Job-hunting students and job-changers should read the IR materials.The recruitment page only has “neatly edited information”

Job hunting for graduates of 2025 is fast approaching.

However, it may be surprisingly little known that a company’s IR materials are a “treasure trove of information useful for choosing a company.”

It can be assumed that there are many students who are not making full use of IR information and have never even seen it in the first place.

How much of a waste is this, and what and how should we check out of the vast amount of IR materials? I will explain it in the first and second parts.

Are you looking for a job with “neatly edited information”?

If you are hiring a new graduate, you will likely choose a company by participating in internships, company information sessions, and obtaining information posted on job hunting sites and pamphlets. However, the information obtained from these channels is limited.

This is even more noticeable for mid-career hires. Few companies hold company information sessions, and there are fewer interviews compared to new graduate recruitment. The information provided by job change agents is mainly related to job requirements, such as annual income and required experience and skills.

In addition, the information encountered during job hunting and career change activities is tailored to applicants.”Nicely edited information”Most of the time.

In the first place, the purpose of a company is to acquire excellent human resources, so information that can highlight the appeal of the company tends to be the focus. In addition, since the human resources department takes the lead in recruitment activities,Biased towards information and messages from an HR perspectivePut it away.

As a result, applicants end up choosing a company while only seeing one side of the company.

In this way, when looking for a job or changing jobs,There is surprisingly little information that allows you to understand the true nature of a company.Noda. That being said, choosing a company without knowing much about the company is a problem. There are many cases in which employees feel that there are gaps for the first time after joining the company and experiencing the actual situation at the company.

In order to overcome these problems, you may have tried various methods such as using anonymous employee review sites and visiting former employees, but in reality, there are many useful channels for finding out information about the company. exist.that isIR (Investor Relations) materialsis.

Job hunters are also investors who “invest their time”

As the name suggests, IR materials are mainlyFor investorsIt is made in For this reason, it is often overlooked by many job hunters and job seekers.

but,Job seekers and job seekers are also investors in the sense that they invest their time and labor.Therefore, their need to know the true state of the company they are about to invest in should be no different from that of ordinary investors.

Information disclosure by listed companies includes statutory disclosure, timely disclosure, and voluntary disclosure, but statutory disclosures such as securities reports are written in a format determined by law, so only those familiar with the matter can read them. It will be difficult to get to.

What I would recommend to job hunters and those wishing to change jobs is voluntary disclosure of information.Among the voluntary disclosure information, there are materials that we particularly recommend reading.”Integrated Report”It is.

What is an integrated report?Comprehensive information including not only financial information but also non-financial information (environment, society, governance, etc.)IR materials issued by companies for the purpose of providing information.Currently, the number of issuing companies is800 companiesexceeds.

In other words, an integrated report is filled with the reality of a company, such as its sustainability and value creation processes.

Negative information such as the number of harassment cases is valuable.

Integrated reports are extremely useful as a source of information for employment and career change activities. There are two main reasons for this.

1) The actual situation of the company is shown

As mentioned above, integrated reports are prepared for investors. Investors want to know not only the current state of the company, but also the future state. Because the objective of an investor is to invest and get a return.“Will this company be worth more in the future than it is now?”Because that is the biggest concern.

In order to make accurate investment decisions, many investors”I want to know about the company, including the bad things.”There is a need for this.

People and companies sometimes think that they want to cover up bad things, but in the capital market,Rather, it is better to clearly convey the negative things.be done. For example, our company’s Human Capital ReportDisclose the number of internal complaints (number of inquiries received through the hotline)However, depending on the number of cases,Evaluate what is disclosedI believe that they are doing so.

On the other hand, companies that only disclose positive things are more likely to say, “This company isI can’t see the issueIsn’t it? “”Hidden constitutionIsn’t there? ” There is even a possibility that you will be suspicious.

For this reason, an increasing number of companies are disclosing their company’s issues in disclosure materials such as integrated reports, and setting out goals for how they will address and improve the issues.

in this way,An integrated report is filled with information about the company’s actual situation, including negative information.. That’s why it’s useful when choosing a company when looking for a job or changing jobs.