Survey on Job Openings and Hiring for FY2024
– published on Nikkei/Nikkei Business Daily/Nikkei MJ

The number of university graduate job offers (entering in spring 2024) from major companies increased by 7.4% compared to that for spring 2023. It was the second consecutive year of growth and the growth rate was the highest since FY2009 which was affected by the collapse of Lehman Brothers. The fulfillment rate toward recruitment plan was 91.8%, which was still low. The non-manufacturing sector increased by 8.2% for the second consecutive year, and the manufacturing sector for the third consecutive year, up 5.5%.