Launch of Employment Placement, Staffing and IT Technical Education Services

「Our Group, comprising the Company and its affiliates, consists of the Company and 4 subsidiaries.」

「In the Other business, we provided services including fee-based employment placement, temporary staffing and IT technical education courses through our consolidated subsidiary 株式会社セラクＥＣＡ, which changed its corporate name to 株式会社セラクＣＣＣ on 26 August 2022. However, we decided to split off the customer success solutions business, which provides support for Salesforce adoption and utilisation, and have it transferred to our consolidated subsidiary 株式会社セラクＣＣＣ. The resolution date was 26 August 2022 and the effective date was 1 December 2022. As a result, there was no segment revenue, compared with no segment revenue in the same period of the previous year. The segment loss was ¥1.304 million, compared with a segment loss of ¥2.123 million in the same period of the previous year.」

「In the Other business, we provided services including fee-based employment placement, temporary staffing and IT technical education courses through our consolidated subsidiary 株式会社セラクＥＣＡ, which changed its corporate name to 株式会社セラクＣＣＣ on 26 August 2022. However, we decided to split off the customer success solutions business, which provides support for Salesforce adoption and utilisation, and have it transferred to our consolidated subsidiary 株式会社セラクＣＣＣ. The resolution date was 26 August 2022 and the effective date was 1 December 2022.」

「As the deterioration in market conditions associated with the spread of COVID-19 continued during the fiscal year, we proceeded with discussions regarding the future policy of our Group. As a result, there was no segment revenue, compared with ¥2.835 million in the previous fiscal year. The segment loss was ¥3.855 million, compared with a segment loss of ¥1.872 million in the previous fiscal year.」

「As market conditions continued to deteriorate during the six months ended 30 September due to the impact of COVID-19, we allocated resources from this business to other priority businesses while closely monitoring the timing of a market recovery. As a result, there was no segment revenue, compared with segment revenue of ¥2.835 million in the same period of the previous year.」

「As market conditions continued to deteriorate during the first quarter of the fiscal year due to the impact of COVID-19, we allocated resources from this business to other priority businesses while closely monitoring the timing of a market recovery. As a result, there was no segment revenue, compared with segment revenue of ¥2.035 million in the same period of the previous year. The segment loss was ¥1.114 million, compared with segment profit of ¥528 thousand in the same period of the previous year.」

「As the deterioration in market conditions associated with the spread of COVID-19 continued during the nine months ended 31 December, we proceeded with efforts to review the future direction of the business of our Group. As a result, segment revenue was ¥2.835 million, down 89.8% year on year, and the segment loss was ¥925 thousand, compared with a segment loss of ¥5.701 million in the same period of the previous year.」

「In response to these deteriorating market conditions, the Group will continue pursuing initiatives to review the future direction of its businesses.」

「During the first quarter of the fiscal year, the decline in client companies' demand for recruitment and the suspension or postponement of recruitment activities associated with the spread of COVID-19 continued.」

「During the fiscal year, we worked to provide detailed support to job seekers and develop new client companies, with the aim of matching highly skilled IT professionals with diverse personnel needs in the highly liquid IT labour market and providing education-oriented personnel services across a broad range of fields, including other industries. As a result, segment revenue was ¥27.920 million, up 110.7% from the previous fiscal year, and the segment loss was ¥13.926 million, compared with a segment loss of ¥25.873 million in the previous fiscal year.」

「Although the spread of COVID-19 slowed job-seeker activity, we promoted the inflow of talent into various industries by putting technical education content online and providing it to the engineering community for the purpose of identifying and training outstanding personnel. As a result, segment revenue was ¥27.920 million, up 239.9% year on year, and the segment loss was ¥5.701 million, compared with a segment loss of ¥18.601 million in the same period of the previous year.」

「At 株式会社セラクＥＣＡ, the company is working to provide attentive support to job seekers, develop new client companies with job openings, match highly skilled IT professionals with diverse personnel needs, and provide education-based staffing services across a broad range of fields, including other industries. It is focusing on identifying and training highly capable personnel and improving its matching rate to encourage the flow of talent into various industries. As a result, segment revenue was ¥17.027 million, up 650.1% year on year, and the segment loss was ¥4.985 million, compared with a segment loss of ¥11.838 million in the same period of the previous year.」

「In the highly liquid IT talent market, 株式会社セラクＥＣＡ is working to provide attentive support to job seekers, develop new client companies with job openings, match highly skilled IT professionals with diverse personnel needs, and provide education-based staffing services across a broad range of fields, including other industries. It is focusing on identifying and training highly capable personnel and improving its matching rate to encourage the flow of talent into various industries. As a result, segment revenue was ¥10.321 million, compared with segment revenue of ¥— million in the same period of the previous year, and the segment loss was ¥1.278 million, compared with a segment loss of ¥5.253 million in the same period of the previous year.」

「The company also holds “テクトレ,” a training course for people without prior experience in the IT industry, to encourage the movement of talent into the IT industry and focus on identifying highly capable personnel.」

「In the highly liquid IT talent market, 株式会社セラクＥＣＡ began full-scale operations in January 2019 to match highly skilled IT professionals with diverse personnel needs and provide education-based staffing services across a broad range of fields, including other industries. It also began offering courses such as “テクトレ,” a training program for people without prior experience in the IT industry.」

「In the Other Businesses segment, 株式会社セラクＥＣＡ, established in September and made a consolidated subsidiary, provides fee-based employment placement, staffing and IT technical training courses. In the highly liquid IT talent market, 株式会社セラクＥＣＡ is preparing for the full-scale launch of its business by matching highly skilled IT professionals with diverse personnel needs and providing education-based staffing services across a broad range of fields, including other industries.」