Request for a review of the hiring process for the new WEB corona 17 university “WEB interview”

New Corona 17 Universities "WEB Interview" Request for review of recruitment method April 25, 5:07

With the spread of new coronavirus infection affecting the job hunting activities of university students, the job hunting support section for students at 17 universities such as Osaka University, Aoyama Gakuin University, and Waseda University should be re-evaluated for adoption of “WEB interview”. Was requested to the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology and Keidanren.

The job hunting activities of university students are being affected by the spread of new coronavirus infections, postponing corporate briefings, and changing the schedule of interviews.

In response to this situation, Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology and Chairman Nakanishi of Keidanren will hold a video conference on the 23rd of this month to confirm the policy of flexible recruitment activities, such as extending the deadline for submitting entry sheets. Efforts to reduce it have begun.

Also, on the 24th, a group created at a university career center that supports job hunting of university students, Aoyama Gakuin University, Osaka University, Liberal Arts University, Doshisha University, Waseda University etc. The 17 student support sections were jointly named and submitted a request to the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology and Keidanren.

In the request form,
▽ Interview with companies and organizations nationwide online as much as possible considering the health and safety of students.
▽ Promptly notify students of changes in recruitment activities such as postponement of selection and cancellation of job offers, and take sincere measures.
▽ For future internships, etc., consider the safety of students first, taking into account the infection status of the new coronavirus.
▽ It is requested that we promptly inform about the availability and timing of educational training and civil service examination.

What we are especially keen to do is to make job hunting online.

According to Toshiaki Mikuriya, Director of Career Development Center, Liberal Arts University, who is the managing director of the association, there are many companies that conduct face-to-face interviews among SMEs and local companies. Even if I refrain from doing so, I have to go to a company interview and I am more concerned about the risk of infection than anything else. "

According to a survey conducted by the job hunting information site MyNavi at the end of March for students who are currently in job hunting (March 25-31, 2184 responses) In March, a live-style WEB seminar was held to replace the company information session. 72.7% answered that they participated.

On the other hand, 40.4% of the online interviews were conducted, which is higher than before, but not all companies have adopted it.

In addition, although we introduced a WEB interview in the first selection and the second selection, we want to carry out the final selection face-to-face, so some companies are behind schedule or undecided.

Toshiaki Mikuriya, director of the Center for International Studies and Career Development, said, “In order to reduce the uncertainty about the future of job hunting, large companies will take the initiative to go online including final interviews. I wanted you to understand the purpose of the request form.