Job-hunting season begins for Japanese university students

TOKYO Job fairs were held across Japan on Friday, as the job-hunting season began for students graduating from universities next spring. The months-long recruitment process is annual event. This year, students are likely to benefit from eagerness among firms to hire amid a deepening nationwide labor shortage. Students in uniform black suits flocked to a job fair at the Makuhari Messe convention center in Chiba Prefecture. The event -- organized by Recruit Career Co, which runs the job-hunting website Rikunabi -- is one of the largest of its kind Japan, featuring more than 600 companies.

By Miho Kurogi

Posted on March 1, 2019

TOKYO

Job fairs were held across Japan on Friday, as the job-hunting season began for students graduating from universities next spring.

The months-long recruitment process is annual event. This year, students are likely to benefit from eagerness among firms to hire amid a deepening nationwide labor shortage.

Students in uniform black suits flocked to a job fair at the Makuhari Messe convention center in Chiba Prefecture. The event — organized by Recruit Career Co, which runs the job-hunting website Rikunabi — is one of the largest of its kind Japan, featuring more than 600 companies.

Source: Japan Today

Job-hunting season begins for Japanese university students