Strengthening security guard recruitment by leveraging company dormitories and dedicated personnel

「As a result, consolidated results for the current fiscal year reflected the ongoing effects of M&A, including the sharing of customer bases, revised contract fees, an increase in the number of contracts, expansion driven by steady recruitment activities, and orders for large-scale temporary security services. Revenue for the 16-month period was ¥15,346 million.」

「For preparations for the Osaka Expo, we will undertake recruitment activities and education and training.」

「The number of employees as of 31 December 2023 was 2,960.」

「Although earnings from the aforementioned acquisitions and the increase in recurring-revenue projects contributed to results, this decline in profit was mainly attributable to the expiration of the aforementioned temporary security services related to COVID-19, higher recruitment expenses resulting from intensified recruitment activities, higher amortization of goodwill related to the aforementioned acquisitions, and increased costs associated with the implementation of the core system.」

「The increase in revenue was mainly attributable to the acquisitions of 合建警備保障㈱ and ㈱ダイトーセキュリティー, the build-up of facility-security orders for critical protection facilities and other sites, and an increase in operating personnel resulting from the hiring of 45 new graduates despite challenging recruitment conditions, although temporary security services related to COVID-19 declined from the previous fiscal year.」

「On 1 April 2022, 129 new graduates joined the company. Approximately half of these new employees were women.」

「Regarding recruitment, 129 new graduates joined in April, and the periodic hiring of second-career graduates and other graduates during the period progressed steadily. In addition, the number of consolidated subsidiaries increased by 2 through the conversion of companies into wholly owned subsidiaries, bringing the workforce at the end of September 2022 to 1,905 (including contract employees based on the average during the period).」

「Regarding recruitment, 129 new graduates joined the company in April, and the periodic hiring of second-career graduates and other graduates during the period also progressed steadily.」

「Within the Group, 96 new graduates joined the company in April 2021. During the period, 117 second-career graduates and other graduates also joined the company.」

「A major factor behind this solid performance has been the strengthening of our workforce in both quality and quantity through an active focus on recruiting young talent as full-time employees since the previous fiscal year. We are continuing to actively focus on recruiting young full-time employees in the current fiscal year, and believe these efforts will make a significant contribution to the Group's growth over the medium to long term, rather than contributing to performance only temporarily. Given the favorable order environment, we do not expect to have excess personnel.」

「A major factor behind this solid performance has been the strengthening of our workforce in both quality and quantity through an active focus on recruiting young talent as full-time employees since the previous fiscal year. We are continuing to actively focus on recruiting young full-time employees in the current fiscal year, and believe these efforts will make a significant contribution to the Group's growth over the medium to long term, rather than contributing to performance only temporarily.」

「A major factor behind this solid performance was the strengthening of our workforce, as we focused on actively recruiting young talent from the beginning of the previous fiscal year despite the challenging operating environment, in anticipation of improved orders. We are also actively recruiting young talent as full-time employees in the current fiscal year and will continue to do so. We believe these efforts will make a significant contribution to the Group's growth over the medium to long term.」

「We are pursuing active full-time recruitment, investing resources in hiring young talent and securing an unusually large number of promising employees. As a result, the consolidated number of employees at period-end was 1,841 (including 1,276 temporary employees based on the annual average), while the average age of full-time employees was 38.4 years (44.3 years in the previous fiscal year). The workforce structure changed significantly during the year as the number of young full-time employees increased substantially.」

「Meanwhile, despite the challenging operating environment, we are focusing on securing promising young talent, and recruitment across the Group is progressing smoothly.」

「As a special factor in the same quarter of the previous year, extraordinary demand for security services related to the G20 Summit held in 20 countries and regions caused consolidated net sales and operating income for the first quarter cumulative period to decline from the same quarter of the previous year.」

「Meanwhile, the number of employees at period-end was 1,830 (including 1,431 temporary employees based on the annual average).」

「Meanwhile, in anticipation of increased demand ahead of international sporting events and new facility security contracts, we conducted active recruitment, bringing the number of employees to 1,809 (contract employees and others are based on the average number during the period).」

「Meanwhile, to address the labor shortage, we are working to strengthen recruitment and improve retention through measures including the employment of women and active seniors and the establishment of new employee dormitories. Recruitment of security guards remained steady.」

「In September 2018, we established employee dormitories in the Tokyo metropolitan area, followed by dormitories in Osaka in April 2019, securing more than 100 units. We also appointed dedicated personnel for security guard recruitment and are working to strengthen recruitment. Going forward, we will continue strengthening recruitment, including through the proactive hiring of women and active seniors.」