IT training services based on clients’ human resources strategies

「During the current interim consolidated accounting period, we continued research and development of new training programs and strengthened instructor development. Sales of training related to wireless LAN construction and generative AI continued to trend upward amid growing demand to acquire IT skills. Following the favorable reception of the Copilot for Microsoft 365 Experience Training released in the previous consolidated fiscal year, we released Copilot for Microsoft 365 Advanced Training last October to enable more effective use of Copilot.」

「During the current consolidated fiscal year, we continued research and development of new training programs and strengthened the recruitment and development of instructors. Although April through June is the peak season each year due to the provision of training for new employees, orders were strong in the third quarter of the current fiscal year, from 1 April 2024 to 30 June 2024, amid growing demand to acquire IT skills.」

「During the first half of the current consolidated cumulative period, we conducted research and development of new training programs and strengthened instructor development ahead of the April–June peak season for training for new employees. In training for mid-career employees, the number of participants in network, server and cloud-related courses continued to trend upward. The Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365 Experience Training (Note 7), newly released in February 2024, has been well received. As we have received many inquiries in addition to course registrations, we finalized the training schedule through September 2024 ahead of time.」

「During the first quarter of the current consolidated cumulative period, we conducted research and development of new training programs and strengthened instructor development ahead of the April–June peak season for training for new employees. In training for mid-career employees, the number of participants in network, server and cloud-related courses continued to trend upward. The ChatGPT training course (Note 7) and the practical seminar “A 2-Hour Guide to Generative AI Services: Google Bard (Note 8)/Microsoft Bing (Note 9),” both launched last year, have also continued to be well received.」

「During the current consolidated fiscal year, we conducted research and development of new training programs and strengthened the recruitment and development of instructors. Although April through June is the peak season each year due to the provision of training for new employees, orders were particularly strong this year.」

「During the first nine months of the current consolidated cumulative period, we conducted research and development of new training programs and strengthened the recruitment and development of instructors. Although April through June is the peak season each year due to the provision of training for new employees, orders were particularly strong this year.」

「During the first quarter of the current consolidated cumulative period, we improved training related to the metaverse and conducted research and development of new training programs, while strengthening the recruitment and development of instructors ahead of the April–June peak season for training for new employees. The Metaverse Experience Training launched in August 2022 has continued to be well received.」

「During the first nine months of the current consolidated cumulative period, we further enhanced the content of the remote training service launched in April 2020 and strengthened the recruitment and development of instructors. Telework has become established due to the prolonged impact of COVID-19 and the promotion of work-style reforms, and demand for remote training that is not constrained by the location of participants is expected to continue increasing. At the same time, more customers have recently been requesting in-person training as public attention has shifted toward economic activity compared with the initial outbreak of COVID-19. Our group can provide both remote and in-person training and is responding flexibly to customer requests after taking sufficient infection-control measures. As a result, inquiries for training for new employees conducted annually from April through June increased from the same period of the previous fiscal year, with revenue of ¥282 million, compared with ¥247 million in the same quarter of the previous fiscal year, and segment profit of ¥122 million, compared with ¥106 million.」

「During the first half of the current consolidated cumulative period, we further enhanced the content of the remote training service launched in April 2020 and strengthened the recruitment and development of instructors ahead of the April–June peak season. While demand for remote training that is not constrained by the location of participants is expected to continue increasing due to the prolonged impact of COVID-19, more customers have recently been requesting in-person training as public attention has shifted toward economic activity compared with the initial outbreak of COVID-19. Our group can provide both remote and in-person training and is responding flexibly to customer requests after taking sufficient infection-control measures.」

「During the first quarter of the current consolidated cumulative period, we further enhanced the content of the remote training service launched in April 2020 and strengthened instructor development.」

「Amid the spread of COVID-19, we further enhanced the remote training service launched in April 2020, expanded the range of courses available remotely and strengthened instructor development. The remote training service has continued to be well received as telework remains encouraged.」

「Amid the spread of COVID-19, we further enhanced the remote training service launched in April 2020, expanded the range of courses available remotely and strengthened instructor development. As telework continues to be encouraged, the remote training service has been well received. Demand for remote training that is not constrained by the location of participants is expected to continue increasing under the new lifestyle. As cloud services accessible over networks become increasingly widespread, we also launched a new hands-on system development training course, “Practical System Development Training in a Cloud Development Environment (AWS/GitHub).” With regard to training for new employees, which is conducted mainly from April through June each year, inquiries for projects increased from the previous fiscal year as a result of actively promoting sales activities and instructor development. Consequently, revenue was ¥247 million, up 19.6% year on year, while segment profit was ¥106 million, down 1.2%, due to additional costs incurred to modify the content of some projects to meet individual customer requests.」

「Amid the spread of COVID-19, we further enhanced the remote training service launched in April 2020, expanded the range of courses available remotely and strengthened instructor development. As telework continues to be encouraged, the remote training service has been well received, and during the first half of the current consolidated cumulative period we received many orders for IT training for mid-career engineers.」

「Amid the spread of COVID-19, we further enhanced the remote training service launched in April 2020, expanded the range of courses available remotely and strengthened instructor development. As telework continues to be encouraged, the remote training service has been well received, and during the first quarter of the current consolidated cumulative period we received many orders for IT training for mid-career engineers. Demand for remote training that is not constrained by the location of the participants is expected to continue increasing under the new lifestyle. We are also actively promoting sales activities and instructor development for training for new employees to be conducted from April through June 2021.」

「Some classroom-based IT training programs for engineers were canceled amid the spread of COVID-19. However, the remote training service launched in April has been well received, and strong orders for remote training for new employees and mid-career engineers resulted in revenue of ¥240 million, up 8.8% from the previous fiscal year, and segment profit of ¥115 million, up 17.9%.」

「Some classroom-based IT training programs for engineers were canceled amid the spread of COVID-19. However, the remote training service launched in April has been well received, and strong orders for remote training for new employees and mid-career engineers resulted in revenue of ¥207 million, up 17.6% year on year, and segment profit of ¥107 million, up 38.0%.」

「Some IT training programs for engineers, which were conducted in a classroom setting, were canceled amid the spread of COVID-19. However, strong orders for cloud training and internet security training for mid-career engineers resulted in revenue of ¥32 million, up 82.5% year on year, and segment profit of ¥4 million, up 66.2%.」

「As a result of receiving many orders for cloud training and internet security training for mid-career engineers, revenue was ¥18 million, up 129.5% year on year, and segment profit was ¥3 million, up 16.1%. Segment profit margin was below the previous fiscal year’s level, however, because we won projects to train instructors ahead of the third quarter, the peak season for the education services business, and conducted training with 2 to 3 instructors, including new instructors, instead of the usual 1-instructor setup.」

「Although we won orders for cloud training and internet security training for mid-career engineers, as well as the development of training materials and other services for new employees, the loss of some recurring customer projects resulted in revenue of ¥220 million, down 1.0% from the previous fiscal year, while segment profit was ¥98 million, up 6.0%.」

「Although we won orders for cloud training and internet security training for mid-career engineers, as well as the development of training materials and other services for new employees, the loss of orders from some customers, which had been initially anticipated, resulted in revenue of ¥176 million, down 7.8% year on year, and segment profit of ¥77 million, down 7.2%.」

「As a result of receiving orders for cloud training and internet security training for mid-level engineers, as well as developing training materials for new employees, revenue was ¥17 million and segment profit was ¥2 million.」

「Based on customers’ human resources strategies, we provide training for new employees and mid-career employees.」