It is said that the seller market continued for employment of university graduates scheduled to graduate in the spring of 2018 due to a serious labor shortage, but almost half of the persons in charge of employment and career support at universities nationwide have also increased their job offer status, and more than 10% A survey by DISCO (President Masao Shindome, Tokyo), a recruitment support service, found that the number of major companies is expected to increase significantly.

 The survey was conducted on the Internet in August and September, targeting departments in charge of employment and career support at universities, and responses were obtained from a total of 8 schools, including 9 national and public schools and 86 private schools.

 According to the report, 48.1% of the respondents answered that the job offer status was "increasing" from the previous year, which was much higher than 1.2% who answered that it was "declining".In the previous year's survey, about half of the universities answered that they were "increasing", but it was suggested that the number of unofficial offers was higher than that.

 Looking at the size of the prospective companies, 57.5% answered that they would not change, but 12.7% answered that the number of major companies increased. “The number of small and medium-sized enterprises has increased” was 9.6%, and “the number of small and medium-sized enterprises has increased” was only 1.2%.

 58.1% of the job offers from companies also answered that they are "increasing".Regarding whether the new graduate market is the seller market, 37.3% of the "completely seller market" and 52.5% of the "slightly seller market", and more than 9% felt the seller market.In particular, the response that says "completely seller market" has risen by about 2 points for the second consecutive year, confirming that the seller market feeling is increasing year by year.

reference:[Disco Corporation] 18-year-old employment front survey from the perspective of employment and career support staff at universities nationwide (PDF)

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