Expanding human capital
In order to achieve further future business growth in new demand fields such as carbon neutrality and overseas growth markets, we will focus on further expanding our human capital, securing the human resources to support profit growth, and training professional human resources, and will focus investment of our strategic sales capabilities in fields and regions where future growth is expected.
Securing the human resources that will support profit growth
In order to achieve continuing profit growth, it is essential that we secure a diverse range of human resources who will carry out our growth strategies. In the future, we will actively expand hiring of new graduates and mid-career recruiting to further advance as a group of professionals who can identify customer needs from diverse perspectives and can accurately meet those needs.
Training and making active use of professional human resources
Based on our Corporate Philosophy of "aiming to become the kind of organization that increasingly cultivates, utilizes, and values human resources and their talents,” we have positioned human resources development as an important management issue and are carrying out a number of initiatives. In order to continually increase corporate value, professional human resources are essential for achieving the corporate growth strategy through initiatives for product and services development, starting new businesses, improving productivity, and other purposes.
NST provides places for learning and opportunities for growth to support the ambition of our employees to grow themselves further, expanding abilities development programs for training the next generation of management and increasing global abilities and expertise, carrying out personnel rotations so that employees can accumulate a wide range of experience, and in other ways carrying out programs that utilize the abilities of each individual employee.
NST is evolving a training system that combines level-specific training for learning basic knowledge according to the employee’s role and position with selectable training that supports skills advancement to match the independent career development and personal growth of each individual employee. We are operating a wide range of programs that allow the employees themselves to select the subjects that they want to learn and attend courses for them, and provide a broad variety of growth opportunities including management human resources training, presentation training, and training to improve organization management abilities.
We are also expanding training for mid-career recruits, and provide support so that they can quickly understand and adapt to the NST corporate culture and working rules after joining the company. We will continue working to construct a support system that enables employees to independently shape their own careers.
Training system for developing management human resources and global human resources
Important issues for NST include training of next-generation management personnel to develop professional human resources, and expansion of skills development programs to increase global abilities. NST has prepared a wide range of systems and training programs so that all employees can play active roles in Japan and overseas.
Training for development of management human resources (Sending employees to outside business schools)
This is an opportunity for human resources from diverse industries to come together and engage in discussion-centered training with participants from different companies while repeating learning and practice over a period of three months. Participants can expand their human networks while gaining practical management knowledge and business skills.
Management subject courses (MBA e-learning)
This MBA course (e-learning) allows participants to acquire a wide range of knowledge from management basics to practical skills in areas such as finance management, strategies, organization operation, and marketing. Employees can attend the course at any time, and can progress their learning as their level of understanding increases.
Overseas Challenge Program
This is an overseas training program for selected employees that is intended to expand and enhance human resources for overseas business. It is conducted for career-track employees in their third to 15th year, and consists of a six to- 12-month “language course” consisting of language training only, and a “language + practical course” consisting of overseas OJT training in addition to language training.
New employee overseas assignment support system
This is a system for new (career-track) employees that sends all of them, regardless of the division where they are assigned, to experience work at an overseas Group company, supplier, or other company. It is intended to instill an awareness of the need to strive to be a global human resource at an early stage, as well as a complete dedication to on-site, first-hand experience.