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Announcement of Mid-Career Recruitment Ratio

Based on the agreement at the meeting of the Personnel Management Steering Committee dated June 23, 2021, the ratio of the number of employees who are "mid-career recruits" to the number of employees who were appointed in the relevant fiscal year (excluding employees appointed through personnel exchange, employees with a fixed term of office, and part-time employees) will be announced as the mid-career recruitment ratio for national government officer in the regular service.

Ratio of mid-career recruits

The percentage of mid-career hires in Digital Agency between fiscal 2023 and fiscal 2025 is shown below.

Fiscal YearPercent
FY 202352%
FY 202437%
FY 202554%

Note: Mid-career recruitment ratio in national government officer

  • "Mid-career recruitment" refers to recruitment through hiring of experienced personnel tests, etc. for the purpose of recruiting persons with work experience, etc. in the private sector, and selection for government positions where specialized abilities and experience can be utilized.
  • Regarding recruitment from the national government officer Recruitment Examination, etc. other than the above, for example, in the case of the Examination for Comprehensive Service and the Examination for General Service (university graduate level), persons other than new graduates are also eligible, such as those who are aged 21 or older and younger than 30 as of April 1 of the examination year. However, these persons are not included in the "mid-career recruits" when calculating the mid-career recruitment ratio.
    *Regular Service national government officer refers to all national government officer other than Special Service as defined in Article 2, Paragraph 3 of the national government officer and Harbor Act. (It does not refer to those hired from the Regular Service Examination.)