According to the National Personnel Authority's summary, the number of applicants for employment examinations for national civil servants who work in central ministries as career bureaucrats decreased by 2018% from the previous year to 4.8 in FY1. With the decrease for the second consecutive year, the decline in technical fields such as science and engineering and agriculture is conspicuous.While the employment front has become a seller's market, it seems that the expansion of recruitment of specialized human resources by private companies has had an impact.
人事院によると、申込者の内訳は院卒者が対前年度比11.7％減の2,181人、大卒程度が3.8％減の1万7,428人。試験の区分別では法文系が2.2％減の1万4,550人だったのに対し、理工系は10.8％減の3,752人、農学系は13.4％減の1,307人と減少幅が大きかった。
The number of female applicants is 588 for the graduate exam and 6,324 for the university graduate exam, for a total of 6,912.It reached 35.2% of all applicants, surpassing 7% for the seventh consecutive year since the introduction of the general employment examination, and set a new record high.
The first exam for the general employment exam is on April 1th, and the results will be announced on May 4th.The second exam will be written on May 29, and the policy agenda discussion exam and personal exam will be scheduled from May 5 to June 11.The final pass will be announced on June 2th, and the final passers will visit the government office from July 5th.
According to a survey by the Recruit Works Institute, the job openings-to-applicants ratio for university students scheduled to graduate in March 2019 has risen to 3 times for the seventh consecutive year.The seller market is strengthening as private companies have increased the total number of job openings from 1.88 in the previous year to 7, reflecting the booming economy.
