrop of a declining working-age population continues to be reported, alongside initiatives to invest in human capital and improve workplace conditions. - FY2023-Q4WorsenedAnnual report
「At the Company, although signs of a recovery in personal consumption have been observed, the business environment remains challenging due to soaring costs, including raw materials, utilities, and labor.」
Surging costs of various kinds, including labor costs, have emerged in the difficult operating environment during the period as a burden related to labor shortages and securing personnel. - FY2023-Q2WorsenedAnnual report
「In the retail industry, personal consumption showed signs of recovery, but the business environment remained challenging due to soaring utility costs and purchase prices, as well as higher personnel and recruitment costs associated with labor shortages.」
Labor shortages were explicitly identified as a factor linked to rising labor and recruitment costs, making the burden associated with securing personnel more concrete. - FY2021WorsenedAnnual report
「However, as the working-age population declines substantially, failure to secure the necessary personnel could affect the business development and performance of the Group.」
In addition to existing labor shortages and declining labor availability, the risk of difficulty securing personnel against the backdrop of a substantial decline in the working-age population was explicitly identified. - FY2021-Q3WorsenedAnnual report
「In the retail industry, in addition to short-term changes in the operating environment caused by the impact of COVID-19 and other factors, management challenges are becoming more complex due to the arrival of a declining-population society, increasingly diverse consumer lifestyles, the expansion of e-commerce, growing environmental awareness, including the use of sustainability-oriented materials, and advances in advanced technologies. Companies are also required to improve their ability to respond to change.」
The arrival of a declining-population society was explicitly identified as a structural management challenge in the retail industry, broadening the background to the existing difficulty securing personnel and declining labor availability. - FY2020RestatedAnnual report
「The operating environment surrounding the Group was expected to remain challenging due to soaring personnel and logistics costs caused by a declining labor force and intensifying competition to attract customers across industry and business-format boundaries.」
Declining labor availability and surging labor and logistics costs continue to be treated as structural factors in the operating environment. - FY2020-Q3WorsenedAnnual report
「In the retail industry, conditions became challenging as the spread of COVID-19 reduced going out and travel, while labor shortages, the associated rise in labor costs and soaring logistics expenses accelerated.」
Labor shortages and the resulting rise in labor costs were reported to be accelerating together with soaring logistics costs, indicating that the impact of personnel shortages had intensified. - FY2019WorsenedAnnual report
「The operating environment surrounding the Group was expected to remain challenging due to soaring personnel and logistics costs caused by a declining labor force and intensifying competition to attract customers across industry and business-format boundaries.」
Declining labor availability was explicitly identified as a structural factor linked to surging labor and logistics costs. - FY2019-Q3WorsenedAnnual report
「Amid worsening labor shortages, rising labor and logistics costs, and surging raw material prices,」
Labor shortages were reported to have become more severe and to be linked to rising labor and logistics costs, indicating that the impact of personnel shortages had intensified. - FY2018-Q3WorsenedAnnual report
「In the retail industry, market conditions became increasingly challenging due to intensifying competition among companies, higher personnel and logistics costs caused by labor shortages, and weather-related factors including the Northern Osaka Earthquake in June and the heavy rains in western Japan in July.」
Labor shortages were explicitly identified as a factor linked to rising labor and logistics costs, making the impact of personnel shortages more concrete. - FY2018-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「In the retail industry, personal consumption and consumer sentiment were showing signs of recovery, but the operating environment remained uncertain as higher costs associated with labor shortages and rising fuel prices continued.」
Labor shortages continue to be reported as a factor contributing to the difficult operating environment in the retail industry. - FY2018-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「The operating environment remained uncertain due to the effects of adverse weather, labor shortages and higher costs associated with rising fuel prices.」
Labor shortages continue to be reported as a factor contributing to the difficult operating environment in the retail industry. - FY2017WorsenedAnnual report
「A challenging operating environment is expected to continue, including a decline in the labor force and rising labor costs due to the declining birthrate and aging population, as well as intensifying competition to attract customers across industry and business-type boundaries.」
In addition to difficulty securing personnel, declining labor availability and rising labor costs due to the declining birthrate and aging population were explicitly identified as structural factors in the operating environment. - FY2017-Q3First statedAnnual report
「In terms of personnel, conditions remained difficult, with securing personnel becoming more challenging as the effective job-offers-to-applicants ratio rose.」
The increasing difficulty of securing personnel due to the rising effective job-offers-to-applicants ratio was reported for the first time as a risk in the operating environment during the period.