“Mynavi Athlete Career”, a career support service for athletes operated by Mynavi Co., Ltd., jointly with the University Sports Association (UNIVAS), conducted a survey on the attitudes of athletic club students toward employment and their current activity status. Announcing the results of an awareness survey on employment among undergraduate students.1,694 valid responses.
According to a survey, the strengths I gained through club activities were "courtesy and greetings (82.4%)," "understanding of hierarchical relationships (66.4%)," "communication skills (64.1%)," and "perseverance (63.1%)." ” and “Teamwork (61.2%)” ranked high.Athletic club students work toward the common goal of improving their athletic performance, often communicate with instructors, other grades, and classmates, and work in a fixed community. presumed to be high.On the other hand, the few responses were "leadership (28.0%)" and "management ability (18.2%)."
When asked, "Is sports club students advantageous for job hunting?" 70.6% of students answered "I think it is advantageous," and 3.4% answered "I think it is disadvantageous." .Regarding the advantages, I think it is advantageous to be able to make use of the connections gained through club activities, such as “I can consult with alumni (48.4%)” and “I can share information within club activities (46.0%)”. seems to beOn the other hand, the points that they thought were disadvantageous were "competition season and job hunting (44.2%)" and "not doing activities other than club activities (41.4%)".While there are few students who feel at a disadvantage, they seem to feel uneasy about not being able to secure time or spend time on extracurricular activities, as they may have schedules such as practices on weekdays and competitions on Saturdays and Sundays.
56.9% answered that they are thinking about their career after quitting the sport, and 43.1% answered that they are not thinking about it.4% of students in their fourth year or later, who are about to graduate, said they were not thinking about it.When asked about their preferred industry, the most common answer was "Sports/Toys/Games/Amusement (39.3%)." The second place was “I do not want to work in a specific industry (22.9%),” followed by “Food/Agriculture/Forestry/Fisheries (2%)” and “Education/School Corporation (20.4%).”Many students aspire to work in the sports industry, which they are familiar with, but a certain number of students answered that they did not have a specific industry they would like to work in, suggesting that they are not considering their career aspirations and future prospects.
In addition, 61.0% of the students answered that they "do not know (dual career)" regarding dual careers (balancing work and competition). “Have known about it and have considered it” (13.4%) greatly exceeds the number of people who have “know about it but have not considered it” (25.6%).
