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Difficulty Securing Personnel for Staffing and Placement Services

First written in FY2018. 4 of 10 entries say "Restated". Latest entry: FY2021-Q3.

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ProgressHeldSoftenedWorseMaterialisedFY2018RestatedFY2019-Q2 – FY2020-Q1WorsenedFY2020-Q2 – FY2021-Q22018: 220182019: 420192020: 320202021: 12021
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Constraints on capturing demand due to difficulty securing temporary staffA theme 3 companies write about · 3 as a headwind · 0 as a tailwind

Ips moved to the "Worse" side of this theme in 2018.

1 other company's latest entry also says "Dropped".

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  1. FY2021-Q3DroppedAnnual report

    「Our group's business related to Filipinos residing in Japan included staffing and recruitment referral services primarily targeting Filipinos residing in Japan. In November 2020, we entered into an agreement with Global Trust Networks Co., Ltd. to transfer the staffing and recruitment referral businesses, and completed the transfer on 1 January 2021. As a result, the risks described in the securities report for the previous fiscal year under “(4) Risks Relating to the Business Related to Filipinos Residing in Japan: ① Regulations, etc. in Japan, ② Securing Personnel, and ③ Current Status of the Nursing Care Industry” have ceased to apply.」

    Explicitly states that the risks concerning difficulty securing personnel ceased to apply upon completion of the transfer of the staffing and recruitment referral businesses.
  2. FY2021-Q2WorsenedAnnual report

    「During the first 6 months of the current consolidated fiscal year, the business related to Filipinos residing in Japan experienced major restrictions on the movement of people and business activities due to the COVID-19 pandemic, resulting in significant changes in the job market and a substantial decline in job demand, except from nursing care operators and others. As a result, sales were ¥44 million, down 57.3% year on year. Segment loss was ¥29 million, as the number of dispatched workers remained low due to the challenging recruitment environment, compared with a loss of ¥39 million in the same quarter of the previous year.」

    Job demand declined substantially due to COVID-19, except among nursing care operators and others, resulting in a 57.3% year-on-year decline in sales. Although segment loss narrowed from ¥39 million to ¥29 million, the challenging recruitment environment and low number of dispatched workers continued.
  3. FY2020WorsenedAnnual report

    「As a result, sales were ¥196 million, down 25.6% from the previous fiscal year. Segment loss was ¥89 million, as the number of dispatched workers remained low due to the challenging recruitment environment, compared with a loss of ¥40 million in the previous fiscal year.」

    The difficulty of securing people seeking employment continued, sales in the business related to Filipinos residing in Japan declined 25.6%, and segment loss widened from ¥40 million to ¥89 million.
  4. FY2020-Q3WorsenedAnnual report

    「In this environment, we worked to expand recruitment referral and staffing services beyond nursing care, but both businesses remained sluggish because it was difficult to secure people seeking employment.」

    The difficulty of securing people seeking employment continued, and the recruitment referral and staffing businesses remained sluggish. The segment loss in the business related to Filipinos residing in Japan was ¥53 million, widening from a loss of ¥24 million in the same quarter of the previous year.
  5. FY2020-Q2WorsenedAnnual report

    「As a result, sales were ¥105 million, down 24.5% year on year. Segment loss was ¥39 million, as the number of dispatched workers remained low due to the challenging recruitment environment, compared with a loss of ¥13 million in the same quarter of the previous year.」

    The difficulty of securing people seeking employment and the challenging recruitment environment continued, and the human resources segment loss widened from ¥13 million in the same quarter of the previous year to ¥39 million.
  6. FY2020-Q1RestatedAnnual report

    「Because it was difficult to secure people seeking employment, both the recruitment referral and staffing businesses remained sluggish.」

    The difficulty of securing people seeking employment continued, and the recruitment referral and staffing businesses were sluggish.
  7. FY2019RestatedAnnual report

    「However, unlike previously, it has become easier for foreign nationals to work in Japan, yet it remained difficult to secure people seeking employment, and the number of dispatched workers remained low.」

    Against a backdrop of expanded employment opportunities for foreign nationals, the full-year results showed difficulty securing people seeking employment and a low number of dispatched workers.
  8. FY2019-Q3RestatedAnnual report

    「The recruitment environment for the human resources referral and dispatch businesses, which primarily serve Filipinos residing in Japan, has been challenging due to labor shortages resulting from favorable economic conditions.」

    Again describes the challenging recruitment environment caused by labor shortages and its impact on securing personnel, primarily Filipinos residing in Japan.
  9. FY2019-Q2RestatedAnnual report

    「The recruitment environment for the human resources referral and dispatch businesses, which primarily serve Filipinos residing in Japan, has been challenging due to labor shortages resulting from favorable economic conditions.」

    Again describes the challenging recruitment environment caused by labor shortages and its impact on securing personnel, primarily Filipinos residing in Japan.
  10. FY2018MaterialisedAnnual report

    「However, it remained difficult to secure people seeking employment, and the number of dispatched workers remained low.」

    While demand for personnel was expanding, the difficulty of securing people seeking employment became evident in the results for the period.
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