来春らいしゅん卒業そつぎょう大学生だいがくせいなどの採用さいよう面接めんせつ“解禁かいきん” オンライン面接めんせつも開始かいし

The government’s rules allow job interviews for university students graduating next spring to begin on June 1, and major trading companies in Tokyo have started conducting interviews online.

On the other hand, as the sellers market for students continues, the trend of moving recruitment activities earlier is expanding year by year.

The recruitment schedule for companies is determined by rules set at the governments request to reduce the impact of job hunting on students studies. For university and graduate students graduating next spring, job interviews will be allowed to start on June 1.

Of these, at major trading company Itochu Corporation, at 8 a.m. on the 1st, employees responsible for conducting interviews gathered at the company’s headquarters in Minato Ward, Tokyo, and the head of recruitment greeted them by saying, “I want you all to use your own judgment to identify candidates who are suitable for our company,” among other remarks.

And the employees were taking the first round of selection in booths equipped with monitors for conducting online interviews with students.

Makoto Usuda, the recruitment leader of the Human Resources and General Affairs Department, said, With the job-hunting process starting earlier, more students are making decisions without giving much thought to their own careers.

We would like to provide as many opportunities as possible for people to think about their future careers, they said.

Companies are moving up their recruitment activities: We have no choice but to take a proactive approach to hiring. Meanwhile, with the ongoing seller’s market due to the declining birthrate and labor shortage, more and more companies are starting their recruitment activities earlier.

According to a major employment information service company, as of May 15, 79% of students had received informal job offers.

9%, which is the highest ever for this time of year.

On the other hand, 46 students answered that they are still job hunting.

It can be seen that over half of the students, 54%, have finished their job hunting.

Takayoshi Kurita, Senior Researcher at Indeed Recruit Partners, said, Regardless of company size or industry, many companies are being forced into proactive recruitment activities because they want to secure students who are a good fit for their organization.

In this survey, we also asked students how many informal job offers they received from companies, and 42% answered one company.

6%, ▽2 companies 26

6%, ▽Three companies have 11

It is around 7%, and on average, 2.

It is 36 companies.

Mr. Kurita said, As more students are declining informal job offers, companies want to have a second and third plan ready, which makes them more likely to start recruitment activities earlier.

I feel that, given how much the gap between the rules and reality has widened, its time to reconsider not only whether the rules themselves are appropriate but also the very way job hunting is conducted.