As of the end of July, the number of high school students graduating next spring who wanted to get a job was about 144,000, a decrease of about 10% from the same period last year.
According to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, "As the effects of the spread of infection continue, it seems that the number of students who chose to go on to higher education because they were worried about whether they could get a job increased."
The recruitment exams for high school students who will graduate next spring will begin nationwide from the 16th of this month.
According to a survey conducted by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare through Hello Work nationwide, the number of students wishing to find employment was 144,935 as of the end of July, a decrease of 10.3% from the same period last year.
The number of high school students who want to get a job has decreased for the seventh consecutive year, and the rate of decrease from the previous year is the second largest after 1993.
The number of job vacancies from companies was 345,563, an increase of 2.9% from the same period last year, but a decrease of 22.1% from the adult.
By industry,
▽ "Manufacturing industry", which accounts for about 30% of the total, increased by 12%, while
▽ "Accommodation and food service industry", which is greatly affected by the spread of infection
,
decreased by 7.3%. increase.
The job openings-to-applicants ratio, which indicates the number of job openings per student, was 2.38 times on a national average, 0.30 points higher than the same period last year.
By prefecture, the highest was
▽ Tokyo at 6.13 times,
followed by
▽ Osaka at 3.95 times
▽ Fukui at 3.11 times
.
The lowest is
▽ 1.08 times that of Okinawa,
followed by
▽ 1.46 times that of Aomori and Kumamoto
▽ 1.50 times that of Nagasaki
.
According to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, "As the effects of the new coronavirus continue, it seems that the number of students who chose to go on to higher education because they were worried about whether they could get a job increased. The number of job offers has not returned to the level before the spread of the virus, mainly due to the fact that the number of job offers has not returned to the level before the spread of the virus. I want to put it in. "