Job-Securing Rate Highest for Japan University Grads

November 16, 2018

Tokyo--A government survey showed Friday that 77.0 pct of job-hunting university students in Japan who are set to graduate in March next year had secured informal work contracts as of Oct. 1, up 1.8 percentage point from a year before.

The proportion was the highest for a survey conducted at the beginning of October.

The job-securing rate rose for the third straight year and hit a record high for the second consecutive year, according to the survey conducted by the labor ministry and the education ministry.

The number of job offers is on the rise as companies are increasing employment thanks to the economic recovery, an education ministry official said.

The job-securing rate came to a record 77.0 pct for both male and female students, rising 2.5 points and 1.0 point, respectively.

Five of the six regions covered by the survey posted growth in the job-securing rate. Notably, the figure for the Chugoku-Shikoku western region jumped 5.9 points to 64.7 pct, and that for the Chubu central region was up 4.0 points at 76.0 pct.

The rate for the Hokkaido-Tohoku northern to northeastern region dropped 2.1 points to 70.4 pct. Still, the number was the second highest on record for the region. Jiji Press