The low birthrate, aging population, increasing number of baby boomers who have reached retirement age, and other changes are dramatically altering the employment environment. In line with these changes, the NTT Group is implementing various measures to diversify its workforce and provide opportunities for people to realize their full potential irrespective of age, sex, nationality, or disability.
Group companies working together to promote diversity
The NTT Group has always striven to create a diverse workplace in which people can realize their full potential irrespective of sex, age, race, nationality, disability, or other factors. In October 2007, NTT established a Diversity Promotion Office to further bolster workplace diversity efforts, and by April 2008, diversity promotion supervisors were in place in other Group companies. They are working together across the group to share information and initiate measures that promote diversity.
To promote employee work-life balance, we created the Communication Handbook in March 2009 for distribution to all employees. By presenting specific case studies and their solutions, the handbook provides advice about communication in the workplace and information about programs that can assist in balancing work with marriage, childcare, and nursing responsibilities.
We have also produced and distributed pamphlets to educate employees about diversity issues, and have organized seminars and other events to raise diversity awareness throughout the Group.
Diversity seminar
Communication Handbook
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Employment in the NTT Group
The NTT Group actively recruits female employees and promotes gender equality, aspiring to be an enterprise in which all employees have equal opportunities irrespective of gender. As a result of these efforts, the proportion of female employees and managers at NTT has been growing over the years.
Total employees
Management level employees
New employees
The above data represents NTT and five core NTT Group companies: NTT East, NTT West, NTT Communications, NTT DATA, and NTT DOCOMO.
1 As of March 31, 2009
2 As of April 1, 2009
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Percentage of employees with disabilities: 1.93% (as of June 1, 2009)
The NTT Group has been working to actively recruit and expand employment opportunities for people with disabilities. The special subsidiary NTT CLARUTY was established to further increase these opportunities, and from 2009, it began employing people with intellectual disabilities and launched new projects such as a business card printing business.
In July 2008, NTT DATA established NTT DATA DAICHI, a special subsidiary involved in the processing and sale of agricultural products, operating health and welfare massage rooms, and businesses such as website creation that can be undertaken by teleworkers who have disabilities that make it difficult to commute to the workplace. NTT DATA DAICHI acquired special subsidiary certification in December 2008.
Paper recycling
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Retirement-age employees able to continue working
The NTT Group operates a continuing employment system that allows employees to work up to the age of 65. In fiscal 2009, 10,900 employees* made use of this system.
*Yearly average number of employees in fiscal 2009.
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Introduction of Core Staff/Pro Staff system
In July 2008, NTT West Group also established a Core Staff/Pro Staff system for providing officially former employees with further employment opportunities.
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Hosting researchers from around the world
NTT Group laboratories employ researchers of many nationalities and host trainees and researchers from around the world.
NTT Basic Research Laboratories has established an advisory board of foreign researchers from outside the company — including Nobel prize winners — that provides feedback on research plans and results.
In fiscal 2009 NTT employed:
- 18 employees who are foreign nationals (NTT and NTT DOCOMO)
- 25 contract researchers (NTT)
- 44 trainees accepted through internship programs (NTT)
Interns from overseas receiving training
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