According to a joint survey by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare and the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, the job offer rate, which indicates the number of university students scheduled to graduate in March, has reached a record high of 3% as of December 2016, 12. It became clear in. With the rise in the offer rate for the sixth consecutive year, the "seller market" continues against the backdrop of the economic recovery.
The survey extracted 112 schools from universities, junior colleges, colleges of technology, and vocational schools nationwide in consideration of regional balance, and investigated the employment status of 6,250 people.Of these, 62 college students are from 4,770 schools.
According to the report, the job offer rate for college students was 4.6 points higher than in the same period of the previous year.The breakdown is 86.9% for national and public universities and 84.4% for private universities.By gender, 83.1% are male students and 87.2% are female students.The job offer rate for girls was the highest since the survey started.By region, Hokkaido / Tohoku area 81.6%, Kanto area 88.3%, Chubu area 82.6%, Kinki area 87.0%, Chugoku / Shikoku area 78.6%, Kyushu area 79.9%.Both are higher than the same period of the previous year.
As of December, the employment rate of university students reached a record high of 12% in 1997, reaching 84.8% in 2008, but has fallen to 81.6% in 2011 due to the recession caused by the Lehman shock. rice field.After that, it gradually started to rise with the economic recovery.
It is believed that the lifting of the ban on job interviews was pushed forward two months in June of the fourth year of university, and that many students wanted to decide on a job early, which pushed up the numbers.
In addition, the unofficial rate is 72.6% for junior colleges, 98.3% for colleges of technology, and 70.7% for vocational schools.
