Sustainability
Our People
Aspiration for Our People
Women's Representation in Leadership
Striving for gender parity among senior executives, those in managerial positions, and total employees by FY2030 at Recruit Group*1.
Betting on the passion and ideas of our employees has long been our competitive advantage. This is why our leadership team remains committed to fostering an environment of inclusion and belonging, where everyone can thrive and drive innovation.
Value Creation Cycle
It Always Starts from Within
The starting point of Recruit Group's value creation cycle is each individual employee. By maximizing the curiosity and passion of our employees and empowering them to ‘bet on passion,’ we are able to create products and services that wow the world. When users and business clients are happy with our products and services, our businesses can succeed, and we can then share the success with shareholders. We believe that we can sustainably grow our corporate value when we prosper together with all of our stakeholders.
Progress in FY2024
Result for Three Years Goal
Each Strategic Business Unit (SBU) worked to expand the pool of management candidates in FY2024 by providing employees with opportunities to grow their skills and gain experience. As a result, the ratio of senior management positions held by women increased from 10% in 2021 to 27.5%*2. While achieving the goal for the ratio of women in managerial positions proved challenging, due to factors such as the hiring freeze in the HR Technology SBU, we have made steady progress in our efforts.
Furthermore, Recruit, which primarily operates in Japan where the gender gap is notably wide, expanded its managerial candidates through a coaching-based human capital development program and the clarification of the requirements for management positions. These initiatives significantly increased the proportion of women among managers. Compared to FY2021, the percentage of women in management positions rose from 26.8% to 35.0%, and in senior management from 9.1% to 33.3%*2.
Significant Improvement in the Ratio of Women in Senior Executive Positions Since FY2021
Since we have set our policy to pursue gender parity in FY2021, the ratio of women at the senior executive level has significantly improved, as a result of the diverse initiatives implemented at each company of the Group*2.
We will continue to value the differences of each employee and invest in the ideas and passions that arise from their curiosity, creating new businesses and services.
* Indeed, Inc., a part of HR Technology SBU, and at certain subsidiaries that apply the same HR system, revised their management scope and structure in May 2024 to streamline decision-making and simplify processes. As part of this process, the definition of managerial positions was changed to be based on job roles, resulting in the reclassification of some employees mainly in R&D positions from managerial positions to general employees. The figures for FY2024 and earlier in the graph are calculated based on the previous definition. The figures for FY2025 are calculated based on the revised definition, which results in an increase from the figure calculated using the previous definition (39.9%).
Our Efforts toward Gender Parity
Leadership groups from each SBU are working to breakthrough their unique challenges posed by their respective business models and regional characteristics to accelerate Recruit Group’s journey toward the aspiration of gender parity.
Inclusion & Belonging at Recruit Group
We are promoting inclusion and belonging in Recruit Group from various perspectives.
Toward a Gender-Equal World
Together with global change makers, Recruit Group is accelerating its efforts to transform not only itself, but society as a whole.
Our Latest Inclusion & Belonging Efforts
Learn more about our latest inclusion and belonging efforts on our corporate blog “Inside Out”.
- On this webpage, the number of years stated are reflective of the number of Recruit Holdings fiscal years, which begin on April 1 each year and end March 31 of the following year. All figures displayed here are approximate. In addition, the women ratio listed on this webpage is calculated based on Recruit Holdings, all SBU holding companies, and major subsidiaries under each SBU, and represents approximate figures as of April 1 of each fiscal year. Note that the figures as of April 1, 2025, include two newly established companies that assumed part of the workforce from the HR Solutions of Recruit Co., Ltd., a major consolidated subsidiary, as of the same date. Senior executive positions are defined as Senior Vice Presidents and Corporate Officers of Recruit Holdings and Marketing Matching Technologies SBU, and CEOs of the Company's major subsidiaries and heads of key functions in the HR Technology and Staffing SBUs. Managers are defined as all employees who have subordinates based on each company's management classification, including executives with delegated authority.
- The three-year target was set prior to the SBU reorganization effective April 1, 2025, and results are reported based on the SBU structure and management definitions in effect at the time the targets were set. Figures for Recruit Co., Ltd. include figures for two newly established companies that assumed part of the workforce from the HR Solutions of Recruit Co., Ltd.