Job hunting starts in earnest. Briefing session is delivered live.New virus March 1st 11:58
Job hunting for university students who will graduate next spring has begun in earnest from the 1st. While the joint briefings of companies have been canceled one after another due to the spread of the new coronavirus, briefings have been held through live distribution on the Internet.
At the venue in Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, a recruiter from a company explained the details of the work and the selection schedule up to recruitment to the camera installed in front.
At the briefing sessions, students also received questions in the form of chats, and were asked if they were relocating or if they would be more comfortable on vacation.
"On the Internet, there is only a limited amount of information to be conveyed, but we want to provide more information to students frequently, with a sense of speed," said Masato Takahashi, editor-in-chief of My Navi, which hosted the briefing.
The job hunting schedule for university students who will graduate next spring is as follows: a company briefing session starts in March, a recruitment interview starts on June 1, and the official job offer date is October 1.
However, in addition to the effects of the spread of the new coronavirus, the schedule has become more uncertain than ever, as more and more companies want to end their recruitment activities before the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics. For students, it is likely that job hunting, which is difficult to read, will continue.