Difficulty Securing and Developing Skilled Engineers
First written in FY2016. 13 of 26 entries say "Restated". Latest entry: FY2025.
The whole theme swung hardest in 2026: 36 of 112 companies on the "Worse" side.
- FY2025.Annual report
「Recruitment also progressed during the consolidated fiscal year, with 94 people newly hired in Japan. To further expand the data integration business, which is a company-wide focus, the company provided technical training in cloud, data and AI, and exhibited booths at and visited overseas conferences held in North America and Europe. Against this backdrop, 4 employees received awards from major public cloud service providers during the consolidated fiscal year, indicating steady improvement in the company’s technical capabilities.」
The company disclosed the hiring of 94 people, cloud, data and AI training, participation in overseas conferences, and awards received by 4 engineers as achievements in securing and developing talent. - FY2024.Annual report
「Recruitment also progressed during the consolidated fiscal year, with 94 people newly hired in Japan. To further expand the data integration business, which is a company-wide focus, the company provided technical training in cloud, data and AI, and exhibited booths at and visited overseas conferences held in North America and Europe. Against this backdrop, 4 employees received awards from major public cloud service providers during the consolidated fiscal year, indicating steady improvement in the company’s technical capabilities.」
The company disclosed the hiring of 94 people, cloud, data and AI training, participation in overseas conferences, and awards received by 4 engineers as progress in securing and developing talent. - FY2024-Q3.Annual report
「The company is also making progress in its “talent shift,” including by developing engineers who have received awards from major public cloud providers, through efforts to train selected top engineers in addition to providing standard technical education.」
The company explained that, in addition to standard technical education, it is developing top engineers and has produced engineers who have received awards from major public cloud providers. - FY2024-Q1.Annual report
「Since the DEML Center opened, the cumulative number of students enrolled has reached 44 over approximately 3 years. A total of 50 students, including students from outside the center, have taken the DataSpider training provided by the company. Of these, 27 are active as data scientists at various companies and organisations.」
As part of its engineering talent development initiatives, the company disclosed its track record of supporting data scientist training with Shiga University and others. The number of DataSpider training participants has reached 50, of whom 27 are working as data scientists. - FY2023.Annual report
「At present, the company believes it has secured the engineers it needs through the group’s personnel and training systems. However, if tightening in the labor market prevents the group from securing the highly skilled engineers or other workforce it needs, if it is unable to provide sufficient support to new hires working remotely, or if a large number of group employees resign, the group’s business development may be constrained.」
While indicating that the necessary engineers are currently secured, the company explicitly identified insufficient support for new hires working remotely as a new risk factor. - FY2023-Q3.Annual report
「The company planned to hire 100 people during the current consolidated fiscal year and, during the cumulative first 3 quarters of the current consolidated fiscal year, newly made job offers to or hired 64 people in Japan, primarily engineers. We are working to create an engaging work environment while increasing flexibility in working arrangements, including through the introduction of a remote-area work system, and are promoting the development of DX talent by creating an in-house systems environment that enables employees to explore, visualize and analyze data themselves.」
To secure and develop engineering talent, the company has made offers of employment to or hired 64 of the 100 people in its hiring plan and is developing a remote-location work system and an environment for training DX personnel. - FY2023-Q2.Annual report
「The company planned to hire 100 people during the current consolidated fiscal year and, during the cumulative first half of the current consolidated fiscal year, newly made job offers to or hired 55 people in Japan, primarily engineers. We are working to create an engaging work environment while increasing flexibility in working arrangements, including through the introduction of a remote-area work system, and are promoting the development of DX talent by creating an in-house systems environment that enables employees to explore, visualize and analyze data themselves.」
To address the shortage of engineers, the company is proceeding with a hiring plan for 100 people, offers of employment and hires for 55 people, a remote-location work system, and the development of an environment for training DX personnel. - FY2023-Q1.Annual report
「To achieve active talent development and recruitment, the Group is strengthening the “Skill Boot Camp,” launched in the fiscal year ended March 2021, while introducing new recruitment methods such as regional recruitment and considering greater flexibility in working arrangements.」
To secure and develop engineers and other personnel, the Group is advancing measures including strengthening the Skill Boot Camp, regional recruitment and new recruitment methods. - FY2022.Annual report
「As measures to address the risk of securing and developing engineers, the Group is improving recruitment efficiency by delegating recruitment authority and using recruitment management tools, monitoring and addressing employees’ physical and mental health through wellness surveys and similar measures, clarifying mentors for new employees, and identifying experts by business division to formulate and implement skill transfer plans.」
To address the risk related to securing and developing engineers, the Group has specified measures including more efficient recruitment, wellness surveys, mentors for new employees and skill transfer plans. - FY2022-Q1.Annual report
「Since the previous consolidated fiscal year, the Group has continued to implement the “Skill Boot Camp,” which combines recruitment and talent development, and the “Business Development Skill Enhancement Training,” which improves business development skills. The Skill Boot Camp has been conducted since the previous consolidated fiscal year under the themes of “Agile,” “Cloud” and “Data Analyst.” The Group has newly added “Security” as a theme and is working to develop and recruit personnel who can contribute in the future social environment.」
As measures to develop and secure engineers, the Group continues programs such as the Skill Boot Camp, adding security as a new theme to advance talent development and recruitment. - FY2021-Q3.Annual report
「Accordingly, issues related to critical business resources, including shortages and rising costs of IT engineers, have become apparent. Developing and securing engineers who can drive the latest technologies and IT innovation is a common challenge.」
The shortage and rising cost of IT engineers, and the development and securing of personnel who can drive the latest technologies, continue to be common challenges. - FY2020.Annual report
