Job Hunting for College Students At “Natural” Internship at 6:29 on August 25th
The job hunting activities of university students graduated in 2021 centering on the current 4th year university students have become different from the previous job hunting due to the influence of the new coronavirus.
It is the internship that has increased its presence with the online.
The original purpose is to deepen students' understanding of work while experiencing it, but there is also the aim of companies that want to make contact with excellent students, and there is also a survey result that 80% of listed companies are conducting it. It is in the "natural" form.
The job hunting of college students graduated next spring (2021), which was greatly affected by the spread of the new coronavirus, was polarized into "students who received an early offer" and "students who could not get a job offer for a long time" It is said to have been done. One of the things that had a great influence on the polarization was the internship.
With regard to job hunting activities for university students, the number of students who wish to participate in a company internship during the summer vacation and winter vacation of third year students is increasing year by year.
Increasingly, more and more companies are positioning themselves as one step in the selection process because they want to quickly get in touch with excellent students against the background of the seller market, and various survey results show that situation.
From May 5th to 29th, Mynavi, a job hunting information site, asked if they conducted an internship in a survey of companies with a track record of hiring new graduates. (2886 companies answered)
This is the highest since 2016 when we started the survey, increasing 1.7 points from last year.
In addition, comparing the listed and unlisted companies, the implementation rate of unlisted companies was 54.7%, but the listed companies “executed” reached 80.5%. It can be said that internships are “natural” at major companies.
Under such circumstances, it was said that many students who participated in internships and had contact with companies from the stage of last year before the influence of the new coronavirus had acquired informal appointments relatively early.
On the other hand, for those students who did not participate in the internship, joint briefing sessions of companies were canceled one after another since March, and it became difficult to conduct face-to-face interviews, so both students and companies could The opportunity to know has decreased dramatically.
Many companies suspended or delayed hiring activities, and many students had “long-term” job hunting.
There is also criticism that internships can be positioned as a substantive selection process, leading to faster job hunting.
However, as the economic outlook becomes uncertain with the new coronavirus, it is a reality that the degree of internship among students graduated in 2022, who are currently in the third year of university, is getting more and more noticeable.
Kozue Togo, an HR research department of Mynavi, said, “The internships have become “normal” centering on major companies as the needs of students increase year by year. This is an opportunity to experience work, which is a great advantage for students."
On the other hand, the number of companies introducing internships has increased, and moreover, online implementation is also required. “Implementation of internships is a heavy burden for companies and it is not a hurdle, but students can be satisfied online. It is also important to have the contents.”