According to the survey results, the number of university students who are scheduled to graduate next spring is expected to decrease for the first time in 11 years, mainly in the food and beverage industry and the accommodation industry, whose business performance is deteriorating due to the spread of the new coronavirus infection.

This survey is conducted annually by Recruit, a major information service company, and this time we received responses from 4516 companies.



According to this,


11.6%

of the students who are planning to graduate from university or graduate school next spring

▽ "decrease" the number of hires from the previous year,


▽ 7.7% of the companies answered "increase


". "Reduce" exceeded "Increase" by 3.9 points.



“Reduce” exceeded “increase” for the first time in 11 years since the survey of new graduates in the spring of 2011, when the movement to refrain from hiring was widespread due to the effects of the Lehman shock.



By industry, in the


restaurant / accommodation industry, "decrease" exceeded "increase" by 15.7 points


, in the wholesale industry such as food, 6.1 points, and in the


manufacturing industry, 5.8 points, and "decrease" exceeded. It was.



On the other hand, in the construction industry and medical / welfare where labor shortages continue, "increase" exceeds "decrease".



Seito Furuya, a researcher at Recruit Works Institute, said, "It is difficult to hire industries whose business performance has deteriorated due to the spread of infection, but on the contrary, there are companies that see it as an opportunity to increase hiring, and students need to think broadly about employment options." I'm talking.