Continued Investment in the Recruitment and Development of Engineers
First written in FY2023. 4 of 12 entries say "Advanced", first in FY2024-Q2. Latest entry: 2026-09-25.
108 other companies' latest entry also says "Advanced".
- FY2026SoftenedAnnual report
「(Targets: Recruitment and development) Fiscal year ending March 2026 (actual); Engineer hires (people): 65; Engineer recruitment costs (¥ millions): 20; Engineer training costs (¥ millions): 26. Fiscal year ending March 2027; Engineer hires (people): 56; Engineer recruitment costs (¥ millions): 47; Engineer training costs (¥ millions): 33. Fiscal year ending March 2028; Engineer hires (people): 28; Engineer recruitment costs (¥ millions): 24; Engineer training costs (¥ millions): 10」
Although the policy of treating human resources investment as the highest priority continues, targets were set at 56 hires for the fiscal year ending March 2027 and 28 hires for the fiscal year ending March 2028, down from the previous targets of 80 hires for each of the fiscal years ending March 2025 and March 2026. Meanwhile, training initiatives such as NKC-Knowledge and NKC-Knowledge Guide have been made more concrete. - 2026-06-04RestatedGeneral Meetings of Shareholders
「From a medium- to long-term perspective, we pursued a human-resource investment policy focused on actively securing personnel and improving employee compensation through higher wages and allowances. As a result, personnel expenses and related costs increased.」
The company states that it has continued its human-resource investment policy, including active recruitment and higher wages and allowances, resulting in an increase in personnel expenses and related costs. - FY2026-H1RestatedAnnual report
「Meanwhile, as part of its medium- to long-term human resources investment policy, the Company promoted proactive recruitment and development of personnel and worked to expand its business and improve its technological capabilities.」
The Company continues proactive recruitment and development as part of its medium- to long-term human resources investment policy. In the Verification Business, higher personnel expenses and related costs associated with securing and developing personnel were a factor behind the decline in segment profit. - FY2025-H1AdvancedAnnual report
「Meanwhile, as part of its medium- to long-term human resources investment policy, the Company worked to secure personnel proactively, centered on the new Suwa Center, and improve wages and allowances to enhance employee benefits. As a result, personnel expenses and related costs increased.」
The Company has disclosed that, in addition to proactively securing personnel centered on the new Suwa Center, it actually worked to improve wages and allowances, resulting in higher personnel expenses and related costs. The implementation measures for its recruitment and development policy have expanded to include improvements in employee benefits. - FY2024SoftenedAnnual report
「(Targets: Recruitment and development) Fiscal year ended March 2024 (actual) / Fiscal year ending March 2025 / Fiscal year ending March 2026; Engineer hires (people): 71 / 80 / 80; Engineer recruitment costs (¥ millions): 52 / 67 / 67; Engineer training costs (¥ millions): 12 / 15 / 15」
Although the policy of treating engineer recruitment and development as the highest priority continues, the hiring target was revised from 100 people for each fiscal year to 80 people for the fiscal years ending March 2025 and March 2026. Actual results for the fiscal year ended March 2024 were 71 hires, ¥52 million in recruitment costs and ¥12 million in training costs. - FY2024-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「As part of its human resources strategy, one of the Company's growth strategies, the Company is identifying, recruiting and developing highly skilled personnel in regional areas. To train these recruits as verification and development engineers and expand its business fields, the Company decided to construct the new Suwa Center in Shimosuwa, Nagano Prefecture.」
The Company decided to construct the new Suwa Center as a specific measure to link the identification, recruitment and development of highly skilled regional personnel to business expansion. The means of implementing its existing recruitment and development targets have become more concrete. - FY2023First statedAnnual report
「The Company has positioned the recruitment and development of highly skilled engineers as its highest priority, set the following targets, and is pursuing related initiatives.」
The Company has set annual targets of 100 engineer hires for each fiscal year from the fiscal year ended March 2024 through the fiscal year ending March 2026, recruitment costs of ¥75 million, ¥50 million and ¥37 million, respectively, and training costs of ¥15 million for each fiscal year.