Job seeker shortage due to a declining young population, competition, and ineffective customer acquisition initiatives
First written in FY2020. 4 of 12 entries say "Restated". Latest entry: 2026-09-14.
Jaic moved to the "Worse" side of this theme in 2026, 6 years after the typical company in this theme (2020).
The whole theme swung hardest in 2025: 3 of 7 companies on the "Worse" side.
4 other companies' latest entry also says "Worsened".
- 2026-09-14WorsenedFinancial results presentation
「[Delayed response to an exceptionally candidate-driven market] ① Rising cost of acquiring jobseekers ② Changes in effective acquisition channels」
The delayed response to an exceptionally candidate-driven market, rising acquisition costs and changes in acquisition channels were identified as specific challenges in acquiring jobseekers. - FY2027-H1RestatedAnnual report
「For its core education-integrated employment placement service, Shushoku College® (Job Placement College), the number of job openings has recovered to pre-pandemic levels. As the labor market becomes increasingly favorable to job seekers, the company has strengthened its efforts to attract them and will continue to strengthen its marketing initiatives and improve conversion rates.」
While reporting a recovery in the number of job openings, the company indicates that attracting job seekers remains a key issue in an increasingly job-seeker-friendly labor market. - 2026-06-12MaterialisedFinancial results presentation
「A transitional period in the transformation of talent-acquisition marketing. We are focusing on developing new acquisition channels in addition to existing channels.」
In the New Career Business, jobseeker registrations declined from 13,569 to 11,119 and employment placements from 482 to 415 year on year, indicating that the business is in the process of changing its acquisition channels. - FY2026RestatedAnnual report
「If it becomes difficult to attract sufficient job seekers because of the continued decline in Japan's total population and the young people who are its primary customers, changes in employment conditions, intensifying competition with rival companies, ineffective customer-acquisition initiatives or other factors,」
The company continues to disclose the young population, employment conditions, competition and customer-acquisition initiatives as risk factors contributing to a shortage of job seekers. - FY2025MitigatedAnnual report
「For its core education-integrated employment placement service, Shushoku College® (Job Placement College), the number of job openings has recovered to pre-pandemic levels. As the labor market becomes increasingly favorable to job seekers, the company has strengthened its efforts to attract them, and the number acquired has increased year on year. The company will continue to strengthen its marketing initiatives and improve conversion rates.」
The company states that the number of job seekers acquired increased year on year during the current period, reversing the decline that had continued through the previous corresponding period. It is also continuing to strengthen marketing and improve conversion rates. - FY2025-H1MitigatedAnnual report
「For its core education-integrated employment placement service, Shushoku College® (Job Placement College), the company has worked to strengthen its marketing initiatives to secure job seekers as the labor market becomes increasingly favorable to them. During the interim consolidated accounting period, the number of job seekers acquired exceeded that of the corresponding period of the previous year.」
The company states that, in contrast to the previously reported year-on-year decline in the number of job seekers acquired, the number acquired during the interim consolidated accounting period exceeded that of the corresponding period of the previous year as a result of stronger marketing initiatives. - FY2024-Q3MaterialisedAnnual report
「For its core education-integrated employment placement service, Shushoku College® (Job Placement College), the employment placement rate for job seekers who participated in training has been improving. However, as the labor market becomes increasingly favorable to job seekers, the cost of acquiring job seekers has been rising, while the number of job seekers acquired has declined year on year, and the company will continue to strengthen its marketing initiatives.」
While the employment placement rate has improved, the number of job seekers acquired continues to decline year on year as the labor market becomes increasingly favorable to job seekers. - FY2024-Q2MaterialisedAnnual report
「Although the cost of acquiring job seekers has been rising as the labor market becomes increasingly favorable to job seekers, the number of job seekers acquired has declined year on year, and the company will continue to strengthen its marketing initiatives.」
Against the backdrop of an increasingly job-seeker-friendly labor market, the company continues to report the actual business impact of higher job-seeker acquisition costs and a year-on-year decline in the number of job seekers acquired. - FY2024-Q1MaterialisedAnnual report
「For its core education-integrated employment placement service, Shushoku College® (Job Placement College), the employment placement rate for job seekers who participated in training has been improving. However, as the labor market becomes increasingly favorable to job seekers, the number of job seekers acquired has declined year on year, and the company will continue to strengthen its marketing initiatives.」
The company describes the actual business impact of a year-on-year decline in the number of job seekers acquired against the backdrop of an increasingly job-seeker-friendly labor market. - FY2023-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「As the importance of factors such as the stable acquisition of job seekers in an increasingly job-seeker-friendly labor market and a high placement rate increases, we will continue to implement initiatives.」
Against the backdrop of improving employment conditions and an increasingly job-seeker-friendly labor market, the stable acquisition of job seekers continues to be identified as a key issue. - FY2022RestatedAnnual report
「If it becomes difficult to attract sufficient job seekers because of the continued decline in Japan's total population and the young people who are its primary customers, changes in employment conditions, intensifying competition, ineffective customer-acquisition initiatives or other factors,」
The company continues to disclose population and youth declines, employment conditions, competition and customer-acquisition initiatives as factors contributing to a shortage of job seekers. - FY2020First statedAnnual report
「If it becomes difficult to attract sufficient job seekers because of the continued decline in Japan's total population and the young people who are its primary customers, changes in employment conditions, intensifying competition, ineffective customer-acquisition initiatives or other factors,」
The company identifies the decline in Japan's population and young people, employment conditions, competition and customer-acquisition initiatives as risk factors for attracting job seekers.