Organization

Allocating Personnel Flexibly and Optimally to Achieve Management Strategies

In order to advance the four strategies in the mid-term plan: "Creation of new core businesses," "Fundamental transformation of existing businesses," "Further resolution of social issues," and "Establishment of management foundation," and to realize our management and divisional strategies, we will continue to flexibly and optimally assign personnel by bringing on board diverse human resources to support our growth.

Recruitment Policy

In order to address changes in the business environment, SMFL has strengthened efforts to recruit new graduates and mid-career hires, and has established an environment in which each individual can play an active role within SMFL empowered by diversity.

New graduates

As for new graduate recruitment, we seek talent that possesses curiosity in the unknown, the ability to think flexibly, and the potential to support the sustainable development of society in unconventional ways. Moreover, we are diversifying the range of positions to which we assign new hires in order create an environment in which specialized talent and global personnel can play an active role. We also provide various opportunities and support career development so that employees can realize their aspirations and dreams.

Trends in new graduate hires

Combination chart of new graduate hires and female ratio from 2021 to 2025 (planned). Bars show hires: 62 in 2021, 72 in 2022, 88 in 2023, 75 in 2024, and 97 planned in 2025. Dark segments indicate female hires: 26, 31, 41, 40, and 56 planned. Line shows female ratio: 41.9%, 43.1%, 46.6%, 53.3%, and 57.7%.

Mid-career hires

From a mid-career recruitment perspective, we actively seek human resources who possess the will to transform change into growth, and with high-level expertise in a wide range of business units, including experts specialized in digital technologies and data application. We also employ onboarding events and other similar measures to provide opportunities for mid-career hires to realize their desired careers by freely exercising their capabilities after joining SMFL.

Trends in mid-career hires

Combination chart of mid-career hires and managerial ratio from 2021 to 2025 (planned). Bars show hires: 24 in 2021, 25 in 2022, 39 in 2023, 83 in 2024, and 100 planned in 2025. Dark segments indicate managerial positions: 6, 4, 9, 25, and planned increase. Line shows managerial ratio: 25.0%, 16.0%, 23.1%, 30.1%, and 30.0% or higher.

Trends in expert positions

Bar chart showing annual growth from 2021 to 2025 (planned). Values increase steadily: 56 in 2021, 62 in 2022, 75 in 2023, 92 in 2024, and a planned 105 in 2025.