Engineer Hiring and Headcount Expansion Built on the Brand
First written in FY2016. 23 of 36 entries say "Advanced", first in FY2017-Q1. Latest entry: 2026-07-30.
- FY2026WorsenedAnnual report
「Primarily due to difficulties in recruitment, the number of engineering employees at the end of March 2026 (total for MT and MF) was 12,103, down 44 employees, or 0.4%, from the end of March of the previous year, representing a slight year-on-year decrease.」
Difficulties in hiring reduced engineer headcount by 0.4% from the end of March of the previous year, and the deterioration in hiring and headcount expansion measures is continuing. - FY2026-H1WorsenedAnnual report
「Due mainly to difficulties in hiring, the number of engineer employees at the end of September 2025, comprising the combined total for MT and MF, was 12,393, down 119 people, or 1.0%, from the end of September of the previous year.」
Due mainly to difficulties in hiring, engineer headcount declined by 119 people, or 1.0%, from the end of the same period of the previous year. Progress in hiring and headcount expansion has shifted from being essentially unchanged year on year in the previous period to a decline. - FY2025-H1Hiring progress flatAnnual report
「As a result of continued active recruitment aimed at medium- to long-term growth while maintaining quality in a challenging hiring environment, the number of engineer employees at the end of September 2024, comprising the combined total for MT and MF, was 12,512, down 11 people, or 0.08%, from the end of September of the previous year, and essentially unchanged year on year.」
Although the company continues active recruitment while maintaining quality despite the challenging hiring environment, engineer headcount at the end of September 2024 was down 0.08% from the end of the same period of the previous year and was essentially unchanged year on year. - FY2024AdvancedAnnual report
「Including the 824 new employees who joined the company in April 2023 (MT: 459; MF: 365), the number of engineer employees at the end of March 2024, comprising the combined total for MT and MF, was 12,253, up 347 people, or 2.9%, from the end of March of the previous year.」
Active recruitment secured 824 new employees who joined the company in April, bringing engineer headcount at the end of March 2024 to 12,253, up 2.9% from the end of the same period of the previous year. - FY2024-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「As a result of continued active recruitment aimed at medium- to long-term growth, the number of engineer employees at the end of December, including the 824 new employees who joined in April this year (MT: 459; MF: 365), was 12,407, comprising the combined total for MT and MF, up 393 people, or 3.3%, from the end of December of the previous year.」
Continued active recruitment brought engineer headcount at the end of December, including the 824 new employees who joined in April, to 12,407, up 3.3% from the end of the same period of the previous year. - FY2024-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「Including the 824 new employees who joined the company in April this year (MT: 459; MF: 365), the number of engineer employees at the end of September, comprising the combined total for MT and MF, was 12,523, up 450 people, or 3.7%, from the end of September of the previous year.」
Active recruitment secured 824 new employees who joined the company in April, bringing engineer headcount at the end of September up 3.7% from the end of the same period of the previous year. - FY2024-Q1AdvancedAnnual report
「The number of new graduates joining the company in April was 824 (MT: 459; MF: 365), increasing the number of engineer employees across the group.」
Continued active recruitment secured 824 new graduates joining the company in April, increasing engineer headcount across the group. - FY2023AdvancedAnnual report
「As a result of continued active recruitment aimed at medium- to long-term growth, the number of engineer employees at the end of March, including the 885 new employees who joined in April 2022 (MT: 474; MF: 411), was 11,906, comprising the combined total for MT and MF, up 641 people, or 5.7%, from the end of March of the previous year.」
Continued active recruitment brought engineer headcount at the end of March, including the 885 new employees who joined in April 2022, to 11,906, up 5.7% from the end of March of the previous year. - FY2023-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「Including the 885 new employees who joined the company in April 2022 (MT: 474; MF: 411), the number of engineer employees at the end of December, comprising the combined total for MT and MF, was 12,014, up 754 people, or 6.7%, from the end of December of the previous year.」
Continued active recruitment secured 885 new employees who joined the company in April 2022, bringing engineer headcount at the end of December up 6.7% from the end of the same period of the previous year. - FY2023-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「As a result of continued active recruitment aimed at medium- to long-term growth, the number of engineer employees at the end of September, including the 885 new employees who joined in April this year (MT: 474; MF: 411), was 12,073, comprising the combined total for MT and MF, up 798 people, or 7.1%, from the end of September of the previous year.」
