According to the survey, the outlook for new graduate recruitment for university and graduate students who graduated in 2019 is 15.8% for "increase" and 5.1% for "decrease", and new graduate recruitment continues to be strong following 2018 graduates. Expected to do.

　By industry, "increase" exceeded "decrease" in most industries.In particular, "increase" far exceeded "decrease" in the food service industry (increase 28.6% / decrease 3.9%) and semiconductor / electronic / electrical parts (increase 21.9% / decrease 1.4%).On the other hand, in the financial industry (increase 11.0%, decrease 7.8%), the point difference between "increase" and "decrease" was smaller than in other industries.

　Looking at the year-to-year comparison of new graduate hiring prospects for college and graduate students, the percentage of companies that answered "increase" was the highest after graduating from 15.8, and "increasing" was "increasing" for eight consecutive years after graduating from 2011. It exceeds "decrease".

　Also, when asked "Are you raising the starting salary as a measure to secure human resources?" When hiring new graduates, the companies that are raising the starting salary for the purpose of securing human resources are "already working" companies. 20.1% and 22.4% of companies "plan to work on it in the future", and a total of 42.5% of companies have implemented or plan to raise their starting salary.
業種別では、「既に取り組んでいる」企業の割合は、建設業（31.2％）が多く、「今後取り組む予定」の企業の割合は流通業（25.2％）、製造業（24.9％）が多い。従業員規模別では、「既に取り組んでいる」企業は、1,000人未満企業で17.8％、1,000人以上企業で26.5％と、大企業の割合が高く、「今後取り組む予定」の企業は、1,000人未満の企業22.9％と1,000人以上の企業21.0％で同水準となった。

Reference: [Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd.] Works Recruitment Outlook Survey