Impact of Difficulties in Recruiting and Retaining Talent and Delays in Development on Growth and Technology Transfer
First written in FY2021. 4 of 6 entries say "Mitigated", first in FY2023. Latest entry: FY2026.
The whole theme swung hardest in 2018: 5 of 16 companies on the "Worse" side.
3 other companies' latest entry also says "Mitigated".
- FY2026MitigatedAnnual report
「The Group recognizes securing personnel as its highest-priority issue in order to attract diverse talent and achieve stable business growth in the future. For new-graduate recruitment, it is actively conducting internships and year-round mid-career hiring of personnel with specialized expertise.」
The Group has positioned personnel acquisition and development risks as its highest-priority issue and continues to offer internships and year-round hiring of specialized personnel. - FY2025MitigatedAnnual report
「The Group is currently working to build a foundation for both securing and retaining personnel by strengthening recruitment communications and reviewing its systems and development environment.」
The Group continues to address the risks of difficulties in securing personnel, personnel outflows and delays in personnel development through recruitment communications, reviews of its systems and development environment, year-round hiring and initiatives to improve engagement. - FY2024MitigatedAnnual report
「As part of its human resources systems for attracting and developing diverse talent, the Group is focusing on internships and other initiatives in new-graduate recruitment, while actively pursuing year-round mid-career hiring of personnel with specialized expertise.」
The Group continues to address personnel acquisition and development risks through internships, year-round hiring of specialized personnel, executive development and the establishment of diverse working arrangements. - FY2023MitigatedAnnual report
「To secure the personnel needed for sustainable growth, the Group is actively holding company information sessions and seminar-style internships, disseminating information through social media and its website, and responding to intensifying competition for talent by engaging with a broad range of jobseekers. It is also actively promoting career hiring to secure immediately productive personnel and supporting the contribution of senior employees.」
The Group expanded its response to the risks of difficulties in securing personnel and delays in personnel development to include internships, information dissemination, career hiring and support for senior employees. - FY2022RestatedAnnual report
「As part of its human resources systems for attracting and developing diverse talent, the Group has introduced internships for new-graduate recruitment and is actively promoting mid-career hiring of personnel with specialized expertise, while working to secure diversity.」
To address the risks of difficulties in securing personnel and delays in personnel development, the Group continues to offer internships, mid-career hiring, executive development and systems supporting diverse working arrangements. - FY2021First statedAnnual report
「We believe that the Group's medium- to long-term growth depends substantially on securing and developing highly capable personnel. Accordingly, difficulties in securing personnel due to the decline in the working-age population associated with the declining birthrate and aging population, the loss of highly capable personnel to other companies and delays in personnel development could adversely affect the Group's growth and the transfer of technology.」
For the first time, the company explicitly identified recruitment difficulties caused by the declining working-age population, the loss of highly capable personnel and delays in personnel development as key risks to growth and the transfer of technology.