Appointment of Mid-Career Hires to Management Positions
First written in FY2023. 1 of 3 entries say "Reframed", first in FY2024. Latest entry: FY2025.
The whole theme swung hardest in 2026: 4 of 33 companies on the "Worse" side.
11 other companies' latest entry also says "Advanced".
- FY2025AdvancedAnnual report
「Group Percentage of managers who are mid-career hires 16.5 % 20.0 %」
The percentage of managers who are mid-career hires was 16.5%, updating the actual result toward the fiscal 2028 target of 20.0%. - FY2024ReframedAnnual report
「Policy on human resource development, including securing workforce diversity Group Percentage of managers who are mid-career hires 14.0% 20.0% Fiscal 2028 target」
Regarding the appointment of mid-career hires to management, the company reorganized its disclosure from a filing-company-only actual result to a group-wide metric and set a fiscal 2028 target of 20.0%. - FY2023First statedAnnual report
「Approximately 40% of the company's managers, excluding store managers, are mid-career hires, and the company recognizes the experience and knowledge gained outside the company as an opportunity to create new corporate value. Going forward, it will continue to hire mid-career personnel for various positions as necessary and maintain a similar level of promotion of mid-career hires to management, while balancing this with internal promotions and applying external knowledge to management. Mid-career hires accounted for 37.5% of managers in the current fiscal year.」
Regarding the appointment of mid-career hires to management, the company stated its previous understanding that they accounted for approximately 40% of the management structure, the current fiscal year's actual result of 37.5%, and its policy of maintaining a similar level.