Continued active recruitment brought engineer headcount at the end of September, including the 885 new employees who joined in April, to 12,073, up 7.1% from the end of the same period of the previous year. - FY2023-Q1AdvancedAnnual report
「As a result of continued active recruitment aimed at medium- to long-term growth, 885 new employees joined the company in April (MT: 474; MF: 411), increasing the number of engineer employees across the group.」
Continued active recruitment secured 885 new employees who joined the company in April. - FY2022AdvancedAnnual report
「Active recruitment aimed at medium- to long-term growth increased the number of engineer employees across the group.」
The company continued active recruitment, bringing consolidated headcount to 12,442 at the end of March 2022. It disclosed concrete progress in its hiring and headcount expansion measures through the specific workforce size. - FY2022-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「Against this backdrop, active recruitment aimed at medium- to long-term growth brought the number of engineer employees at the end of December, including the 764 new employees who joined in April 2021 (MT: 462; MF: 302), to 11,260, comprising the combined total for MT and MF, up 585 people, or 5.5%, from the end of December of the previous year.」
Active recruitment brought engineer headcount at the end of December, including the 764 new employees who joined in April 2021, to 11,260, up 5.5% from the end of December of the previous year. - FY2022-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「The company continued active recruitment aimed at medium- to long-term growth. Including the 764 new employees who joined in April this year (MT: 462; MF: 302), the number of engineer employees at the end of September, comprising the combined total for MT and MF, was 11,275, up 658 people, or 6.2%, from the end of September of the previous year.」
Active recruitment secured 764 new employees who joined in April this year, bringing engineer headcount to 11,275 at the end of September. - FY2022-Q1AdvancedAnnual report
「As a result of active recruitment aimed at achieving medium- to long-term growth, 764 new employees joined the company in April (MT: 462; MF: 302), increasing the number of engineer employees across the group.」
Active recruitment secured 764 new employees who joined the company in April 2021, increasing the number of engineer employees across the group. - FY2021AdvancedAnnual report
「Although Megatech Fielders' utilization rate declined 10.3% because of a 3.5% decrease in working hours from the previous period, as well as an increase in engineer headcount and delays in deploying new graduate engineers, its revenue was essentially unchanged from the previous period, down 0.4% year on year. This followed an 18.7% year-on-year increase in engineer headcount resulting from active recruitment.」
Active recruitment increased Megatech Fielders' engineer headcount by 18.7% from the previous period. Delays in deployment and a lower utilization rate were also noted. - FY2021-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「Active recruitment efforts undertaken before the spread of COVID-19 resulted in 616 new employees joining the company in April 2020 (MT: 399; MF: 217), increasing the number of engineer employees across the group.」
The company has reaffirmed that active recruitment resulted in 616 new employees joining in April 2020 and an increase in engineer headcount. Meanwhile, deployment was substantially delayed compared with usual. - FY2021-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「Against this backdrop, active recruitment efforts undertaken before the spread of COVID-19 resulted in 616 new employees joining the company in April (MT: 399; MF: 217), increasing the number of engineer employees across the group. However, training was conducted with the prevention of the spread of COVID-19 given top priority, resulting in the deployment of new employees being substantially delayed compared with usual.」
The number of engineer employees increased with the 616 new employees who joined in April, but their deployment was substantially delayed compared with usual because training prioritized preventing the spread of the infection. Progress in hiring and headcount expansion is presented alongside constraints on deployment. - FY2020AdvancedAnnual report
「As a result of its intensive recruitment efforts, the number of engineer employees increased, and the number of deployed personnel rose steadily amid solid ordering conditions.」
The company states that engineer headcount increased as a result of its recruitment efforts, while consolidated headcount reached 11,010. - FY2020-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「Consolidated cost of sales increased by ¥1,454 million, or 2.7%, year on year to ¥54,709 million, mainly due to higher labor costs resulting from the increase in the number of engineer employees, among other factors.」
The company has reaffirmed that the continued increase in engineer headcount is driving higher labor costs. No new hiring figures were provided. - FY2020-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「The number of deployed personnel increased steadily as engineer headcount increased, including 616 new graduate engineers who joined in April (MT: 418; MF: 198).」
The increase in engineer headcount progressed, including 616 new graduate engineers who joined the company in April 2019. - FY2020-Q1AdvancedAnnual report
