SMEs also cancel company briefings and spread new coronavirus March 1 at 12:52

Job hunting for university students who graduate next spring started in earnest on the 1st, but the spread of the new coronavirus has spread, and even small and medium-sized enterprises have begun to cancel company information sessions for students. I am.

Job hunting for university students who graduate next spring will start in earnest, with a company briefing for students starting on the 1st.

A wine-related trading company in Yokohama, with about 70 employees, has swiftly canceled a briefing scheduled for early this month following the spread of the new coronavirus.

It is said that about 600 students will participate in the company briefing held from March to April every year, but we will have to cancel it depending on the situation after the middle of this month, and we believe that recruitment activities will be negative. You.

`` For a company with a lower profile than major companies, how to convey the appeal of the company to students who came to the briefing is the most important in recruitment, It's a big pain. "

The impact is likely to continue in the future, so the company has recently begun to specifically consider introducing an Internet-based web interview.

Sasaki says, "I don't know how long this situation will last, so I'm worried about how much it will cost and how well it can operate, but I'm wondering if we have to introduce the web."