According to a survey by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, the employment rate of university students who graduated this spring was 95.8% as of April 1, which was 0.2 points lower than last year due to the influence of the new corona.
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare and the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology have surveyed a total of 6,250 students from 112 universities and junior colleges nationwide regarding the status of job hunting activities for students who graduated this spring.
According to this, the job offer rate for university students was 95.8% as of April 1, 0.2 points lower than the same period last year.
This is the second consecutive year that the job offer rate has declined from the previous year.
Looking at the job offer rate by gender,
▽ male college students were 94.6%, 0.4 points lower than last year, and
▽ female college students were 97.1%, 0.1 points lower than last year.
In addition,
the job offer rate for junior college students was 97.8%, 1.5 points higher than last year,
and the job offer rate for vocational school students was 94.7%, 3.5 points higher than last year.
According to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, "Recruitment activities such as university students tend to recover as a whole, but the difficult situation continues in industries such as tourism, which are greatly affected by the new corona. Support for students who graduated without deciding where to work. I want to continue working in collaboration with universities and other institutions. "