「Consolidated cost of sales increased by ¥621 million, or 3.6%, year on year to ¥18,048 million, mainly due to higher labor costs resulting from the increase in engineer employees, including 616 new graduate engineers who joined the company in April (MT: 418; MF: 198), among other factors.」
The company hired 616 new graduate engineers who joined in April, and the increase in engineer headcount progressed. - FY2019AdvancedAnnual report
「Although Megatech Fielders' working hours, like those of the company, declined by 0.11h/day from the previous period because of a decrease in overtime work, revenue increased by 13.9% year on year. This was because the utilization rate rose 0.4%, against a backdrop that included a 13.1% increase in engineer headcount from the previous period and the smooth deployment of new graduate and existing engineers, among other factors.」
At Megatech Fielders, engineer headcount increased 13.1% from the previous period, and the deployment of new graduate and existing engineers also progressed. - FY2019-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「Consolidated cost of sales increased by ¥1,895 million, or 3.7%, year on year to ¥53,255 million, mainly due to higher labor costs resulting from the increase in the number of engineer employees, among other factors.」
The company has reaffirmed that higher labor costs associated with the increase in engineer headcount are continuing, but provided no specific details of new progress, such as the number of hires. - FY2019-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「This was mainly attributable to the smooth deployment to client assignments of the 560 new graduate engineers who joined the company in April this year (MT: 357; MF: 203).」
The company disclosed that the deployment to client assignments of the 560 new graduate engineers hired in April 2018 progressed smoothly. - FY2019-Q1AdvancedAnnual report
「Consolidated cost of sales increased by ¥624 million, or 3.7%, year on year to ¥17,426 million, mainly due to higher labor costs resulting from the increase in the number of engineer employees, including 560 new graduates who joined the company in April this year (MT: 357; MF: 203), among other factors.」
The company states that it hired and increased its headcount by 560 new graduate engineers in April this year, indicating concrete progress in its hiring and headcount expansion measures. - FY2018AdvancedAnnual report
「Although Megatech Fielders' working hours, like those of the company, declined by 0.13h/day from the previous period because of a decrease in overtime work, its revenue increased by 14.2% year on year. This was because mid-career hiring increased by 123 people from the previous period as a result of recruitment efforts aimed at "expanding and growing across a broad range of operations," and the number of engineer employees increased by 15.7%.」
As a result of its recruitment efforts, Megatech Fielders increased mid-career hires by 123 people from the previous period, while the number of engineer employees rose 15.7%. - FY2018-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「Consolidated cost of sales increased by ¥1,878 million, or 3.8%, year on year to ¥51,359 million, mainly due to higher labor costs resulting from the increase in the number of engineer employees, among other factors.」
The company has reaffirmed that the continued increase in engineer headcount is driving higher labor costs. No new specific figures, such as the number of new graduate hires, were provided. - FY2018-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「This was mainly attributable to the smooth deployment to client assignments of the 521 new graduate engineers who joined the company in April this year (MT: 308; MF: 213).」
The company disclosed that it hired 521 new graduate engineers in April this year and that their deployment to client assignments progressed smoothly. - FY2018-Q1AdvancedAnnual report
「Consolidated cost of sales increased by ¥515 million, or 3.2%, year on year to ¥16,801 million, mainly due to higher labor costs resulting from the increase in the number of engineer employees, including 521 new graduates who joined the company in April this year (MT: 308; MF: 213), among other factors.」
The company states that it hired and increased its headcount by 521 new graduate engineers in April this year, indicating concrete progress in its hiring and headcount expansion measures. - FY2017-Q1AdvancedAnnual report
「Consolidated cost of sales increased by ¥798 million, or 5.2%, year on year to ¥16,286 million, mainly due to higher labor costs resulting from the increase in the number of engineer employees, including 520 new graduates who joined the company in April this year (MT: 338; MF: 182), among other factors.」
The company states that it hired and increased its headcount by 520 new graduate engineers in April this year, indicating concrete progress in its hiring and headcount expansion measures. - FY2016First statedAnnual report
「The company will establish in the labor market a brand grounded in the credibility and sense of security of an industry-leading company, thereby strengthening its recruitment capabilities. It will also continue to pursue efficient hiring and headcount expansion suited to changing market conditions in both normal and emergency situations.」
The policy is to strengthen recruitment capabilities by establishing the brand as an industry-leading company and pursuing efficient hiring and headcount expansion.