Gakujo Co., Ltd. conducted a questionnaire on online internships on the internship information site "Asaku Navi 2022" in response to the widespread consideration of conducting online internships due to the influence of the new coronavirus.

 As a result of the questionnaire, 83.4% answered "I would like to participate" when asked "I would like to participate if there is an internship conducted online".The reasons for hope were "because there is no risk of infection if online" and "there is no resistance to conducting online because university classes are also online".In addition, regardless of the prevention of infection with the new coronavirus, "you can participate in internships of companies in Tokyo even from rural areas", "you can participate in internships of local companies from Tokyo", "you can also participate from overseas study abroad destinations", etc. Many welcomed the fact that online implementation would expand the options for participants.

 In fact, at the "Asaku Navi Webinar" held as an online joint company seminar on June 2020, 6, all six participating companies were companies headquartered in Tokyo and Kanagawa Prefecture, but the percentage of students who watched it was one. Students from the three prefectures accounted for 16%, and students from other prefectures accounted for 6%.It can be seen that holding online has a positive impact on increasing job hunting opportunities for local students.

 When asked "Which do you want, an internship to visit the company or an online internship?", 30.2% answered "visiting the company" and 27.9% answered "visiting the company", and about 6% said "more than online". I would like to have an internship to visit directly.Students who wish to visit the company directly said, "I want to know the atmosphere of the company," "I want to talk with internship staff and senior employees," and "I think there are things that can be understood only by actually experiencing the work." Was done.

 On the other hand, 27.3% answered that they both visited the company and online.It can be said that the combination of "online and direct visit / direct experience" is the key to the internship in the New Normal era, as it seems that he wants to collect information by combining direct visit and online well.

 Regarding the desired time to participate in the internship, August was 8% and September was 80.8%, and the desire to participate in August / September was concentrated. Due to the delay in the start of the new semester in 9, the summer vacation period tends to be shortened, but it was found that there are many requests for participation during the summer vacation period.

* The survey targets the site visitors to the internship employment information site "Asagu Navi 2022" and the number of valid responses is 1,436.

Reference: [Gakujo Co., Ltd.] We conducted a questionnaire on the internship employment information site "Asagu Navi 2022".

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