On December 2019, 12, Gakujo Co., Ltd. announced the "Popular Employment Company Ranking" for third-year university students and first-year graduate students scheduled to graduate in March 23.The announcement was made three months ahead of the usual year due to the accelerated movement of students in corporate research and information gathering.
As a result of valid responses from 6,574 people, ITOCHU was selected as No. 2 for the second consecutive year.It seems that the active efforts for work style reform are attracting students' favorable impressions.Despite the influence of the US-China trade conflict, the performance of the general trading company industry was good, with Marubeni in 1th place, Mitsubishi Corporation in 4th place, and Sumitomo Corporation in 14th place.In addition, food manufacturers still occupy high rankings, with 50 companies in the top 3, led by Ajinomoto in 50rd place, showing strong popularity for the second consecutive year.
This time, the sports and game industry has made great strides, with 100 companies in the top 10. 9th place Nintendo (107th place in the previous year), 19th place ASICS group (198th place), 27th place Adidas Japan (227th place), etc., all ranked up significantly. Interest in the sports industry seems to have increased, such as the domestic enthusiasm at the 2019 Rakby World Cup and the 2020 Olympics.
The top 10 overall rankings are as follows (the figures in parentheses are the previous year's rankings).
1位（1）伊藤忠商事、2位（3）JTBグループ、3位（2）味の素、4位（7）丸紅、5位（6）エイチ･アイ･エス（H.I.S.）、6位（8）アサヒ飲料、7位（12）資生堂、8位（9）大日本印刷(DNP)、9位（107）任天堂、10位（4）オリエンタルランド
Gakujo Co., Ltd. is a comprehensive employment and career change information company.It operates a job hunting information site <Asahi Navi (Asahi Gakujo Navi)> that provides content together with the Asahi Shimbun, a joint company seminar <Job Hunting Expo>, and a 20s professional job hunting site <Re Job Hunting>.
reference:[Gakujo Co., Ltd.] 2021 graduate ranking of popular companies for employment [Breaking news]
