Risk of difficulty recruiting and developing highly skilled engineers and managers
First written in FY2021. 4 of 7 entries say "Worsened", first in FY2022-Q2. Latest entry: FY2026.
The whole theme swung hardest in 2026: 26 of 108 companies on the "Worse" side.
- FY2026RestatedAnnual report
「The growth and profitability of our group depend heavily on human resources. Accordingly, recruiting and developing the engineers, system engineers, managers and other personnel we require is important to the group. If we are unable to recruit or develop such personnel amid competition with other companies for talent, this may affect the group’s performance and financial position.」
The company continues to face the risk that growth and profits will depend on its personnel and that it will be unable to recruit and train the necessary engineers, managers and other staff. - FY2024-Q2WorsenedAnnual report
「Demand has expanded and transactions have grown in the BPO business, particularly against the backdrop of the shortage of IT personnel. We also promoted stronger deployment capacity and expanded transactions by establishing a collaborative structure with new business partners and deepening cooperation with existing business partners. However, we struggled to secure resources, primarily in the Tokyo metropolitan area, and the general solutions service declined slightly.」
It states that BPO demand is expanding against a backdrop of shortages of IT personnel, while the company struggled to secure resources, mainly in the Tokyo metropolitan area. Constraints on securing personnel and resources have emerged as a factor behind the slight decline in business. - FY2024-Q1WorsenedAnnual report
「In the information services industry to which our group belongs, appetite for capital investment in digital transformation and cloud adoption remains strong, driven by the evolution of digital technologies, the need to address increasingly diverse customer needs and the renewal of aging core systems. At the same time, resolving the chronic shortage of IT personnel has become an urgent priority, and the industry performed solidly, despite concerns, as investment in securing and developing human resources also advanced.」
The company states that demand for digital transformation and cloud adoption is strong, while the chronic shortage of IT personnel has become an urgent issue requiring resolution. - FY2023WorsenedAnnual report
「In the information services industry to which our group belongs, securing highly skilled personnel has become difficult as labor shortages become chronic and the working-age population declines.」
The company explicitly states that securing highly skilled personnel has become difficult against the backdrop of chronic labor shortages and a declining working-age population. - FY2022RestatedAnnual report
「The growth and profitability of our group depend heavily on human resources. Accordingly, recruiting and developing the engineers, system engineers, managers and other personnel we require is important to the group. If we are unable to recruit or develop such personnel amid competition with other companies for talent, this may affect the group’s performance and financial position.」
The company continues to describe the risk that, because growth and profitability depend on human resources, it may be unable to recruit and develop the engineers, managers and other personnel it needs. - FY2022-Q2WorsenedAnnual report
「In addition, as IT investment plays an important role in supporting corporate management strategies, the need to recruit and develop highly skilled engineers capable of meeting this demand is increasing rapidly.」
The company states that the need to recruit and develop highly skilled engineers required to meet IT demand has increased rapidly, indicating mounting pressure on the environment for securing and developing human resources. - FY2021First statedAnnual report
「The growth and profitability of our group depend heavily on human resources. Accordingly, recruiting and developing the engineers, system engineers, managers and other personnel we require is important to the group. If we are unable to recruit or develop such personnel amid competition with other companies for talent, this may affect the group’s performance and financial position.」
The company states that growth and profitability depend on human resources and describes the potential impact on performance and financial position if it cannot recruit and develop the personnel it needs.