大卒内定率、４年ぶり低下　８４．３％、複数獲得で決めきれず―昨年１２月

　厚生労働省と文部科学省が２４日発表した今年３月卒業予定の大学生の就職内定状況調査によると、昨年１２月１日時点の内定率は８４．３％と、前年同時点から１．７ポイント低下した。人手不足を背景とした学生有利の売り手市場が続く中、複数企業から内定を得て就職先を決めきれない学生が一定程度いるとみられ、４年ぶりに前年を下回った。
　就職活動の開始が遅い学生もいるものの、最終的な内定率について、厚労省の担当者は「高水準の結果で落ち着くだろう」と話している。
　男女別では、男性が８３．３％（前年同時点８５．０％）、女性が８５．５％（同８７．２％）。学部別では文系が８４．２％（同８６．２％）、理系が８５．０％（同８５．４％）だった。（2025/01/24-14:22）

Informal job offers have been accepted by 84.3 pct of job-seeking university students in Japan who plan to graduate in March, the labor and education ministries said Friday.
   The share as of Dec. 1 dipped 1.7 percentage points from a year earlier, the first decrease in four years, as some students who received job offers from several companies apparently hesitated to pick one.
   Among male students, the share of those who took job offers dropped to 83.3 pct from 85.0 pct, while the figure for female students declined to 85.5 pct from 87.2 pct.
   For students majoring in humanities and social science, the share fell to 84.2 pct from 86.2 pct, while that of science majors dropped to 85.0 pct from 85.4 pct.
   By region, Kanto, including Tokyo, saw the share inch up 0.6 point to 91.2 pct. Elsewhere in the country, the figure went down by 0.2-5.2 points.