Strengthening Training and Developing the Capabilities of All Employees

「In in-house training, the company provides basic technical training in multiple fields to some new graduates and intensive training to improve the Japanese-language skills of foreign engineers, thereby promoting early placement and working to improve the utilization rate.」

「For in-house training, the company is further enhancing programs particularly for inexperienced and minimally experienced personnel and foreign engineers, seeking to improve skills and market value in line with market needs. It is also working to facilitate the early placement of personnel awaiting assignment and improve its utilization rate.」

「The Hirayama Group will make it a priority to establish an ideal system based on an "engineer-first" philosophy, in which employees advance their careers through training and self-development while working in the field, with a view to the next 10 years.」

「Meanwhile, in preparation for future growth, the company strategically used recruitment expenses and other costs to allocate personnel to high-priced projects with strong customer demand and strengthen training for high-end skilled personnel. It also established new offices and training centers and expanded its recruitment and training staff, resulting in higher related costs.」

「The company will further enhance its existing training centers and establish a new training center to develop field engineers capable of maintaining and servicing semiconductor manufacturing equipment and establish a structure for dispatching them as high-end personnel.」

「To allocate personnel to high-priced projects with strong customer demand and strengthen training for high-end skilled personnel, the company strategically used recruitment expenses and other costs, established new offices and training centers, and expanded its recruitment and training staff. As a result, related costs associated with the increase in human capital rose, leading to lower profit.」

「To allocate personnel to high-priced new projects with strong customer demand and strengthen training for high-end skilled personnel in preparation for future growth, the company actively used recruitment expenses, established new offices and training centers, and expanded its recruitment and training staff. As a result, related costs associated with the increase in human capital rose, but profit was broadly in line with plan.」

「The company will further enhance its existing training centers and establish a new training center to develop field engineers capable of maintaining and servicing semiconductor manufacturing equipment and establish a structure for dispatching them as high-end personnel.」

「The retention of new graduates hired in April 2022, stronger career counseling and the establishment of a Techno Counseling desk have contributed to a lower employee turnover rate, while the number of active personnel remained firm. The company also continues to strengthen its systems for developing and retaining engineers, including step-up training for experienced personnel at its training center and customized training addressing customer needs.」

「The company continues to strengthen its systems for developing and retaining engineers through step-up training for experienced personnel at training centers within the Hirayama Group, the establishment of a Techno Counseling desk providing technical support, and customized training tailored to customer needs.」

「The company continues to strengthen its systems for developing and retaining engineers to meet customer needs, including step-up training for experienced personnel and the development of training and development programs for inexperienced personnel at training centers within the Hirayama Group.」

「In response to these circumstances, the company opened a new training center to meet customer needs and strengthened and utilized its system for securing engineers, including step-up training for experienced personnel and the development of training and development programs for inexperienced personnel.」

「In response to these circumstances, the Hirayama Group addressed some customer needs by establishing a new system for securing engineers through training and development programs for inexperienced personnel and a program to convert non-technical personnel at Hirayama Group companies into engineers.」

「The company is establishing a new system for securing engineers through its program for inexperienced personnel and its program to convert non-technical personnel at Hirayama Group companies into engineers, but it was unable to meet all customer needs.」

「Through the "Training Program for Inexperienced Personnel" and the "Program to Convert Non-Technical Personnel at Group Companies into Engineers," the company will promote career changes from inexperienced personnel to junior engineers and develop high-value-added personnel. At the same time, it will promote the acquisition of skills in new fields, including AI (artificial intelligence), which is expected to see market expansion, among existing engineers. The company will strengthen the development of specialists in each increasingly advanced field.」

「In Japan, applications from personnel with limited experience and foreign nationals are increasing. Accordingly, the company has pursued a training program for inexperienced personnel and a program to convert non-technical personnel at Hirayama Group companies into engineers since the fiscal year before last, developing engineers. Going forward, it will continue to strengthen new recruitment, focusing on high-value-added personnel, while maintaining initiatives to support health, centered on mental healthcare provided by career counselors, an area of focus for the Hirayama Group, thereby curbing employee turnover and working to secure the engineers that are the source of growth.」

「Although revenue declined, the company secured an increase in profit by maintaining employment, actively recruiting and training personnel in preparation for the next stage of growth based on the recovery trend in orders, and using expenses efficiently.」

