Job fairs were held across Japan on Thursday, kicking off the job-hunting season for students graduating from universities next spring. The months-long recruitment process can make or break careers in a society where lifetime employment is still common. This year, students are likely to benefit from eagerness among
Japanese college students look at cheerleaders during a pep rally held to boost their morale ahead of their job hunt, at an outdoor theater in Tokyo on Thursday.
Job fairs were held across Japan on Thursday, kicking off the job-hunting season for students graduating from universities next spring.
The months-long recruitment process can make or break careers in a society where lifetime employment is still common. This year, students are likely to benefit from eagerness among firms to hire amid a deepening nationwide labor shortage.
Japan’s largest business lobby has embargoed interviewing for new hires until June and actual hiring until October to ensure fairness and give students time to prepare. Smaller firms and foreign companies that are not members of the Japan Business Federation, or Keidanren, are not subject to the embargo and can hire freely.
