Recruitment Interview Start New Corona Impact Businesses and Students June 1, 18:13
A recruitment interview for college students graduating next spring began in earnest on the first day. The spread of the new coronavirus has a great impact on both companies and students.
All online until the final interview with Panasonic
Panasonic started the recruiting interview in earnest from the 1st. At the office in Chuo-ku, Osaka, the person in charge asked the students through the screen for self-promotion, asked what fields they would like to see, such as home appliances and automobiles, and then entered them directly on their PCs.
It means that the hiring staff are interviewing not only in the company in Osaka and Tokyo but also at home.
The company plans to have three interviews from the first to the final, but we will do online until the end and offer a job offer. He explained that it was due to consideration to prevent infection with the new coronavirus and to have students come with a sense of security.
The company plans to hire the same 900 people as last year, but in view of the possibility that job hunting may be delayed due to the spread of infection, the selection period until July is extended until autumn in the usual year. It means that we are also considering things.
Kazuhide Akimoto, General Manager, Panasonic Recruiting Department, said, “We are wondering if online interviews will work, such as whether students can choose a company, and so on.”
Trading company in Osaka Only the last interview
At Hanwa Kogyo Co., Ltd., a trading company that handles steel, oil, etc., headquartered in Chuo-ku, Osaka, the personnel department staff first explained to an interviewer how to proceed with an online interview.
If the viewpoint is shifted, it gives the impression that you are not listening to the story, so if you look at the camera or communication is poor, there will be a delay in the audio, so you will have to be careful about talking online, such as talking slowly.
In the online interview, students asked questions such as "what was the hardest thing you have done so far?", And the interviewer can understand the actual work situation such as the difficulty of contacting overseas staff. Was answered.
This company decides to give a job offer after grasping the students' facial expressions and moods, so only the final interview is conducted face-to-face.
To prevent infection, we have installed an acrylic board about 60 cm in height in the boardroom that will be the interview site, and we are preparing for it.
Yuya Yamada, Human Resources Development Division, Hanwa Kogyo Co., Ltd., said, “We want students to meet with employees before deciding to join the company, so we will have face-to-face interviews next year and beyond.”
Kobe food company “offline interview”
The food company "Kenmin Foods" in Kobe City has not been able to hire at all due to the influence of the new coronavirus, but on the 1st after the cancellation of the emergency declaration, we held a company briefing and a first interview. It was
Online interviews are spreading mainly at large companies, but I decided to invite students who would like to meet directly with employees and feel the company culture at this company.
All employees wore masks for briefing sessions and interviews, and to prevent infection, the doorknobs and elevator buttons were regularly disinfected.
Mr. Ayana Izumi, a graduate student who attended the interview, said, “I was worried about job hunting only on the web, so I was able to actually visit and deepen the understanding of the company. However, I can not understand the expression when wearing a mask. I thought the interview was difficult. "
Kenki Foods President Yuki Takamura said, "The new coronavirus has changed the social environment significantly, but we want to hire people who can think about what they can do for people in response to the changes." ..
Reduced appeal to students Some companies are concerned about securing the number of employees
"Donan Umimachi Shinkin Bank," which is based in Hakodate City, Hokkaido, has canceled the joint information session for students who participate every year due to the influence of the new coronavirus. It means that it has not been implemented.
After the national declaration of emergency was lifted, we decided to start a company briefing session from the middle of this month, but the joint briefing session was canceled and we could not get an opportunity to appeal to students It means that the number of people who want to get information about recruitment through the site has decreased to nearly half of last year.
This Shinkin Bank is anxious about whether it will be possible to secure the hiring number because the interview that is held in June every year according to the lifting of the ban is expected to be delayed after next month.
Riki Kubota, Human Resources Manager of Donami Umimachi Shinkin Bank, said, "We cannot hire the desired number of people and human resources if we do not actively publicize our students, but we are worried that there are few opportunities to contact students because of the new coronavirus." Talking
Correspondence of university and student
As the number of companies conducting recruitment interviews online has increased due to the spread of the new coronavirus infection, the university is also under pressure to respond.
Tohoku Gakuin University, located in Sendai City, conducts a mock interview with an instructor invited from outside to prepare for an online interview.
In the mock interview, the instructor played the role of interviewer, asking the students about their motives for their aspirations, as well as giving detailed advice on the face orientation, line of sight, and speaking speed.
Osamu Taguchi, Manager of the Tohoku Gakuin University Employment Career Support Division, said, "I think it will be an unavoidable trend for recruitment interviews on the web, so I would like to support while thinking about what is good for students."
Yuka Takahashi, a fourth-year student who received a mock interview, is aspiring to become a major corporation in tourism and finance. He points out that the increase in the number of companies conducting online interviews has made it possible to save money and time required to travel to areas such as the Tokyo metropolitan area.
On the other hand, since I cannot actually go to a company, I am confused that I do not know the atmosphere inside the company and it is difficult to collect information.
Mr. Takahashi said, “I can't actually go to the company, so I can't feel the atmosphere of the company up close. I think students all over the country are in the same environment, so I want to do my best in the given environment.” It was.
Job hunting in Tokyo "I'm worried about hiring as usual"
Due to the influence of the new coronavirus, the hiring schedule of companies has been delayed, and university students who are moving from Hokkaido to Tokyo to find jobs are worried.
Yoshiyuki Sugawara, a fourth-year college student who attends a university in Hakodate, hopes to find a job in a company in the Tokyo metropolitan area, so he moved to Tokyo in mid-February and stayed at his sister's and friend's house to find a job. I am doing.
However, the fact is that many companies have delayed the recruitment schedule due to the influence of the new coronavirus, and company briefing sessions scheduled from March to April have been cancelled.
For this reason, Mr. Sugawara also considered returning to Hakodate, but the government's declaration of an emergency called for refraining from traveling across prefectures, so he was forced to stay in Tokyo and his living expenses were high. about it.
Mr. Sugawara said, "I've been to Tokyo, but I haven't been able to do it because my hiring schedule hasn't progressed and I can't even go out.
After the government's declaration of emergency was lifted on the 25th of last month, companies came to contact us about the recruitment schedule, and finally job hunting could be resumed.
Mr. Sugawara says, "The emergency declaration has been lifted, but I am worried that the company will carry out recruitment activities as usual due to the new coronavirus. I would like to do my best until I get a job offer."
Chairman of Keidanren "Inventing Cases for Both Companies and Students for the First Time"
Mr. Nakanishi, Chairman of the Keidanren, told reporters that the recruiting interview for a large company for college students graduating next spring will begin in earnest. It is the first time for both companies and students to deal with the fact that it has changed completely. I think that we should not devise various things because it is the first time for both companies and students. I think that we will watch the whole thing and proceed. ”