Launch of engage, offering recruitment website creation, applicant management and scouting functions

「engage事業承継により人件費及び広告宣伝費が大幅に減少した結果、営業利益は1,468百万円（前年同期比10.5％増）、経常利益は1,606百万円（前年同期比16.0％増）となりました。」

「In light of the diversification of the recruitment market and intensifying competition, we determined that it would be difficult to grow the engage business independently as planned. Accordingly, we carried out this absorption-type company split to carve out the business and transfer it to a new company, with the aim of achieving sustained business growth and enhancing corporate value through cooperation with the third party Kakaku.com,Inc.」

「At engage, advertising investments were restrained, resulting in lower revenue.」

「Following promotions under the new brand to acquire job seekers, the number of members increased to 5.55 million, up 1.81 million year on year. As membership grew, so did the number of user companies, bringing total user accounts to 680,000 and publicly listed vacancies to 2.11 million. The service continued to grow as one of Japan's largest recruitment services, increasing revenue.」

「At HR-Tech engage, continued investments in advertising expenses increased the number of job-seeker members and paid job postings, resulting in higher revenue. Advertising expenses fell substantially year on year as investment efficiency improved. As a result, revenue was ¥4,434 million, up 45.3% year on year, while operating loss was ¥1,618 million, compared with an operating loss of ¥2,464 million in the previous corresponding period.」

「At engage, the HR-Tech business in the investment segment, active investments in advertising to acquire job seekers increased the number of new job seekers, which encouraged paid usage by customer companies and increased revenue.」

「Revenue increased as the number of job-seeker members and user companies grew on engage, the HR-Tech business in the investment segment and a talent platform. At engage, active investments in advertising expenses to acquire job seekers drove monthly growth in new job-seeker members above that of the existing business, further increasing awareness in the recruitment market.」

「At engage, applications for paid job postings increased as marketing initiatives took effect, enabling the application-based pricing plan to contribute to revenue and resulting in a substantial year-on-year increase in revenue.」

「As a result, the number of members increased substantially to 2.26 million, up 1.16 million year on year. As membership grew, so did the number of companies using the service, bringing total users to 520,000 companies and publicly listed vacancies to 1.34 million, making it one of Japan's largest recruitment services.」

「engage's new pricing plans for customer companies were well received and contributed to higher revenue.」

「engage recorded a substantial year-on-year increase in revenue, driven by improvements to its services for job seekers and expanded sales of new pricing plans for customer companies.」

「The total number of companies using engage increased substantially to 410,000 as of March 2022. The number of job postings created through engage, including both paid and free postings, also grew steadily, and customer adoption advanced further. Against this backdrop, we began making upfront investments in advertising expenses to strengthen the acquisition of job seekers from the fourth quarter of the current fiscal year, accelerating revenue growth.」

「The total number of companies using the HR and recruitment platform engage increased steadily to 301,000 as of September 2020. We also carried out a major service renewal in September 2020. Following the renewal, paid engage users could post vacancies not only on our recruitment site but also in paid placements on other recruitment and aggregation sites, substantially increasing exposure. As a result, page views were approximately 23 times higher than before the renewal, and the service evolved to improve convenience and further increase customers' recruitment success.」

「The number of companies using engage, our HR and recruitment platform, increased steadily to 287,000 as of June 2020. Although the number of paid users increased more than sixfold year on year, the number of paid users fell approximately 20% quarter on quarter as recruitment needs declined more than expected due to the spread of COVID-19. The number of paid users bottomed in May and has been recovering since June.」

「The number of companies using engage increased steadily to 270,000 as of March 2020, supported by active promotional activities. Revenue from the paid plans launched in April 2019 increased 116.4% quarter on quarter, driven by growth in the number of paid users and the success of initiatives to increase applications, resulting in a substantial increase in revenue. Full-year revenue was ¥475 million.」

「The number of companies using engage increased steadily to 250,000 as of December 2019, supported by active promotional activities. Revenue from the paid plans launched in April 2019 increased 35% quarter on quarter as the number of companies using them continued to grow steadily.」

「The number of companies using engage, our HR and recruitment platform, increased steadily to 230,000 as of September 2019, supported by active promotional activities. The paid plans launched in April 2019 also progressed as expected in terms of revenue, as the number of companies using them continued to increase steadily.」

「The number of companies using engage, our HR and recruitment platform, increased steadily to 210,000 as of June 2019, supported by active promotional activities. engage's core service is provided free of charge, but we also began offering paid plans for companies seeking to strengthen recruitment, and progress was in line with expectations.」

「August 2016: Launch of engage, a recruitment-support tool featuring recruitment-site creation, applicant management and sourcing functions for people considering a career change.」