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.
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
With companies cutting back on hiring plans for 2021, soon-to-be college graduates worry they’re missing their chance.
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
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
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.
Shift to online recruitment sees Japanese students spend less on job hunting
94.7 percent of job interviews in May were conducted online as companies switched to the virtual world during Japan's state of emergency.
Survey shows online student hiring in Japan fails to paint clear picture of companies
Online interviews tended to be shorter than face-to-face meetings, as interviewers were not accustomed to them and asked less complex questions.
Japanese firms testing AI tech to recruit talent
Amid the coronavirus pandemic, companies look to different ways of interviewing and hiring workers.
Hiring rate in Japan for new graduates hits 98% to match record
A recent private-sector survey has shown that the hiring rate for next spring's graduates is likely to be lower.
Japan's new graduate recruiting fully starts amid coronavirus scare
Major firms in Japan on Monday fully started interviews, written tests and other activities to hire students graduating in spring 2021, with companies and students both struggling to adjust to unprecedented online recruiting methods introduced to cope with the new coronavirus pandemic. Major trading house ...
In Japan, gearing up for a new type of job market
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