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Hitachi (6501) · RiskMitigated

Difficulty Recruiting and Retaining Highly Skilled Personnel

First written in FY2016. 3 of 6 entries say "Mitigated", first in FY2024. Latest entry: 2026-07-29.

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ProgressHeldSoftenedWorseRestatedFY2016 – FY2020MitigatedFY2024 – 2026-07-292016: 120162017: 120172018: 020182019: 020192020: 120202021: 020212022: 020222023: 020232024: 120242025: 120252026: 12026
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Difficulty Securing, Developing and Retaining Specialized and Highly Skilled IT PersonnelA theme 538 companies write about · 553 as a headwind · 4 as a tailwind

The whole theme swung hardest in 2026: 34 of 108 companies on the "Worse" side.

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  1. 2026-07-29MitigatedEarnings presentation

    「Overseas FDE talent: approximately 100 people as of July, increasing to approximately 350 by fiscal year-end」

    Presented a plan to increase overseas FDE talent to approximately 350 people by fiscal year-end, specifying measures to secure and develop specialist talent.
  2. FY2025MitigatedAnnual report

    「By fiscal 2024, the Group had secured 107,000 digital personnel, exceeding the 97,000 target set in the 2024 Mid-term Management Plan, and will continue to promote the securing and development of personnel who will drive the Lumada business.」

    The number of digital personnel reached 107,000, exceeding the target of 97,000, demonstrating the results of measures to secure and develop personnel.
  3. FY2024MitigatedAnnual report

    「To address this risk and secure the personnel needed in Japan and overseas in a timely manner, the Group is promoting diversity, equity and inclusion, creating workplaces where diverse personnel can work comfortably and improving engagement, using globally standardized human-resources systems and a human-resources platform, and securing and developing outstanding personnel through the implementation of internal training programs.」

    Measures to secure and develop specialized personnel by combining DEI, engagement, the human-resources platform and internal training have been specified.
  4. FY2020RestatedAnnual report

    「To address this risk and secure the personnel needed in Japan and overseas in a timely manner, the Group is expanding direct recruitment of digital personnel overseas, promoting workplaces where diverse personnel can work comfortably, securing outstanding global personnel through globally standardized human-resources systems, and securing and developing outstanding personnel through the use of a Group-wide, globally standardized learning management system and the implementation of internal training programs.」

    Measures to secure and develop digital, global and front-line personnel have been specified and continue to be implemented.
  5. FY2017RestatedAnnual report

    「Highly skilled personnel with specialized expertise are limited, and competition to recruit and retain them is intensifying.」

    The difficulty of recruiting and retaining specialized personnel remains a competitive risk.
  6. FY2016First statedAnnual report

    「Highly skilled personnel with specialized expertise are limited, and competition to recruit and retain them is intensifying.」

    The Group identifies securing personnel as a condition for maintaining competitiveness and the inability to recruit and retain them as a risk.
Moved together

"Customer-specific solutions based on IT and control technologies and products" moved the same way as this thread, in the same document, in 3 of its 6 moves.

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  1. ★This thread
  2. 1Customer-specific solutions based on IT and control technologies and products3×
  3. 2Acquiring Technology, Markets and Locations Through M&A, Joint Ventures and Strategic Alliances3×
  4. 3An Environment Where Diverse Talent Can Thrive and a Growth-Oriented Corporate Culture3×
  5. 4Expansion of Global R&D Sites and a Customer Co-Creation-Oriented Structure3×
  6. 5Shareholder Returns Balancing Reinvestment with Stable Dividend Growth3×
  7. 6Focused investment, improved asset efficiency, and development of AI and other areas for medium- to long-term strengthening2×

★ is this thread; numbers match the list above. The number on a line is how many documents both moved the same way in; lines between the other threads count the documents they moved together in too. Threads that move together often sit closer.

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Hitachi's next results are scheduled for 2026-10-28. Read the earnings preview It last moved in the Earnings presentation of 2026-07-29: "Mitigated".
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