Disco Corporation announced on April 2020, 4, a survey [confirmed version] of the impact of the spread of the new coronavirus infection on recruitment activities. In addition to the recruitment status of 6 graduates, we conducted an urgent survey of major companies nationwide, including the impact of the postponement of the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics and the impact on summer internships.
The survey period was from March 3 to 26, and an Internet survey was conducted on 30 major companies nationwide, and 13,920 companies responded.
Regarding recruitment activities in late March, 3% answered that they are basically proceeding, but some are looking at them, and more than 47.7% said that they are proceeding as originally planned. Most of the companies continued their recruiting activities while taking infection control measures such as alternatives by using the WEB, and less than 2% said that they would cancel their recruitment.
Approximately 46.3% of companies responded that the impact of the spread of coronavirus infection on recruitment activities was "significantly affected" (42.2%) and "slightly affected" (9%).The larger the number of employees, the higher the percentage of "significant impact", which is 56.4% for major companies.By industry, "IT" (53.5%) and "Trading company / distribution" (49.2%) had the highest percentages of "significant impact".
In addition, 91.5% of the companies have a sense of crisis in their recruiting activities, and the largest number of companies are "quite dangerous".By industry, "trading company / distribution" is high.
Companies that answered "there is a sense of crisis" said, "The number of contacts with students has decreased significantly due to the self-restraint of joint briefings" (300-999 people / manufacturer), and "It has become difficult to make face-to-face explanations." It is difficult to achieve the recruitment target ”(1000-4999 people / service).In addition, there was a concern that "there is a possibility that there will be a great deal of variation in the selection period with competitors, and it is highly likely that students will not be able to decide to accept the unofficial decision" (5000 or more / manufacturer). There is.
At present, the most common recruitment issue is "group formation" (63.3%), and nearly 6% of the total are considering or planning to form additional groups such as on-campus seminars and joint company information sessions. ..
Regarding the impact of the postponement of the Olympic Games, 22.2% answered that it was likely to be affected, and 28.6% of companies whose head office is located in the Kanto region.Reasons for this include prolonging or delaying (postponing) the end of recruitment activities, as well as "because of the accommodation industry, it may be necessary to reassess the number of hires depending on future business performance" (1000-4999 people). There is also the possibility of revising the number of hires such as (/ service).On the other hand, some companies are considering conducting summer internships due to the postponement of the Olympics and Paralympics.
