Aggressive engineer hiring, training and development
First written in FY2022-Q3. 12 of 22 entries say "Restated". Latest entry: 2026-10-05.
- FY2026-H1RestatedAnnual report
「We expanded our engineering workforce through mid-career and graduate recruitment and the use of external resources, while pursuing high-value-added projects, ongoing rate improvements and business-platform strengthening through M&A, and promoting services that address customers’ DX needs.」
States that mid-career and graduate recruitment, the use of external resources, high-value-added projects and rate improvements continue. No new numerical target or deadline is provided. - FY2025AdvancedAnnual report
「List of engineer certifications (as of November 2025): Information Technology Engineers Examination (516 people); vendor certifications (769 people); other certifications, etc. (448 people).」
Discloses certification holders by category as of November 2025, providing a concrete measure of progress in talent development. - FY2025-H1RestatedAnnual report
「We offset the increase in cost of sales from active engineer recruitment and the increase in trainees, including new graduates, through higher engineer rates and a recovery in utilization, improving the gross profit margin.」
States that recruitment and training continued, while higher engineer rates and recovered utilization offset the associated burden and improved the gross profit margin. - FY2024More selective recruitment and response to training burdenAnnual report
「We continued recruiting during the first half amid intensifying competition in the engineer recruitment market, but utilization declined as the proportion of personnel requiring a certain training period increased. Accordingly, from the second half we became more selective in recruitment and worked to improve utilization, with the result that」
States that active recruitment and training continued, but recruitment became more selective from the second half following a decline in utilization caused by the increase in trainees. - FY2024-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「To meet strong demand for IT investment and related services, we actively recruited engineers, which increased cost of sales, while the gross profit margin declined due to the increase in trainees, including new graduates.」
States that active recruitment and education and training, including for new graduates, continued as a response to strong demand. - FY2024-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「To meet strong demand for IT investment and related services, we actively recruited engineers, which increased cost of sales, but the gross profit margin improved as we worked to increase revenue per engineer, including by winning high-value projects through the development of high-value-added engineers. Non-operating income increased due to employment development support subsidies for training provided to personnel with no prior industry experience.」
States that active recruitment and training of inexperienced personnel continued, alongside efforts to develop high-value-added engineers and win higher-priced projects. No new deadline or numerical target is provided. - FY2023AdvancedAnnual report
「We also opened the training center “J-college” to expand our engineer education system, providing training for inexperienced personnel and technical reskilling for existing engineers, thereby producing high-value-added personnel.」
Describes the concrete progress of opening the “J-college” training center in July 2023. - FY2023-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「To meet strong demand for IT investment and related services, we actively recruited engineers, which increased cost of sales, but the gross profit margin improved as we worked to improve utilization and revenue per engineer. Non-operating income increased due to employment development support subsidies for training provided to personnel with no prior industry experience.」
Reaffirms active recruitment to meet strong demand and training for personnel with no prior industry experience. No new numerical target or deadline is provided. - FY2023-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「To meet strong demand for IT investment and related services, we actively recruited engineers, which increased cost of sales.」
Reaffirms active recruitment as a response to strong demand. It also refers to training inexperienced personnel and income from employment development support subsidies. - FY2023-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「To meet strong demand for IT investment and related services, we actively recruited engineers, which increased cost of sales.」
Reaffirms active recruitment as a response to strong demand. It also refers to training inexperienced personnel and income from employment development support subsidies, but sets no new numerical target or deadline. - FY2022RestatedAnnual report
「We will strengthen recruitment in new fields and rebuild our training system, while working to secure and develop personnel with highly specialized technical skills.」
Reaffirms a talent strategy combining active recruitment, technical training, certification, and reskilling of existing engineers. - FY2022-Q3First statedAnnual report
「Cost of sales increased, mainly due to labor costs, as we actively recruited engineers to meet strong corporate demand. / The funds are intended for recruitment-related expenses, personnel costs and engineer education and training.」
Describes active recruitment to meet demand and the intended use of IPO proceeds for recruitment, personnel costs and education and training.