Securing and Developing Personnel, Including Testers

「By leveraging AGEST Academy, a proprietary educational institution being developed by 株式会社AGEST, we will add AI expertise to existing personnel with advanced specialist knowledge, develop them into higher-value engineers, and work to build a robust talent base that does not depend on recruitment.」

「Career AI Concierge: Based on the data integrated on the platform, supports each staff member’s skills development and proposes career paths and promotions based on suitability and performance」

「In QA Solutions, which we position as a growth driver, we continued to focus on recruiting and training highly skilled engineers.」

「In the QA Solutions business, a key focus area of the AGEST Group, accumulating and improving specialized technologies related to quality enhancement, including vulnerability assessments and test automation in addition to manual testing, is essential, making it indispensable to secure and train engineers. Accordingly, centered on 株式会社AGEST, we have operated AGEST Academy, our proprietary educational institution consolidating the expertise of globally active software testing experts, while working to create an attractive environment for engineers and build a strong talent base by strengthening new graduate and mid-career recruitment.」

「We worked to secure talented personnel and improve employee satisfaction by newly establishing a Lab. testing center in Kumamoto and raising testers’ hourly wages above previous levels.」

「Against a backdrop of rising prices and other factors, we advanced initiatives to improve employee satisfaction and secure talented personnel, including by raising testers’ hourly wages from April 2023.」

「Against a backdrop of rising prices and other factors, we advanced initiatives to improve employee satisfaction and secure talented personnel, including by resolving to raise testers’ hourly wages effective April 2023.」

「During the six-month period ended in the second quarter, we strengthened our order acceptance structure by acquiring approximately 130 experienced test engineers, including through the succession of ソーバル株式会社’s quality assessment business via an absorption-type company split.」

「During the three-month period ended in the first quarter, we stepped up recruitment of engineers by leveraging technology-focused branding distinct from our group’s traditional gaming and entertainment branding, centered on 株式会社AGEST, the core company of the Enterprise business newly formed in the group reorganization effective 1 April 2022.」

「For this reason, our group has strengthened new graduate and mid-career recruitment by building an attractive environment for engineers, centered on 株式会社AGEST. We have also worked to build a strong talent base by offering a proprietary engineer training program that consolidates the expertise of software testing authorities in Japan and overseas. In addition, we have established a structure capable of responding to rapidly growing demand by actively utilizing external resources, including freelance engineers and business partners.」

「We made ongoing investments in engineers essential to business expansion and promoted initiatives to fully deploy engineers at our Vietnam operations and freelance engineers by strengthening collaboration across the group.」

「During the six-month period ended in the second quarter, we worked to develop personnel capable of consultative sales and build a new sales structure to acquire recurring and large-scale projects. We also continued to focus on recruiting and training in-house engineers, while promoting initiatives to utilize the automation engineers at our Vietnam operations and the freelance engineers of 株式会社アイデンティティー, which became a subsidiary through M&A in June 2021, across the group.」

「Based on a resolution of the Board of Directors meeting held on 11 May 2021, we acquired all issued shares of 株式会社アイデンティティー and made it a subsidiary. Voting rights acquired: 100%; consideration for the acquisition (cash and deposits): ¥1,600 million」

「We develop several dozen testers annually into specialized personnel, including test engineers and security professionals, through our proprietary training programs. For senior engineers with extensive knowledge and experience, we will work to secure personnel by strengthening mid-career recruitment and utilizing M&A to increase our in-house staff, while also actively using external resources such as freelance engineers.」

「In particular, in the Security Services business, we steadily built a track record by strengthening our order acceptance structure for security monitoring and vulnerability assessments, including by surpassing 100 graduates of DH Cyber Boot Camp, our group’s proprietary training program for developing security personnel from people with no prior experience, and by acquiring projects from 3 financial institutions through our crowdsourced penetration testing service.」

「During the three-month period ended in the first quarter, we continued to actively recruit mid-career personnel and train employees internally to strengthen our test engineering staff, while working to build a new business model for utilizing external personnel, including freelance engineers and partner companies.」

「Our group operates Lab. facilities at 15 locations nationwide. In addition to pursuing this type of risk diversification, we have worked to establish a structure capable of providing services continuously, including by launching a new remote debugging service that enables debugging work to be performed from home.」

「In its entertainment business, the company strengthened its order-taking capabilities in anticipation of future demand growth by establishing a new Lab. testing center in Hakodate and relocating the Sapporo Lab. and expanding it to approximately three times its previous size.」

「Primarily at 株式会社デジタルハーツ, we made a total investment of ¥186.956 million, centered on opening Lab. facilities and expanding debugging equipment to accommodate an increase in project orders.」

「To secure upstream engineers capable of requirements definition and test design, which are essential for acquiring new projects, we strengthened the recruitment of industry specialists and sought to make 株式会社エイネット, which has expertise in testing medical systems, a subsidiary. We also developed an internal structure for training upstream engineers from among the approximately 8,000 testers in our group, including by enhancing training programs through alliances with other companies and establishing a new in-house program aimed at obtaining the Japan Software Testing Qualifications Board certification, abbreviated as JSTQB.」

「Through our proprietary training system, we develop testers who perform testing into test engineers responsible for test design and test management, thereby supporting comprehensive quality improvements throughout the development process.」

「Through our proprietary training system, we develop testers who perform testing into test engineers responsible for test design and test management, thereby supporting comprehensive quality improvements throughout the development process.」

「The number of temporary employees increased by a total of 426 compared with the end of the previous consolidated fiscal year, mainly due to the expansion of the debugging business.」

「In connection with the establishment of the Asakusa No. 2 Lab., Matsuyama Lab. and Shinjuku Lab. of Digital Hearts, Inc., a consolidated subsidiary, the company acquired the following equipment.」

「We continued to focus on recruiting and training testing personnel to strengthen our order acceptance structure while continuously working to improve and enhance service quality.」

「In connection with the establishment of the Asakusa No. 2 Lab. of Digital Hearts, Inc., a consolidated subsidiary, the company acquired the following equipment.」

「For this reason, our group has continued to build a strong talent base, centered on 株式会社デジタルハーツ, through the strategic nationwide deployment of Lab. facilities to secure personnel and programs for appointing employees to permanent positions. At our overseas subsidiaries, we have also worked to strengthen the foundation of our global debugging services operating structure by providing training and education to local testers in cooperation with 株式会社デジタルハーツ.」

「In connection with the relocation of Osaka Lab. of our consolidated subsidiary 株式会社デジタルハーツ, we acquired the following equipment.」

「We will continue to focus on securing and training testers, including by expanding Osaka Lab., a domestic debugging location, in an effort to further strengthen our order acceptance structure.」

「Centered on Lab. facilities, the domestic debugging work sites located at 13 locations, we are focusing on securing testers and developing personnel from a medium- to long-term perspective to build a structure capable of responding flexibly to growing demand for debugging services.」

「To establish an organizational structure capable of providing high-quality services quickly and continuously, it has become essential to maintain a large pool of temporary employees serving as testers and to improve debugging skills through personnel training.」