「As measures to address this risk, the Group is improving recruitment efficiency by delegating recruitment authority and using recruitment management tools. It is also identifying experts by business division and formulating and implementing skill transfer plans.」
To address the shortage of engineers, the Group has specified measures to improve recruitment efficiency and formulate and implement skill transfer plans through experts in each business division. - FY2020-Q3.Annual report
「Accordingly, issues related to critical business resources, including shortages and rising costs of IT engineers, have become apparent. Developing and securing engineers who can drive the latest technologies and IT innovation is a common challenge.」
The shortage and rising cost of IT engineers, and the development and securing of engineers who can drive the latest technologies, continue to be common challenges. - FY2020-Q2.Annual report
「At the same time, issues related to critical business resources, including shortages and rising costs of highly skilled engineers, have become apparent. Developing and securing engineers capable of responding to the latest technologies and IT innovation is a common challenge.」
The shortage and rising cost of highly skilled engineers, and the development and securing of engineers capable of responding to the latest technologies, continue to be common challenges. - FY2020-Q1.Annual report
「At the same time, issues related to critical business resources, including shortages and rising costs of highly skilled engineers, have become apparent. Developing and securing engineers capable of responding to the latest technologies and IT innovation is a common challenge.」
The shortage and rising cost of highly skilled engineers, and the development and securing of engineers capable of responding to the latest technologies, continue to be common challenges. - FY2019-Q3.Annual report
「Issues related to critical business resources, including shortages and rising costs of IT engineers, have become apparent. Developing and securing highly skilled engineers capable of responding to the latest technologies and IT innovation has become an urgent priority.」
The Company continues to describe the shortage and rising cost of IT engineers, and the urgency of developing and securing engineers. - FY2019-Q2.Annual report
「Against a backdrop of growing demand for corporate IT-related investment and information security measures, issues related to critical business resources, including shortages and rising costs of IT engineers, have become apparent. Developing and securing highly skilled engineers capable of responding to the latest technologies and IT innovation has become an urgent priority.」
The Company continues to describe the shortage and rising cost of IT engineers, and the urgency of developing and securing personnel capable of responding to the latest technologies. - FY2019-Q1.Annual report
「Against a backdrop of growing demand for corporate IT-related investment and information security measures, issues related to critical business resources, including shortages and rising costs of IT engineers, have become apparent. Developing and securing highly skilled engineers capable of responding to the latest technologies and IT innovation has become an urgent priority.」
The Company continues to describe the shortage and rising cost of IT engineers, and the urgency of developing and securing personnel capable of responding to the latest technologies. - FY2018.Annual report
「At the same time, issues related to critical business resources, including shortages and rising costs of highly skilled engineers, have become apparent under these conditions. Developing and securing engineers capable of responding to the latest technologies and IT innovation has become an urgent priority.」
The Company continues to describe the shortage and rising cost of engineers, and the urgency of developing and securing personnel capable of responding to the latest technologies. - FY2018-Q3.Annual report
「Against a backdrop of growing demand for corporate IT-related investment and information security measures, issues related to critical business resources, including shortages and rising costs of IT engineers, have become apparent. Developing and securing highly skilled engineers capable of responding to the latest technologies and IT innovation has become an urgent priority.」
The Company continues to identify shortages and rising costs of IT engineers, and the urgency of developing and securing them. - FY2018-Q2.Annual report
「Against a backdrop of growing demand for corporate IT-related investment and information security measures, issues related to critical business resources, including shortages and rising costs of IT engineers, have become apparent. Developing and securing highly skilled engineers capable of responding to the latest technologies and IT innovation has become an urgent priority.」
Against a backdrop of growing demand for IT-related investment and information security measures, the Company continues to identify shortages and rising costs of engineers, and the urgency of developing and securing them. - FY2018-Q1.Annual report
「Against a backdrop of growing demand for corporate IT-related investment and information security measures, issues related to critical business resources, including shortages and rising costs of IT engineers, have become apparent. Developing and securing highly skilled engineers capable of responding to the latest technologies and IT innovation has become an urgent priority.」
Against a backdrop of growing demand for IT-related investment and information security measures, the Company continues to identify shortages and rising costs of IT engineers, and the urgency of developing and securing them. - FY2017-Q3.Annual report
「At the same time, issues related to critical business resources, including shortages and rising costs of highly skilled engineers, have become apparent under these conditions. Developing and securing engineers capable of responding to the latest technologies and IT innovation has become an urgent priority.」
As in the previous quarter, the Company describes the shortage and rising cost of highly skilled engineers, and the urgency of developing and securing them. - FY2017-Q2.Annual report
「At the same time, issues related to critical business resources, including shortages and rising costs of highly skilled engineers, have become apparent under these conditions. Developing and securing highly skilled engineers capable of responding to the latest technologies and IT innovation has become an urgent priority.」
The Company continues to describe the shortage and rising cost of highly skilled engineers, and the urgency of developing and securing them. - FY2017-Q1.Annual report
「At the same time, issues related to critical business resources, including shortages and rising costs of highly skilled engineers, have become apparent under these conditions. Developing and securing highly skilled engineers capable of responding to the latest technologies and IT innovation has become an urgent priority.」
The Company states that shortages of engineers and rising costs have emerged as issues related to critical business resources. - FY2016.Annual report
「If tight labor market conditions prevent the Group from securing the highly skilled engineers or workforce it requires, or if a large number of Group employees resign, the Group’s business development may be constrained.」
The Group identifies constraints on business development caused by shortages of engineers and labor, and by mass resignations, as risks.