Risk of insufficient recruitment and retention of necessary personnel
First written in FY2021. 9 of 16 entries say "Worsened", first in FY2022-Q2. Latest entry: 2026-06-16.
The whole theme swung hardest in 2026: 27 of 104 companies on the "Worse" side.
- 2026-06-16WorsenedFinancial Results Presentation
「At present, securing the number of recruits is the bottleneck to growth.」
The company explicitly identified securing sufficient recruits as the current growth bottleneck amid continued competition for human resources. - FY2026-H1RestatedAnnual report
「However, the situation remains uncertain, including intensifying competition for hires in the domestic market.」
The company identifies intensifying competition for hires in the domestic market as a continuing source of uncertainty regarding the securing of personnel. - FY2025-H1RestatedAnnual report
「However, the situation remains uncertain, including intensifying competition for hires in the domestic market.」
The company continues to identify intensifying competition for hires and personnel shortages as challenges in the business environment. - FY2024WorsenedAnnual report
「In the construction industry, the Work Style Reform-related laws also became applicable to the industry in April 2024. Restrictions on maximum overtime hours have made personnel shortages even more severe. In the IT industry, there is also a chronic shortage of engineers at the project manager level who handle upstream development processes, and projects in both industries are in some cases being delayed or postponed.」
Personnel shortages have become chronic in the construction and IT industries, with project delays and postponements becoming concrete issues due to the application of regulations and shortages of personnel for upstream processes. - FY2024-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「However, the situation remains uncertain, including project delays caused by intensifying competition for hires, personnel shortages and higher prices resulting from the weaker yen.」
In addition to competition for hires, personnel shortages and higher prices resulting from the weaker yen, project delays caused by these factors continue to be described as sources of business uncertainty. - FY2024-Q2WorsenedAnnual report
「In the construction industry, urban redevelopment projects are being planned in various locations, and shortages of construction personnel have become chronic. In the IT industry as well, demand for personnel remains strong across all fields, as system development using new technologies such as AI and 5G continues.」
Chronic shortages of construction personnel and strong demand for personnel in the IT sector, including AI and 5G, were cited together, indicating that the challenge of securing personnel continues. - FY2024-Q2WorsenedAnnual report
「However, the situation remains uncertain, including project delays caused by intensifying competition for hires, personnel shortages and higher prices resulting from the weaker yen.」
Intensifying competition for hires and personnel shortages, together with project delays caused by the weaker yen and higher prices, were described as specific operational challenges. - FY2024-Q1WorsenedAnnual report
「Across the manufacturing industry, chronic personnel shortages driven by intensifying competition for hires and rising wages, as well as the acquisition and development of skilled personnel to meet semiconductor demand, became challenges.」
The company explicitly identified chronic personnel shortages driven by intensifying competition for hires and rising wages as a challenge, and the risk related to securing required personnel remains an actual business issue. - FY2023RestatedAnnual report
「However, depending on labor market conditions, our group may be unable to hire or retain the personnel it requires as planned and may be unable to secure sufficient personnel.」
While taking measures such as web-based interviews and training centers, the company continues to identify the risk that hiring and retention of personnel may not progress as planned. - FY2023-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「However, the situation remains uncertain, including intensifying competition for hires in the domestic market and higher prices due to the weaker yen and inflationary pressures.」
The company identifies intensifying domestic competition for hires, along with the weaker yen and inflationary pressures, as continuing sources of uncertainty in securing personnel. - FY2023-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「However, the situation remains uncertain, including intensifying competition for hires in the domestic market and higher prices due to the weaker yen and inflationary pressures.」
The company identifies intensifying domestic competition for hires, along with the weaker yen and inflationary pressures, as continuing sources of uncertainty in securing personnel. - FY2023-Q1WorsenedAnnual report
「The situation remains uncertain, including intensifying competition for hires in the domestic market and higher prices due to the weaker yen and inflationary pressures.」
In addition to intensifying competition for hires, the company explicitly identified hiring difficulties caused by rising wages and a chronic shortage of personnel, further clarifying the challenge of securing required personnel. - FY2022WorsenedAnnual report
「In the human resources outsourcing industry, our group's principal service industry, demand for personnel, particularly younger workers, has risen sharply in many industries amid the declining birthrate, aging population and recovery in economic activity. In addition, entry restrictions on overseas personnel during the COVID-19 pandemic have contributed to growing competition to secure personnel, raising concerns about higher hiring costs.」
The sharp increase in demand for personnel, entry restrictions on overseas personnel and intensifying competition for hires have made the risks related to securing required personnel and hiring costs more concrete. - FY2022-Q3WorsenedAnnual report
「In addition, hiring costs increased in response to the decline in overseas personnel resulting from entry restrictions from overseas and competition for personnel following the simultaneous resumption of economic activity.」
Competition for hires continued amid the decline in overseas personnel and the resumption of economic activity, with higher hiring costs described as an actual impact. - FY2022-Q2WorsenedAnnual report
「However, hiring costs increased in response to the decline in overseas personnel resulting from entry restrictions from overseas and competition for personnel following the simultaneous resumption of economic activity.」
The company specifically described higher costs of securing required personnel due to the decline in overseas personnel and competition for hires accompanying the resumption of economic activity. - FY2021First statedAnnual report
「However, depending on labor market conditions, our group may be unable to hire or retain the personnel it requires as planned and may be unable to secure sufficient personnel.」
While taking measures including web-based interviews and training centers, the company identifies as a risk the possibility that hiring and retention of required personnel may not progress as planned.