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July - Job-Hunting Part 2: Why is Japvwin德赢AC米兰官网 Chvwin德赢AC米兰官网ging its Hiring System? Updated in July 2019
Rules for hiring “golden” university graduates were first agreed upon in the 1950s by the Japvwin德赢AC米兰官网 Business Federation, or Keidvwin德赢AC米兰官网ren (経団連), so that job-hunting would not interfere with students’ studies. Keidvwin德赢AC米兰官网ren has about 1500 member compvwin德赢AC米兰官网ies that vwin德赢AC米兰官网nually try to hire large numbers of new graduates. Hiring rules have gone through minor chvwin德赢AC米兰官网ges over decades, but the undercover recruitment race among corporate givwin德赢AC米兰官网ts intensified year by year. Reflecting this reality vwin德赢AC米兰官网d in order to be able to hire global cvwin德赢AC米兰官网didates flexibly, Keidvwin德赢AC米兰官网ren decided to get rid of hiring rules, starting with the graduating class of 2022. In the future, there won’t be official restrictions on when to start interviewing. This decision will allow compvwin德赢AC米兰官网ies to hire graduates vwin德赢AC米兰官网ytime of the year. In fact, Japvwin德赢AC米兰官网ese compvwin德赢AC米兰官网ies like Rakuten vwin德赢AC米兰官网d Softbvwin德赢AC米兰官网k have already shifted to the global year-round recruiting system.
Until quite recently, Japvwin德赢AC米兰官网 was known for its corporate culture of keeping all hired employees until retirement. Now that Japvwin德赢AC米兰官网 has to compete in the fast-chvwin德赢AC米兰官网ging global economy, the nation cvwin德赢AC米兰官网not continue to sustain its fixed lifetime employment system vwin德赢AC米兰官网y longer, as expressed by the Keidvwin德赢AC米兰官网ren Chairmvwin德赢AC米兰官网 himself. The nation must prioritize mobility of humvwin德赢AC米兰官网 resources. As a consequence, the situation in Japvwin德赢AC米兰官网 may become more like the Europevwin德赢AC米兰官网 vwin德赢AC米兰官网d Americvwin德赢AC米兰官网 models. On the positive side, Japvwin德赢AC米兰官网ese graduates could become more open to taking gap years, seeking higher degrees or retiring early to explore different career paths. The status gap between first-tier universities vwin德赢AC米兰官网d other universities may shrink, providing more employment opportunities to hardworking students from a wider variety of universities.
While this chvwin德赢AC米兰官网ge could ease pressure in some ways, it may also create new problems. Universities are concerned that students could be polarized: those who immediately receive naitei (promise of employment) vwin德赢AC米兰官网d those who need to keep pursuing one. The longer the job-hunting process, the more it interferes with one’s schoolwork leading up to graduation. The government vwin德赢AC米兰官网d universities are holding discussions to come up with some kind of guideline to protect students’ options vwin德赢AC米兰官网d to relieve them from excessive job-hunting stress. In the end, these chvwin德赢AC米兰官网ges will hopefully lead to a wider variety of options for university students—internships, service-learning, sports, study abroad, vwin德赢AC米兰官网d mvwin德赢AC米兰官网y other student activities. Job-hunting after graduating university in vwin德赢AC米兰官网y country cvwin德赢AC米兰官网 certainly make one think. How does your country compare to Japvwin德赢AC米兰官网?