「The Group has pursued a training program for inexperienced personnel and a program to convert non-technical personnel at group companies into engineers since the fiscal year before last. It regards strengthening training for personnel whose numbers have been reduced at companies using external personnel, through these programs, as a major opportunity to expand the continuous development and production of technical personnel.」

「The Group primarily offers permanent employment, providing employees with secure and stable employment. It also actively supports career development through career counselors, provides training through individualized curricula based on employees' preferences and analyses of their current situations, and offers an environment and opportunities for career changes into a range of jobs suited to each individual.」

「Meanwhile, by continuing to leverage group synergies and provide added value through training, most technical employees working under existing contracts renewed their contracts and continued their assignments. Labor shortages remain, particularly for IT personnel. In response, the Group has pursued a training program for inexperienced personnel and a program to convert non-technical personnel at group companies into engineers since the fiscal year before last.」

「The engineer staffing business remained firm in the transportation equipment fields, including automobiles, communications equipment and semiconductor manufacturing equipment, despite the impact of factors including US-China tensions, by providing added value through training while leveraging group synergies. On the profit front, new graduates hired aggressively in the previous fiscal year were assigned smoothly, resulting in a substantial increase in profit from the previous fiscal year. Meanwhile, labor shortages continue. In response, the Group has pursued a training program for inexperienced personnel and a program to convert non-technical personnel at group companies into engineers since the fiscal year before last. As a result, it has become able to regularly produce technical personnel, and these programs have become established as one means of strengthening its workforce. New graduate recruitment for the next fiscal year is also progressing smoothly through partnerships with universities in Japan and overseas.」

「Through its training program for inexperienced personnel and its program to convert non-technical personnel at group companies into engineers, both pursued since last year, the company has become able to regularly produce technical personnel. It will promote career changes from inexperienced personnel to junior engineers and develop high-value-added personnel. It will also increase the number of career counselors, actively support career development, and strengthen training through individualized curricula based on employees' preferences and an analysis of their current situations.」

「Although labor shortages continue, the Group has been able to regularly produce technical personnel through its training program for inexperienced personnel and its program to convert non-technical personnel at group companies into engineers, both of which it has pursued since last year. These programs have become established as one means of strengthening its workforce. New graduate recruitment for the current fiscal year is also progressing well, with the domestic target already secured and efforts under way to recruit additional personnel. Overseas, the Group was also able to recruit new graduate foreign engineers, mainly from Myanmar. As a result, sales were ¥640.836 million, up 20.4% year on year, and segment profit was ¥37.139 million, up 86.9% year on year.」

「Recruitment of new graduates for the current fiscal year is also progressing smoothly, and the company expects to secure the same level as last year's results. In addition, the training program for inexperienced personnel and the program to train engineers from personnel at group companies, both launched as new initiatives in the previous fiscal year, are progressing smoothly, and are expected to accelerate the increase in the number of dispatched personnel.」

「Accordingly, the company will create individualized curricula suited to each employee based on an analysis of their current situation and work to strengthen training thoroughly. It will also actively provide technical training, including design, if desired by the employee, thereby offering new career paths.」

「As a new initiative, the company launched a program to train engineers from personnel at group companies.」

「In the engineer staffing business, demand remained firm in the transportation equipment fields, including automobiles, and in communications equipment. In recruitment, the company used its newly developed training environment to accept interns to secure new graduates for the next fiscal year, provide skills-upgrading training for inexperienced personnel, and develop a training structure for overseas personnel, working to secure new graduates for the next fiscal year and overseas personnel.」

「All new graduate hires were assigned to positions and have already contributed to higher sales. In addition, amid difficulties in recruiting experienced personnel, the company positioned new graduates, together with overseas personnel, as one of the pillars of sales growth. As part of measures to strengthen new graduate recruitment, it developed the facilities, environment and structure of its training facilities and established a new system for accepting new graduates.」

「In response, the company worked to improve retention among current employees and actively provided training to new employees.」

「In the insourcing (contract manufacturing) business, outsourcing costs increased at major customers as labor shortages worsened. In addition, employee training and improvement in work proficiency progressed less than expected, preventing the company from improving production efficiency, and a fundamental improvement in profitability was not achieved.」

「We will strengthen training for all employees without creating barriers between regular employees, limited-term regular employees and contract employees. To improve each employee’s capabilities, we will further enhance our training structure, increase on-the-job training hours, improve practical skills and strengthen our in-house contract operations, while also developing employees whose skills are transferable to other companies and industries.」