According to a survey by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology and the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, the employment rate of university students scheduled to graduate in March 2017 reached 3% as of October 10, the highest level in 1 years.This is the first improvement in two years, the highest level in 71.2 years since 19% of graduates in March 2.With the economic recovery, companies are highly motivated to hire, and it seems that the seller market is continuing.
The survey was conducted by extracting 112 students from 6,250 universities, junior colleges, colleges of technology, and vocational schools nationwide.Of these, there are 62 university students from 4,770 schools.
According to the report, the job offer rate for college students was 71.2% (up 4.7 points year-on-year), junior college students 41.6% (up 8.4 points year-on-year), college students 95.7% (up 1.4 points year-on-year), and vocational school students 53.8% (up 5.6 points year-on-year). (Points increased), both exceeded the same period of the previous year.
By gender, males accounted for 69.3% (up 3.5 points) and females 73.6% (up 6.4 points).Girls have recorded record highs.By liberal arts, liberal arts accounted for 71.4% (up 5.5 points) and sciences accounted for 70.7% (up 1.5 points).The job-seeking rate, which indicates the percentage of college students who want to get a job, was 79.7% (up 1.0 points from the previous year), which is a record high for the previous year.
By region, Kanto (79.7%), Kinki (75.6%), Hokkaido / Tohoku (68.5%), Chubu (66.3%), and Kyushu (61.6%) exceeded the same period of the previous year, but Chugoku / Shikoku (45.0%). Did not reach the same period of the previous year.
Reasons for the rise in the job offer rate include the economic recovery, the active recruitment of women due to the enforcement of the Act on the Promotion of Female Advancement, and the advancement of the ban on recruitment interviews from August to June. Has been done.
