On this site, we provide monthly updates on company case studies and useful materials, as well as events and seminars that have been downloaded by members who are HR managers and managers at companies, on the HR portal site “HR Pro” operated by our company. It is summarized quarterly and disseminated as ”
” so that you can see the latest trends in what issues corporate HR is facing and what information they are looking for.
This time, we will look back at trend information from the same period last year and predict personnel trends for March and April of this year. We would be happy if you could use it as a reference for your company’s marketing.
HR trends for March and April 2018
As shown below, the torrent information for March and April last year was mainly related to labor-related content, such as the “indefinite conversion system” that was enacted in 2013 and became applicable in 2018, and case study content from major companies. .
If you go back to 2017, in April, useful materials that looked back on that year’s new graduate recruitment were posted.
<March 2018>
Interested in materials and seminars on the themes of “indefinite conversion system”, “payroll calculation”, and labor relations. Increased access to articles with other keywords such as “employee engagement” and “retention rate.”
In April 2018, which marks the fifth anniversary of the enforcement in April 2013, the application of the “indefinite term conversion system”, which is considered to be a labor contract without a fixed term (indefinite term labor contract), began. The addition of “Payroll Calculation” and content on labor issues attracted interest from HR personnel.
<April 2018>
Downloads focused on case studies from manufacturers such as “Olympus”, “Asahi Group”, and “Asahi Beer”. Popular seminars have themes such as “organization building” and “how to start a company.”
Downloads were concentrated on company examples from major manufacturers that utilize direct sourcing, talent management, and online English conversation products. In addition, the popular seminars featured organizational development themes such as “building an organization” and “creating a company,” and the popular seminars also showed that human resources managers are interested in issues that need to be solved not in the short term but in the medium to long term. Ta.
March/April 2019 HR trend forecast
Based on the trends of the past two years in 2017 and 2018, the following two points are predicted for HR trends in March and April 2019.
- Content related to the “Work Style Reform Act” enforced in April 2019
- For new graduate recruitment, the earliest is a review of 2020 graduates and a prediction of 2021 graduate trends.
Content related to the “Work Style Reform Act” enforced in April 2019
The “Work Style Reform Act” that came into effect in April 2019 has been talked about in internet news and other media about “mandatory paid leave,” but corporate personnel will need to address the following four issues, including this. Probably.
Work style reform related law enacted!
Let’s consider
seven issues that managers and HR personnel should address by April 2020
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- Review of systems regarding working hours
- Promotion of the work interval system
- Industrial physician/industrial health function
- Advanced professional system
In the past, companies have been forced to respond to the enforcement of new laws and legal amendments such as My Number, and companies have been asked whether their company is subject to the My Number and, if so, what kind of response is necessary. They tended to focus on helpful articles and materials.
When new laws are enacted or amended, labor-related issues such as the establishment or review of related systems are the first to receive attention, but what is most important is the dissemination and permeation of the system at the workplace where employees actually work.
As needs arise for education training and tools for business and management levels, consider how you can approach corporate human resources by linking your company’s human resources support services with the enforcement of the “Work Style Reform Related Law”. Must be.
For new graduate recruitment, the earliest is a review of 2020 graduates and a prediction of 2021 graduate trends.
As early as April marks the start of the new academic year, it is the time when content that looks back on 2020 graduates and predicts trends for the next year’s 2021 graduates will be released.
It is worth noting that, as the job hunting rules have been decided to be abolished for 2021 graduates, there are moves to inquire about other companies’ trends, including reconsidering the bulk hiring of new graduates, even in March and April, during the peak hiring period for 2020 graduates. I think it will come.
Downloadable materials and seminars aimed at hiring graduates in 2021 have already begun to be published on the “HR Pro” website, so please take a look.
Please also see the content for new graduate recruitment and information on
downloadable materials
and seminars
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◆Summary
◆Human resources trends for March and April 2019 are expected to change in content related to the Work Style Reform Act, and in new graduate recruitment as early as 2020 graduate reviews and 2021 graduate trend forecasts.