Difficulty Recruiting Personnel Due to a Declining Working-Age Population and an Aging Society
First written in FY2021. 2 of 6 entries say "Mitigated", first in FY2022. Latest entry: FY2026.
The whole theme swung hardest in 2025: 15 of 60 companies on the "Worse" side.
19 other companies' latest entry also says "Mitigated".
- FY2026MitigatedAnnual report
「The Group also conducts tier-based and practical training established as part of its personnel development initiatives to improve employees' capabilities and motivation.」
As measures to address personnel recruitment risks, the Group implements tier-based and practical training, along with improved employee treatment, qualification programs, health management and flexible working arrangements. - FY2025AdvancedAnnual report
「The Group also conducts tier-based training established as part of its personnel development initiatives to improve employees' capabilities and motivation. Under its medium-term management plan, the Group positions the promotion of human capital management as a growth strategy, regards strengthening its workforce as essential, and will address these personnel risks by promoting the recruitment of diverse personnel, improving the work environment and employee treatment, and implementing measures to increase work engagement.」
The response to personnel recruitment risks has been expanded to include tier-based training, human capital management, improved employee treatment and higher work engagement. - FY2024AdvancedAnnual report
「The Group also conducts referral recruitment and recruits foreign nationals as needed, striving to secure a diverse workforce.」
In addition to graduate and career recruitment, referral recruitment and recruitment of foreign nationals are explicitly identified as measures, making the personnel recruitment strategy more specific. - FY2023RestatedAnnual report
「To address this risk, the Group has established internal recruitment rules, and the General Manager of the General Affairs and Human Resources Department reports the annual recruitment policy to the Management Committee once a year. Based on this policy, the Group continues to conduct regular graduate recruitment, utilize internships and recruit career hires.」
The Group continues its measures to secure personnel through the annual recruitment policy, graduate recruitment, internships, career recruitment and recruitment of foreign nationals. - FY2022MitigatedAnnual report
「The Group has established internal recruitment rules, and the General Manager of the General Affairs and Human Resources Department reports the annual recruitment policy to the Management Committee once a year. Based on this policy, the Group continues to conduct regular graduate recruitment, utilize internships and recruit mid-career personnel.」
The Group's measures to secure personnel are specified, including the annual recruitment policy, graduate and mid-career recruitment, internships, recruitment of foreign nationals, training and workplace reform. - FY2021First statedAnnual report
「If the Group is unable to secure the personnel it needs due to the recent decline in the working-age population resulting from the declining birthrate and population aging, the Group's operating results and financial position may be affected.」
Separately from the labor shortage in the construction industry, the Group's inability to secure the personnel it needs is identified for the first time as a company-wide risk.