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Job-seeking high school students in Japan hit record low

Business Dec 9, 2020

Job-seeking high school students in Japan hit record low

Many have changed their plans and decided to study at university or vocational school or work as public servants due to the coronavirus pandemic, according to the labor ministry.

Japanese government conducts unified tests to hire workers from 'ice age' generation

Business Nov 29, 2020

Japanese government conducts unified tests to hire workers from 'ice age' generation

It is the first such tests to be conducted as part of efforts to support people in their 30s and 40s who struggled to land jobs after Japan's economic bubble collapsed in the early 1990s.

Japanese firms begin to reconsider gender question on resumes

National / Social Issues Nov 19, 2020

Japanese firms begin to reconsider gender question on resumes

The practice of identifying gender on resumes through responses and photos is particularly problematic for transgender people, often leading to obstacles in getting hired, experts say.

Job offers to new graduates in Japan fall sharply due to pandemic

Business Nov 18, 2020

Job offers to new graduates in Japan fall sharply due to pandemic

As of Oct. 1, 69.8% of university students who will graduate next spring had received job offers.

ANA to slash new grad hiring for fiscal 2022

Business / Corporate Nov 18, 2020

ANA to slash new grad hiring for fiscal 2022

The firm says in that year it will employ pilots, applicants with disabilities and mechanics, but no flight attendants or ground staff workers.

University allies with Hello Work to help foreign students find jobs

National Nov 6, 2020

University allies with Hello Work to help foreign students find jobs

Sophia University and Hello Work Shinjuku have agreed to cooperate in explaining the local recruitment process to non-Japanese students.

New grad job offer cancellations hit nine-year high in Japan amid pandemic

Business / Economy Oct 21, 2020

New grad job offer cancellations hit nine-year high in Japan amid pandemic

Among those who graduated this spring, 201 had seen job offers pulled as of the end of September. A year earlier, only 35 new graduates faced job offer cancellations.

National Oct 19, 2020

Labor ministry panel calls for support for new graduates looking for jobs

An expert panel of the labor ministry on Monday called for efforts to avoid creating a new "ice age" in employment. It is necessary to take every measure to support new graduates as concerns are growing over the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on their ...

Virus wrecks once-in-a-lifetime job chance for Japan’s new grads

Business Sep 18, 2020

Virus wrecks once-in-a-lifetime job chance for Japan’s new grads

by Kazunori Takada and Shiho Takezawa

With companies cutting back on hiring plans for 2021, soon-to-be college graduates worry they’re missing their chance.

Graduates facing job offer cancellations hit nine-year high

Business Sep 16, 2020

Graduates facing job offer cancellations hit nine-year high

According to the ministry survey, the coronavirus epidemic was blamed for job offer cancellations for 104 of 174 graduates.

Job offers for university graduates in 2021 drop 15.1% due to pandemic

Business / Economy Aug 6, 2020

Job offers for university graduates in 2021 drop 15.1% due to pandemic

The ratio of job offers to applicants worsened for the second year in a row to 1.53 from 1.83, the steepest fall since 2011.

Graduate job hunting drags on in Japan as pandemic stalls hiring process

Business Jul 15, 2020

Graduate job hunting drags on in Japan as pandemic stalls hiring process

73.2 percent of job seekers graduating next spring had secured jobs as of July 1, sharply lower than the 85.1 percent who had done so at the same point in 2019.

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