Faced with near-record levels of unemployment in Japan, Hello Work employment offices are stepping up efforts to get young people onto a career path.
Many job hunters are part-time employees in their 20s who work in dead-end service jobs such as fast food and retail. They are known as "freeters" -- a collocation of free part-timers.
A group of job seekers in Kobe recently attended a lecture at Young Work Plaza Kobe to pick up some tips on how to make a good impression in an interview.