Labor Shortages and the Rise of Independent Professionals
First written in FY2017. 18 of 21 entries say "Restated". Latest entry: FY2026-H1.
The whole theme swung hardest in 2026: 1 of 6 companies on the "Worse" side.
1 other company's latest entry also says "Other".
- FY2026-H1Increasingly severe labour shortages and demandAnnual report
「Meanwhile, Japan is facing an increasingly severe structural labor shortage as the working-age population declines. Efforts to promote DX (digital transformation) to improve productivity and to put generative AI into practical use across society are accelerating rapidly. Against this backdrop, demand for the use of “external professional talent,” through which companies seek to address sophisticated management challenges with external expertise and co-creation, is expanding further in both quality and volume.」
The company explains that the structural labor shortage is becoming increasingly severe and that demand for external professional talent is expanding in both quality and volume against the backdrop of DX and the implementation of generative AI across society. - FY2024-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「Amid this environment, against a backdrop of labour shortages, particularly in the Tokyo metropolitan area, growing interest in work-style reform, accelerated promotion of DX (digital transformation) and the promotion of regional revitalization, our group’s services business for professional talent continued to expand orders, primarily from various operating companies, and revenue continued to grow.」
The company continues to identify labour shortages, work-style reform, promotion of DX and regional revitalization as demand drivers for services aimed at professional talent. - FY2024-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「Amid this environment, against a backdrop of labour shortages, particularly in the Tokyo metropolitan area, growing interest in work-style reform, accelerated promotion of DX (digital transformation) and the promotion of regional revitalization」
The company continues to identify labour shortages, work-style reform, promotion of DX and regional revitalization as demand drivers for services aimed at professional talent. - FY2023ReframedAnnual report
「Companies are also facing increasingly severe labour shortages, as well as the spread of working styles unconstrained by time or place due to the progress of digitalization and work-style reform, the impact of the novel coronavirus disease and other factors, and the arrival of the VUCA era, in which the socioeconomic environment is extremely difficult to predict. As a result, they are increasingly focusing on flexible working styles not bound by employment relationships.」
In addition to the previous business environment of labour shortages and the increase in independent professional talent, the company explains the environment in terms of the spread of flexible working styles, digitalization, work-style reform and the VUCA era. - FY2023-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「Against a backdrop of demand arising from labour shortages, particularly in the Tokyo metropolitan area, growing interest in work-style reform, accelerated promotion of DX (digital transformation) and the promotion of regional revitalization, our group’s services business for professional talent continued to expand new orders, primarily from various operating companies, and pursue its business activities, while revenue continued to grow.」
The company identifies labour shortages, work-style reform, promotion of DX and regional revitalization as demand drivers and describes the continued expansion of new orders and growth in revenue. - FY2023-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「Against a backdrop of demand arising from labour shortages, particularly in the Tokyo metropolitan area, growing interest in work-style reform, accelerated promotion of DX (digital transformation) and the promotion of regional revitalization, our group’s services business for professional talent continued to expand new orders, primarily from various operating companies, and pursue its business activities, while revenue continued to grow.」
The company continues to identify labour shortages, work-style reform, promotion of DX and regional revitalization as demand drivers for services aimed at professional talent. - FY2022-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「Against a backdrop of demand arising from labour shortages, particularly in the Tokyo metropolitan area, growing interest in work-style reform, accelerated promotion of DX (digital transformation) and the promotion of regional revitalization」
The company continues to identify labour shortages, work-style reform, promotion of DX and regional revitalization as demand drivers for services aimed at professional talent. - FY2022-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「Against a backdrop of demand arising from labour shortages, particularly in the Tokyo metropolitan area, growing interest in work-style reform, accelerated promotion of DX (digital transformation) and the promotion of regional revitalization」
The company continues to identify labour shortages, work-style reform, promotion of DX and regional revitalization as demand drivers. - FY2021RestatedAnnual report
「According to the Population Estimates based on the Census (Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications), Japan is experiencing a trend toward a shortage of labour. At the same time, the environment for starting businesses has been rapidly improving in recent years, and the number of highly capable professionals who, in addition to consultants from consulting firms, have backgrounds at operating companies, become independent and work as freelancers (Note) is increasing.」
