Acaric Co., Ltd., which provides career support for graduate students and researchers, is a graduate school graduated in 2022 that is registered as a member of Acaric for the purpose of grasping the actual situation of job hunting activities of graduate students who are expected to complete graduate school in March 3. A questionnaire survey was conducted for students (master's and doctoral students).The number of valid responses was 2022 ("Master's student" 96%, "Doctoral student" 56.3%).
According to the survey, 75.0% answered "This is my first time" when asked "Do you have any experience in job hunting in the past, such as when you were an undergraduate or master's student?"Regarding job hunting, "collecting information from friends, seniors and juniors" was the most common at 71.9, followed by "collecting internship information" and "industry / industry research" at 66.7%.In addition, only 1% of graduate students answered that they "have" when asked "Do you have a job offer from a company at this time?"
Regarding "Are you worried about job hunting after graduating from 2022?", 55.2% answered "Very" and 38.5% answered "Yes", indicating that more than 9% of graduate students are worried about job hunting. Turned out.The most uneasy feelings were "decrease in recruitment due to the influence of the new coronavirus" and "lack of own skills, achievements, and experience" at 68.9%.Also, as what I want to know now, "how can I make use of my own experience and abilities" was the highest at 20.5%, so it can be seen that many graduate students are worried about their own experiences and abilities.
When asked about other worries in the free answer, in addition to the anxiety that "it is difficult to communicate online" that is unique to Corona, "I am worried that if job hunting is prolonged, it will affect the writing of the master's thesis. Also, I often hear that it is difficult for a master's thesis to get a job offer, so I am wondering how to proceed with job hunting to obtain satisfactory results in job hunting. " I'm worried about the small number of companies that give me. ”“ Companies that are directly linked to hiring from internships are disadvantageous for doctors who are busy with research because they cannot participate in internships. I was also asked about the anxiety of being a graduate student.In addition, I analyzed that the anxiety that "there are no people in the same situation around me, so there is no one to rely on when I am in trouble" may be due to the fact that the chances of going to the laboratory due to the corona sickness are decreasing. There is.
In Acaric, in response to the job hunting of graduate students who often think that it is disadvantageous, "Graduate students who have acquired advanced logical thinking ability through research are human resources who want to acquire as a company. In fact, contact with graduate students. There are many companies that want to have one, so taking a positive approach from the graduate student side is the key to increasing the matching rate between the two. "
