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Human Resources Management

Talent acquisition

Basic Policy on Recruitment

Our basic policy is to ensure fairness in recruitment without discrimination based on race, nationality, religion, age, gender, disability, or other factors. We believe that acquiring talent that offers diversity in values, backgrounds, and skills will lead to new innovation and sustainable growth of the Group within the society.

Initiatives and Results

Recruitment data (Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.)

Unit: people

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 FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022
Total regular recruitment245195203244
Career-track administrative positions
(number of women)
105 (27)82 (17)78 (19)102 (29)
General positions
(number of women)
140 (16)113 (8)125 (6)142 (13)
Total mid-career recruitment6668129215
Career-track administrative positions
(number of women)
39 (7)37 (5)92 (9)156 (32)
General positions
(number of women)
27 (11)31 (11)37 (12)59 (18)

Concrete Measures to Ensure Fairness in Recruitment Activities

For greater fairness and equity in recruitment and to promote diversity, we have implemented the following actions starting in 2021.

  1. Students engaged in job hunting can choose not to answer gender questions in line with diversity requirements.
  2. They are no longer required to submit photo IDs, except for certain job types, to strengthen our efforts to recruit talented and motivated people regardless of gender or appearance.
  3. They are not required to conform with recruitment-oriented dress code at interviews to eliminate gender-based discrimination based on clothing.

In addition, training is provided to employees in charge of selection to ensure fairness.

Strengthening Mid-career Recruitment by Utilizing Various Approach Channels

We are driving the execution of important initiatives for VISION 2030, such as business portfolio transformation, overseas expansion, and acceleration of M&A, at a faster pace than ever before. Under such circumstances, the Mitsui Chemicals Group is actively recruiting personnel with experience and expertise in relevant areas from outside the company, in addition to training and utilizing its employees. In fact, in fiscal 2022, we hired approx. 1.7 times as many mid-career recruitment as in the previous year for career-track positions, focusing on personnel who can help expand our business domains.

We are also considering introducing various recruitment methods, rather than being bound by conventional ones. We have implemented referral hiring, where hiring was done through referrals by our employees, and 14 employees were hired under this system in fiscal 2022. Some of them are employees who have worked with us in the past, so-called “alumni” from the framework of our company, and have returned to work for us again. We will continue our efforts to acquire the talent essential for our growth through various approaches.

Training Programs for New Graduate Recruitment in Career Development

Mitsui Chemicals conducts a career education program for university freshmen and sophomores with the aim of fostering a career outlook and helping them understand jobs. Specifically, we invite students to our offices for hands-on workshops to think about business strategies, and offer various programs that give students the opportunity to interact with our employees and learn why working is rewarding and about the various future options available to them. These programs are well-received by the participating students, as they focus on helping the students better understand elements that help them make career choices, such as thinking methods necessary for business activities and keys to effective career planning, as well as providing them with insight into real business situations and the employees who are working there. We also believe that by helping students better understand our company through these initiatives, we will be able to match students with our company more accurately and attract excellent human resources in the future.

Training Programs in in Career Development

Unit: people

 FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022
Number of participants40333533

Recruitment Marketing with LinkedIn

We use LinkedIn for recruitment marketing to globally increase awareness of the Mitsui Chemicals Group and to recruit more diverse talent. We continuously publish news releases on the Mitsui Chemicals Group and profiles of our employees and products. As of April 2023, we have gained more than 28,000 followers. We plan to reinforce our global recruitment by coordinated action through the entire Group.