Talent recruitment and development and human resources system reform

「We had set a target internal recruiting hiring rate of 50.0% for employees joining in April 2026, but the actual rate was 51.2%, achieving the target and rising 25.4 percentage points from the previous year's 25.8%.」

「Regarding the important management issue of strengthening recruitment and development, we focused on attracting talent who share the Company's educational philosophy by holding various job-hunting events and strengthening internal recruiting.」

「In terms of expenses, in addition to higher personnel expenses resulting from raising salary levels for the second consecutive year, we made investments in advertising and promotion, system development to improve services through the use of ICT, and capital expenditures related to relocation and expansion.」

「Over the three years since the fiscal year ended March 2022, we rebuilt the training system through the Training Framework Project, an organization spanning positions and departments. As a result, we updated manuals and training videos for employee education and introduced an HR system capable of linking personnel placement with development.」

「Regarding recruitment, an important management issue, we further strengthened internal recruiting on a company-wide basis and, in October 2023, held the Education × Job Hunting EXPO, an event for students interested in careers in the education industry, bringing together 10 organizations from 4 education-related fields: schools, cram schools, publishing, and EdTech.」

「Regarding the recruitment and development of human resources, an important management issue, we strengthened our ability to attract talent by enhancing internal recruiting and reviewing recruitment methods, while pursuing a company-wide training framework project and advancing specific initiatives to strengthen human resource development, including enhancing training programs for instructors who joined as new graduates and mid-career managers.」

「Regarding the recruitment and development of human resources, an important management issue, we strengthened our ability to attract talent by enhancing internal recruiting and reviewing recruitment methods, while pursuing a company-wide training framework project and advancing specific human resource development initiatives.」

「The actual rate was 75.5% for the fiscal year ended March 2023. We aim to achieve a paid leave utilization rate of at least 80.0% by the fiscal year ending March 2026.」

「Regarding the strengthening of human resource development, a key initiative under the medium-term management plan, we accelerated the company-wide training framework project being advanced across organizational boundaries, and focused on rebuilding the training system, preparing various manuals, expanding training tools such as videos, and establishing an effective education system combining in-person and online instruction.」

「Regarding the strengthening of human resource development, a key initiative under the medium-term management plan, we launched a company-wide training framework project and are promoting the redevelopment of training content, enhancement of training tools such as manuals and videos, and the establishment of an effective training system combining in-person and online instruction.」

「As part of our efforts under the priority measure of enhancing internal capabilities and quality to advance the medium-term management plan, we positioned personnel development as a priority issue, focused on enhancing training for new employees and academic staff, and established an internal project to rebuild the training framework and improve training methods for more effective employee education.」

「Specifically, to strengthen "human resources development," the most important issue in achieving "higher customer satisfaction through improved service quality," we focused on enhancing training for new employees and teaching staff, while establishing an internal project and working to restructure the training framework for more effective employee education.」

「Regarding "human resources development," an important issue for medium- to long-term business expansion, we worked to restructure our training framework for more effective and efficient employee education, including by strengthening training to develop new instructors quickly, providing online training, and reviewing the training system for administrative staff.」

「Regarding "human resources development," an important issue for medium- to long-term business expansion, we focused on enhancing and strengthening training to develop new instructors quickly and worked to restructure our training framework for more effective employee education, including by reviewing the training system for administrative staff.」

「Regarding "recruitment and development," an important issue for medium- to long-term business expansion, we strengthened recruitment, mainly for instructor positions, from the previous consolidated fiscal year. As a result, we made progress in acquiring the personnel set out in our staffing plan at limited expense, and focused on enhancing and strengthening training to develop new instructors quickly. We also began restructuring our training framework to implement more effective employee education, including by launching training with new content.」

「Recruiting personnel is of utmost importance to consistently providing high-quality education services. By strengthening the recruitment department, we made progress in securing personnel in line with staffing plans for new graduates, experienced hires and part-time staff, enabling us to expand support for schools. We also focused on training, particularly for new employees, aimed at providing high-quality classroom services that meet customer expectations, thereby improving customer satisfaction.」

「Recruitment of both full-time and part-time staff progressed smoothly, including through coordination among group companies. In terms of development, we strengthened and enhanced training for new employees and focused on establishing a structure for consistently providing high-quality education services.」

「Recruiting personnel is of utmost importance to consistently providing the high-quality education services that are the source of our group's brand strength. Results exceeded those of the previous year in all categories, including new-graduate, experienced-hire and part-time recruitment. We also focused on training, particularly for new employees, aimed at providing high-quality classroom services that meet customer expectations, thereby improving customer satisfaction.」

「Recruiting and developing personnel, a key to future growth and development, has been treated as an important issue, and as a result, both new-graduate and part-time recruitment produced better results than in the previous year.」

「Recruiting and developing personnel in particular is a key issue for consistently providing high-quality education services and further increasing our outstanding record of admissions to leading selective schools. As a result of our efforts, both new-graduate and part-time recruitment produced better results than in the previous year.」

「Recruiting and developing personnel in particular is a key issue for consistently providing the high-quality education services that are the source of our group's brand strength and further increasing our outstanding record of admissions to leading selective schools. As a result of our efforts, both new-graduate and part-time recruitment produced better results than in the previous year.」

「We designated the 3 years from the current consolidated fiscal year as a period for building the foundation for a major advance toward achieving our long-term performance targets for 2028, and focused on recruiting and developing personnel, improving service quality, and improving operational efficiency as priority issues for strengthening existing businesses.」

「Against this backdrop, our group positioned recruiting and developing personnel, improving customer service quality, and improving operational efficiency as priority issues for strengthening existing businesses, and worked on these initiatives.」

「On the other hand, profit declined mainly because labor costs increased as a result of higher headcount associated with organizational restructuring aimed at expanding the Company's business over the medium to long term and base-pay increases implemented when transitioning to the new human resources and compensation system, as well as higher commissions paid following the launch of the new core system.」

「In particular, regarding the core measure of strengthening existing businesses, we focused on the priority issues of recruiting and developing personnel, improving service quality, and improving operational efficiency. In addition, to achieve our medium- and long-term management targets, we carried out a major organizational reform effective 1 April this year, strengthening support for schools in both academic and operational areas and launching the rebuilding of the internal control system under the new structure.」

「We promoted a personnel and compensation system reform project aimed at establishing systems that contribute to the development and effective utilization of human resources, an important management priority, while also proceeding with development of the next-generation core system.」

「In addition to promoting reforms to the personnel and compensation systems and development of the next-generation core system, we proceeded with a review of workflows centered on school operating structures and administrative operations to improve management efficiency.」

「Securing and developing talented personnel is a key issue. To secure personnel in line with our staffing plan, we are systematically recruiting new graduates, experienced hires and part-time staff, while working to establish a human resources and compensation system that will improve motivation to work and strengthen our recruitment capabilities.」