Job hunting for university students graduating next spring will begin in earnest in March when the ban on company briefings will be lifted.
From the time they entered school, the generation was faced with the coronavirus pandemic and their activities were restricted. A voice is coming out.
The current third-year university students, who are aiming to get a job next spring, have faced the corona crisis from the beginning of their enrollment, and many of their lectures have been online, and their participation in club activities, circles, and part-time jobs has been restricted.
In job hunting, there is a column to write about "gakuchika" in the entry sheet and it is asked in the interview, but some students are worried about what they should promote.
For this reason, universities, employment support companies, and local governments are actively working to hold seminars on the theme of "gakuchika" and help them find something they can devote themselves to.
On the other hand, there are voices that it is an issue for companies that are hiring to determine how to assess the personalities and abilities of students who have spent their university life due to the corona crisis.
Some companies have stopped using the "Gakuchika" column on the entry sheet and have added a new item to ask them to promote themselves in a different form.
In this year's job hunting, it seems that both students and companies will be forced to take difficult measures over "Gakuchika".
Experts “No great experience required”
Masanao Tanide, a recruitment consultant who is familiar with job hunting, said, ``From the perspective of students, it may be important to have great results in club activities, circles, and school festivals in ``Gakuchika'', but on the hiring side. What these companies are looking at are their values and ways of thinking, such as how they set their goals and how they used their time. rice field.
Regarding the person in charge of the company, "This year's job-hunting students have been suffering from the corona virus since they entered university, and there is a lack of experience in interacting with various people. In the selection process, it will be important to find out how the students will grow and find room for growth.We must be creative and listen to the true feelings of the students and proceed with recruitment activities with few mismatches.” was talking