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Fee Revenue | 12 Months Ended
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Apr. 30, 2019
Revenue From Contract With Customer [Abstract] |
Fee Revenue | 7. Fee Revenue Substantially all fee revenue is derived from fees for professional services related to executive and professional recruitment performed on a retained basis, recruitment process outsourcing, talent and organizational advisory services and the sale of products, standalone or as part of a solution. The Company adopted ASC 606 in its fiscal year beginning May 1, 2018 using the modified retrospective transition method applied to those contracts still outstanding and not completed as of May 1, 2018. The impact of the adoption of ASC 606 to the balance sheet was immaterial. Contract Balances A contract asset (unbilled receivables) is recorded when the Company transfers control of products or services before there is an unconditional right to payment. A contract liability (deferred revenue) is recorded when cash is received in advance of performance of the obligation. Deferred revenue represents the future performance obligations to transfer control of products or services for which we have already received consideration. Deferred revenue is presented in other accrued liabilities on the consolidated balance sheet. The following table outlines our contract asset and liability balances as of April 30, 2019 and May 1, 2018:
|  | April 30, 2019 |  |  | May 1, 2018 |
|  | (in thousands) |
Contract assets (unbilled receivables) |  | $ | 60,595 |  |  | $ | 65,164 |
Contract liabilities (deferred revenue) |  | $ | 112,999 |  |  | $ | 114,695 |
During the year ended April 30, 2019, we recognized revenue of $97.0 million that was included in the contract liabilities balance at the beginning of the period. Performance Obligations The Company has elected to apply the practical expedient to exclude the value of unsatisfied performance obligations for contracts with a duration of one year or less, which applies to all executive search and professional search fee revenue. As of April 30, 2019, the aggregate transaction price allocated to the performance obligations that are unsatisfied for contracts with an expected duration of greater than one year at inception was $539.5 million. Of the $539.5 million of remaining performance obligations, we expect to recognize approximately $307.7 million as fee revenue in fiscal 2020, $132.2 million in fiscal 2021, $77.4 million in fiscal 2022 and the remaining $22.2 million in fiscal 2023 and thereafter. However, this amount should not be considered an indication of the Company’s future revenue as contracts with an initial term of one year or less are not included. Further, our contract terms and conditions allow for clients to increase or decrease the scope of services and such changes do not increase or decrease a performance obligation until the Company has an enforceable right to payment. Disaggregation of Revenue The Company disaggregates its revenue by line of business and further by region for Executive Search. This information is presented in Note 11—Segments. The following table provides further disaggregation of fee revenue by industry:
|  | Year Ended April 30, |
|  | 2019 |  |  | 2018 |  |  | 2017 |
|  | Dollars |  |  | % |  |  | Dollars |  |  | % |  |  | Dollars |  |  | % |
|  | (dollars in thousands) |
Industrial |  | $ | 561,029 |  |  |  | 29.1 | % |  | $ | 530,547 |  |  |  | 30.0 | % |  | $ | 459,732 |  |  |  | 29.4 | %
Financial Services |  |  | 349,968 |  |  |  | 18.2 |  |  |  | 305,047 |  |  |  | 17.3 |  |  |  | 257,671 |  |  |  | 16.4 |
Life Sciences/Healthcare |  |  | 323,091 |  |  |  | 16.8 |  |  |  | 294,999 |  |  |  | 16.7 |  |  |  | 273,493 |  |  |  | 17.5 |
Consumer Goods |  |  | 297,676 |  |  |  | 15.5 |  |  |  | 276,979 |  |  |  | 15.7 |  |  |  | 263,671 |  |  |  | 16.8 |
Technology |  |  | 260,918 |  |  |  | 13.5 |  |  |  | 226,142 |  |  |  | 12.8 |  |  |  | 198,867 |  |  |  | 12.7 |
Education/Non-Profit |  |  | 122,524 |  |  |  | 6.3 |  |  |  | 120,809 |  |  |  | 6.8 |  |  |  | 99,978 |  |  |  | 6.4 |
General |  |  | 10,827 |  |  |  | 0.6 |  |  |  | 12,694 |  |  |  | 0.7 |  |  |  | 12,109 |  |  |  | 0.8 |
Fee Revenue |  | $ | 1,926,033 |  |  |  | 100.0 | % |  | $ | 1,767,217 |  |  |  | 100.0 | % |  | $ | 1,565,521 |  |  |  | 100.0 | %

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- Definition The entire disclosure of revenue from contract with customer to transfer good or service and to transfer nonfinancial asset. Includes, but is not limited to, disaggregation of revenue, credit loss recognized from contract with customer, judgment and change in judgment related to contract with customer, and asset recognized from cost incurred to obtain or fulfill contract with customer. Excludes insurance and lease contracts. + References Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 606 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=49130388 Reference 2: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 235 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2122369 + Details
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