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

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

Trends in expert positions
