Failure to Meet Talent Recruitment and Development Targets and Vacancies
First written in FY2022. 2 of 9 entries say "Materialised", first in FY2023-Q1. Latest entry: FY2025.
The whole theme swung hardest in 2026: 27 of 104 companies on the "Worse" side.
- FY2025MaterialisedAnnual report
「In services for working professionals, which face a highly competitive environment, the number of decisions to join companies declined due to factors including an unstable organisational structure and uncertainty surrounding new services, resulting in a substantial 36.8% year-on-year decline in revenue.」
Uncertainty surrounding personnel, the organisational structure and new services has materialised in the form of a decline in decisions to join companies and a 36.8% decrease in revenue from services for working professionals. - FY2025-H1Decline in the number of placements in services for working professionalsAnnual report
「In services for working professionals, the number of placements declined, resulting in a 39.0% year-on-year decrease in revenue.」
Whereas the previous disclosure referred to delays in training career agents, the current interim consolidated accounting period indicates a decline in placements in services for working professionals and a 39.0% decrease in revenue. - FY2024RestatedAnnual report
「Accordingly, the Group is working on active recruitment, establishing optimal personnel management and building a training structure. However, if hiring or training fails to progress as planned, or if a large number of vacancies arise due to employee departures or other reasons, the Group's business activities and results may be affected.」
While maintaining the risk of failure to meet hiring and training targets and of vacancies, the Company identifies active recruitment, personnel management and the development of a training structure as countermeasures. - FY2024-Q3Continued recovery in services for working professionalsAnnual report
「Meanwhile, in services for working professionals, the Company successfully generated matches with hiring companies by increasing the number of interviews with job seekers, resulting in a 53.2% year-on-year increase in revenue.」
As in the previous quarter, services for working professionals generated higher revenue due to an increase in interviews with job seekers and the creation of matches, indicating a recovery from the previous decline associated with delays in training personnel. - FY2024-Q1Recovery in services for working professionalsAnnual report
「In services for working professionals, the Company successfully generated matches with hiring companies by increasing the number of interviews with job seekers, resulting in a 36.7% year-on-year increase in revenue.」
Although revenue from services for working professionals had continued to decline through the previous quarter due to delays in training career agents, revenue from the service increased 36.7% year on year as a result of more interviews and matches being generated. - FY2023-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「In services for working professionals, the number of employees joining companies declined due to internal factors including delays in training career agents responsible for matching job seekers with hiring companies, resulting in a 41.0% year-on-year decline in revenue.」
The delay in training career agents continued, and the impact of failure to meet training targets remained evident in the decline in revenue from services for working professionals. - FY2023-Q2WorsenedAnnual report
「In services for working professionals, the number of employees joining companies declined due to internal factors including delays in training career agents responsible for matching job seekers with hiring companies, resulting in a 45.1% year-on-year decline in revenue.」
The delay in training career agents, also identified in the previous quarter, continued, and revenue from services for working professionals declined 45.1% year on year. - FY2023-Q1MaterialisedAnnual report
「In services for working professionals, the number of employees joining companies declined due in part to delays in training career agents responsible for matching job seekers with hiring companies, resulting in a 38.8% year-on-year decline in revenue.」
The risk of training failing to progress as planned has materialised in the form of delays in training career agents and a 38.8% year-on-year decline in revenue from services for working professionals. - FY2022First statedAnnual report
「However, if hiring or training fails to progress as planned, or if a large number of vacancies arise due to employee departures or other reasons, the Group's business activities and results may be affected. Likelihood: Medium; expected timing: No specific timing; impact: Medium.」
The Company describes the importance of hiring and training personnel to capture business opportunities and create services, as well as the risk of vacancies arising from failure to meet hiring targets and employee departures.