Establishment of a Recruitment and Training Department for Talent Development and Retention
First written in FY2018. 10 of 13 entries say "Advanced", first in FY2019. Latest entry: FY2026.
- FY2026AdvancedAnnual report
「The group will promote the recruitment and development of talent supporting growth, while systematically developing next-generation management talent in each business. It will also improve the quality and productivity of business operations by sharing knowledge and successful practices accumulated across group companies and rolling them out horizontally.」
The company explicitly expanded the scope of recruitment and development to next-generation management talent and identified the horizontal rollout of knowledge and successful practices from group companies as a new measure. - FY2026-H1AdvancedAnnual report
「The company is strengthening its talent base by enhancing recruitment and expanding training programs to accelerate the development of prospective classroom managers.」
The human capital utilization policy is being implemented through stronger recruitment in the education business, accelerated development of prospective classroom managers, and enhanced training programs. - FY2025AdvancedAnnual report
「The company will promote a work environment that supports individual employees' career development by strengthening a group-wide human resources function overseeing personnel strategies and organizational development aligned with its management strategy.」
The company's previous recruitment and training initiatives have been systematized into a human capital management policy, a talent development policy, an internal work-environment enhancement policy, and the strengthening of a group-wide human resources function. - FY2025-H1RestatedAnnual report
「The company has identified its priority initiatives as ① management that makes greater use of human capital, ② stabilizing earnings from existing businesses, and ③ management that takes capital costs and the share price into account, and has begun work on these initiatives.」
The company continues to identify management that makes greater use of human capital as a priority initiative in its medium-term management plan. - FY2024-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「The company is further strengthening recruitment and talent education and training initiatives that had been restrained during the COVID-19 pandemic, and is working to strengthen its organizational foundation.」
The company is further strengthening recruitment, talent education and training that had been restrained during the COVID-19 pandemic, and is advancing initiatives to strengthen its organizational foundation. - FY2023-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「The company is gradually reopening the previously scaled-back “Zenraku Musubi Kimono Dressing Classes” and “Kimono Associations” at each store while reviewing their scale, and is strengthening the provision of services and value to customers. It is also strengthening the development of prospective store managers and recruitment of sales staff, while respecting traditional culture, incorporating product lineups suited to the times, and taking on initiatives to broaden the base of the kimono business.」
The company announced additional plans to strengthen the development of prospective store managers and recruitment of sales staff in the kimono business, while also broadening the business through the introduction of modern product lineups. - FY2021AdvancedAnnual report
「The group will strengthen recruitment while improving information sharing and operational efficiency through IT, and enhance sales capabilities and productivity by implementing face-to-face education and training plans in a timely manner and making effective use of its mentoring program.」
The company is developing initiatives to improve talent and productivity by combining stronger recruitment, IT-based information sharing, face-to-face training and a mentoring program. - FY2020AdvancedAnnual report
「The company has identified the development and enhancement of internal management systems to support the strengthening of existing businesses and expansion into new business areas as a key issue, and has developed and implemented group-wide training and education plans.」
The initiatives of the recruitment and training function established in the previous fiscal year advanced to the development and implementation stage for group-wide training and education plans. - FY2019AdvancedAnnual report
「During the consolidated fiscal year, the company established a recruitment and training function shared by each business and the consolidated subsidiaries and proceeded with the development of group-wide training and education plans. Going forward, it will implement these plans and promote talent education from a comprehensive perspective to improve employee motivation and retention.」
The recruitment and training function announced in the previous fiscal year was actually established, and work progressed toward developing group-wide training and education plans. - FY2018First statedAnnual report
「Going forward, the company will establish a recruitment and training function shared by the administrative divisions, each business and the consolidated subsidiaries, and take a comprehensive approach to talent development to improve employee motivation and retention. At the same time, it will improve the productivity of each employee by focusing the training and education provided in each business on content tailored to that business.」
The company presented concrete plans for the first time to establish a recruitment and training function shared by the administrative divisions, each business and the consolidated subsidiaries, combining group-wide talent development with business-specific training.