大学生の内定率、８９．７％　２２年春卒、前年から小幅改善―２月１日時点

　厚生労働省と文部科学省は１８日、２０２２年３月卒業予定の大学生の就職内定率が２月１日時点で８９．７％だったと発表した。新型コロナウイルス感染拡大で採用活動に影響が出た前年同期を０．２ポイント上回った。コロナ前の水準には届かなかったが、前年より求人数が増加傾向にあり内定率の改善につながった。
　内定率は就職希望者に対する内定者の割合。近年の大卒内定率は上昇傾向が続いていたが、２１年３月卒予定者はコロナ禍で１０年ぶりに前年同期を下回った。
　厚労省の担当者は、２２年３月卒予定者について「新卒の採用計画数は前年より増えており、その増加分が内定率改善に反映されたのではないか」と分析している。（2022/03/18-14:19）

A survey by the Japanese labor and education ministries showed Friday that 89.7 pct of job-seeking university students in Japan graduating this month had secured informal job offers as of Feb. 1.
   The proportion was up 0.2 percentage point from a year before, when it dived reflecting the novel coronavirus fallout, as companies are seeking to hire more new graduates. Still, the figure fell short of levels before the pandemic.
   The job-securing rate had been on a rising trend in recent years. But the rate for students graduating in March 2021 fell for the first time in 10 years due to the impact of the COVID-19 crisis.
   The rate for male students as of the beginning of last month stood at 88.3 pct, and that for female students at 91.4 pct, both up 0.2 point. The rate came to 92.3 pct for science students and 89.1 pct for those majoring in humanities courses.
   By university location, the job-securing rate climbed 1.7 points to 92.5 pct in the Kanto eastern region, the highest among all regions. The rate dropped in the Hokkaido and Tohoku region of northernmost and northeastern Japan, the Kinki western region, and the Chugoku and Shikoku region, also western Japan.