Challenges in Securing and Developing Talent
First written in FY2020. 1 of 3 entries say "Worsened", first in FY2024-Q1. Latest entry: FY2025.
The whole theme swung hardest in 2026: 34 of 109 companies on the "Worse" side.
102 other companies' latest entry also says "Restated".
- FY2025RestatedAnnual report
「If the recruitment and development of human resources do not progress as planned, recruitment costs and personnel expenses may increase, while competitiveness may decline, potentially affecting the group's business performance.」
The company continues to identify difficulty securing and developing specialized personnel, as well as the possibility of higher recruitment costs and personnel expenses and reduced competitiveness, as key risks. - FY2024-Q1WorsenedAnnual report
「At the same time, the effects of soaring raw-material prices and supply-chain disruptions continue. We recognize that concerns about a slowdown in overseas economies affecting Japan, together with rising cost pressures from higher personnel expenses for system engineers and others in Japan and overseas, could dampen corporate investment appetite, and that the downside risks require continued close monitoring.」
In addition to the existing human-resources risk of difficulty securing and developing personnel, the company explicitly identified cost pressures from higher personnel expenses for system engineers and others and the possibility of weaker corporate investment appetite. - FY2020First statedAnnual report
「We recognize that there are many challenges to achieving sustainable growth for our group, including the limited potential for growth in domestic demand against a backdrop of a declining domestic population and increasing difficulty in securing human resources due to a shrinking working-age population.」
Against a backdrop of declining domestic and working-age populations and intensified competition for talent, the company independently identified securing and developing specialized personnel as a key risk to sustainable growth for the first time.