This report summarizes the survey research results on information disclosure and initiatives in companies where mid-career and experienced hires excel.
This survey was conducted with the aim of promoting an environment where mid-career and experienced hires can excel within companies, against the background of prolonged working lives in the era of 100-year lifespans. The survey involved six study group meetings and was conducted through questionnaire surveys and interviews with companies and workers to understand the actual situation regarding retention and success after hiring. The company survey received 1,029 responses from 10,000 targeted companies, while the worker survey collected responses from 635 individuals.
Regarding the status of mid-career recruitment activities by companies, 88.5% of companies have conducted mid-career recruitment activities in the past three years, with mid-career hires accounting for an average of 50% of all regular employees hired. Analysis of the hiring portfolio shows that the larger the company size, the higher the proportion of young hires, with young people accounting for 42.1% in large companies with over 1,000 employees, while this drops to 27.8% in small companies with fewer than 50 employees. By industry, the medical and welfare sector has the highest proportion of young hires at 48.0%, while the transportation and postal services sector has the lowest at 23.3%.
Regarding the impact of information disclosure on recruitment performance, it was revealed that companies that actively disclose information have higher recruitment satisfaction. Particularly, companies that disclose future-related information such as "future job responsibilities and career paths" and "future wages" achieve a target achievement rate of over 75% for the number of hires, significantly exceeding the approximately 60% rate of companies that do not disclose such information. From the workers' perspective, when accurate information about "work environment," "initial wages after joining," and "assigned department and job responsibilities" was obtained before changing jobs, job satisfaction reached approximately 80%.
Regarding the effectiveness of onboarding (post-hire support measures), it was confirmed that companies implementing multiple measures in combination, such as orientation training, mentoring systems, interviews with supervisors and HR, and promotion of communication with workplace colleagues, achieve higher retention rates for mid-career hires. The worker survey revealed that new hires initially face difficulties with "differences in work processes from previous employers" (46.1%), "job content" (33.9%), and "company or workplace culture and atmosphere" (28.9%), highlighting the importance of onboarding measures to address these challenges.
The article empirically demonstrates that successful mid-career and experienced hiring requires both proactive information disclosure before hiring and systematic onboarding after hiring, and that these initiatives contribute to companies' talent acquisition and retention as well as workers' job satisfaction.