Disco Corporation conducted an urgent questionnaire survey to find out how the spread of the new coronavirus infection has affected the study abroad life and job hunting activities of overseas university students and exchange students.The survey was conducted from April 2020 to 4, 3, targeting international students at overseas universities and graduate schools, and 12 responded.
As a result of the survey, as of the beginning of April, the majority of the places of stay were "study abroad areas / countries", and 4% of the respondents said that they were originally studying abroad but finished studying abroad due to the influence of Corona.More than half of the exchanged / dispatched international students answered that they "interrupted studying abroad on the way."
The impact of the spread of the new coronavirus infection on study abroad life is 80.2%, including "very much impact" (15.8%) and "slightly impact" (96.0%). Nearly 9% of students said that their classes went online, and less than 8% received restrictions on going out and requests to refrain from going out.In addition, according to the comments received, "I am taking online classes even after returning to Japan, but there is a time lag and my life rhythm is disrupted" (exchange / dispatched international student / USA), "I rarely talk to people, Classes are now online, and the meaning of studying abroad is becoming less noticeable "(regular international student / UK)," research is not progressing because I returned to Japan temporarily "(regular international student / USA), and" scholarships are received due to changes in study abroad plans. " Faced with various difficulties such as "There is a risk of disqualification" (exchange / dispatched international student / France) and "I cannot return to my study abroad destination due to refusal to enter the country. I am having trouble applying for a visa" (regular international student / Canada). You can see how it is doing.
Next, when we investigated the employment status of international students, the total number of international students who were looking for a job at the time of the survey was over 7%. 24% of regular international students and 13.4% of exchange / dispatched international students answered that they were looking for a job but were temporarily suspended due to the influence of the corona.In addition to changes in the hiring activity status of companies, it seems that job hunting is also affected by changes in the environment such as sudden return to Japan.
In response to this situation, more than 8% of students cited "searching for and applying for a company on a job hunting site for international students" as what they are doing in job hunting and what they want to do, and then companies online and online. Selection examinations and individual company information sessions continued.While face-to-face events are restricted, we can see that they are seeking company information online.
