The employment rate of university students graduating this spring was 96.3 percent, up one percentage point from the same period the previous year, according to a joint survey of the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry and the Education, Science and Technology Ministry.
The figure marks a record high since fiscal 1996, when the joint survey started. The health ministry said that due to the improving economy and the mass retirement of the baby-boomer generation, many companies are trying to secure human resources, while also pointing out that the employment rate of high school graduates in rural areas has fallen behind that of urban areas because of the sluggish economy conditions there.
The percentage for male university students was 96.6 percent, and that for female university students was 96 percent, 1.1 points up and one point up from the same period the previous year, respectively.
Meanwhile, the education ministry said 93.9 percent of high school students graduating this spring had found jobs as of the end of March, 1.1 percent up from the same period last year. The ratio has been increasing for five years in a row.
(May. 16, 2007)
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/20070516TDY02007.htm
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