Toyota City, Japan, April 2, 2018―Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) held its annual entrance ceremony for new employees today at 11:00 a.m. in Jimu Main Hall at TMC headquarters in Toyota City.

1,812 new employees attended the ceremony.

Participants, totaling approximately 200 people, comprised 60 executives (including Chairman Takeshi Uchiyamada, Vice Chairman Shigeru Hayakawa, and President Akio Toyoda), 16 representatives from the Toyota Motor Workers' Union and various management groups, as well as division representatives.

ReferenceFY2018 Recruitment Statistics

The table below shows recruitment statistics for FY2018. Please note that the figures reflect the total number of employees that were recruited by the company during the last financial year and not the number of new employees present at the ceremony today.

(People)
  FY2018
Recruitment Statistics*1
FY2017
Recruitment Statistics
Administrative positions*2 138 174
Engineering positions*2 *3 634 629
Clerical positions 54 50
Technical positions Regular 883 1,148
Non-regular (Hiring by full-time staff appointment system) 316 377
Toyota Technical Skills Academy High school program 130 133
Advanced technical training 120 122
  1,449 1,780
Total*4 2,275 2,633

*1April 1, 2017 to March 31, 2018

*2including mid-career recruitment

*3including automotive mechanic schools

*4excluding health services positions and including non-Japanese employees

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