The company continues to identify labour shortages and the increase in independent professional talent, including people from consulting firms and operating companies, as part of the business environment. - FY2021-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「Amid this environment, against a backdrop of demand arising from labour shortages, particularly in the Tokyo metropolitan area, growing interest in work-style reform, accelerated promotion of DX (digital transformation) and the promotion of regional revitalization, our services business for professional talent continued to expand new orders, primarily from various operating companies, and pursue its business activities」
The company continues to describe labour shortages, work-style reform, promotion of DX and regional revitalization as demand drivers in the business environment. - FY2021-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「Against a backdrop of demand arising from labour shortages, particularly in the Tokyo metropolitan area, growing interest in work-style reform, accelerated promotion of DX (digital transformation) and the promotion of regional revitalization, our services business for professional talent continued to expand new orders, primarily from various operating companies, and pursue its business activities」
The company continues to cite labour shortages and work-style reform as factors in the business environment, while also identifying accelerated promotion of DX and the promotion of regional revitalization as new demand drivers. - FY2020RestatedAnnual report
「As labour shortages in Japan become increasingly pronounced, we aim to expand the “new way of working,” unconstrained by conventional work arrangements, in order to sustain and grow the Japanese economy by providing independent professional talent with work and opportunities to take on challenges.」
The company continues to identify labour shortages and the increase in independent professional talent as factors underlying the business opportunity. - FY2020-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「Amid this environment, against a backdrop of labour shortages, particularly in the Tokyo metropolitan area, and work-style reform, our services business for professional talent continued to expand new orders, primarily from various operating companies, and pursue its business activities」
The company continues to describe labour shortages, particularly in the Tokyo metropolitan area, and work-style reform as factors underlying the business opportunity. - FY2020-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「Amid this environment, against a backdrop of labour shortages, particularly in the Tokyo metropolitan area, and work-style reform, our services business for professional talent continued to expand new orders, primarily from various operating companies, and pursue its business activities」
The company continues to cite labour shortages, particularly in the Tokyo metropolitan area, and work-style reform as factors in the business environment. - FY2020-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「Against a backdrop of labour shortages, particularly in the Tokyo metropolitan area, and work-style reform, our services business for professional talent continued to expand new orders, primarily from various operating companies, and pursue its business activities」
The company continues to cite labour shortages, particularly in the Tokyo metropolitan area, and work-style reform as factors in the business environment. - FY2019-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「Amid this environment, against a backdrop of a gradual economic recovery, labour shortages and work-style reform, our services business for professional talent continued to expand new orders, primarily from a wide range of operating companies, and pursue its business activities. The number of registrants for our main service, “FreeConsultant.jp,” exceeded 9,100 as of the end of June 2019.」
The company cites the economic recovery, labour shortages and work-style reform as factors in the business environment and continues to expand new orders. - FY2019-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「Against a backdrop of a gradual economic recovery, labour shortages and work-style reform, our services business for professional talent continued to expand new orders, primarily from a wide range of operating companies, and pursue its business activities.」
The company cites labour shortages and work-style reform as factors in the business environment and explains that it is expanding new orders. - FY2018RestatedAnnual report
「In Japan, the shortage of highly skilled talent continues, driven by strong demand from operating companies to respond to globalization and for IT investment.」
The company continues to describe labour shortages and demand for highly skilled talent as part of the business environment. - FY2018-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「Against a backdrop of a gradual economic recovery, labour shortages and work-style reform, our services business for professional talent continued to expand new orders, primarily from a wide range of operating companies, and pursue its business activities.」
The company has restated the business opportunity arising from the economic recovery, labour shortages and work-style reform, as well as its policy of expanding new orders. - FY2018-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「Against a backdrop of a gradual economic recovery, labour shortages and work-style reform, our services business for professional talent continued to expand new orders, primarily from a wide range of operating companies, and pursue its business activities.」
The company continues to cite labour shortages as part of the business environment, alongside work-style reform as another contributing factor. - FY2017First statedAnnual report
「Japan is experiencing a trend toward a shortage of labour. At the same time, the environment for starting businesses has been rapidly improving in recent years, and the number of highly capable professionals who leave consulting firms to become independent and work as freelancers is increasing.」
The company explains that labour shortages and the increase in independent talent are driving the business opportunity.