Mynavi Corporation investigated how the spread of the new coronavirus infection and the government's declaration of emergency have affected recruitment activities for 2021 graduates.The number of valid responses is 1,926.
When we investigated whether the number of employees scheduled to be hired would change due to the spread of the new coronavirus infection, 82.6% of the companies answered that they were "as originally planned."Companies headquartered in Tokyo have 75.0%, which is 7.6% less than the overall average, but hiring is generally carried out as planned.However, the schedule may change depending on the future situation.
In each phase of recruitment activities, we surveyed the timing of implementation with multiple answers, and found that face-to-face "individual company information sessions (47.0%)", "individual interviews (47.9%)", and "group interviews (40.9%)" In all cases, the percentage of those scheduled to be implemented in "late May" was the highest.In addition, the result was that "early June (5%)" was the highest for "internally fixed delivery". Many companies held "individual company information sessions (face-to-face)" in March, but the number decreased once in April and tended to increase again after May. It can be seen that many companies are considering providing opportunities to send corporate information to students again after the Golden Week and the period of requesting refraining from going out.
In response to the government's declaration of emergency, a survey of the work situation of the hiring manager himself revealed that 24.2% of the total (total of "in principle home work" and "partial home work") carried out home work.In particular, the implementation rate was high at 50.5% for listed companies and 65.1% for Tokyo.From this situation, it can be seen that the working environment of the hiring manager himself influences the content of hiring activities that can be carried out.
Recruiters are concerned about hiring 2021 graduates, saying, "All joint briefings have been canceled and there are few opportunities to appeal to students." "If the coronavirus infection continues until summer." Opinions such as "insufficient manpower due to reorganization of recruitment schedule and simultaneous progress of informal formula and recruitment activities" and "the population is smaller than usual. The final interview (face-to-face) cannot be conducted" were received.
