今春卒、内定取り消し５倍　コロナ禍で９年ぶり高水準

　厚生労働省は１５日、高校や大学などを今春卒業して就職する予定だったにもかかわらず内定を取り消された人が、８月末時点の全国集計で１７４人に上ったと発表した。新型コロナウイルス感染拡大による景気悪化が響き、前年の約５倍に急拡大した。
　東日本大震災が直撃した２０１１年３月卒（５９８人）以来９年ぶりの高水準。内定取り消し全体の約６割を占める１０４人がコロナ禍の影響だった。半数超の８９人はその後、新たな就職先を確保した。
　産業別では旅行業など「生活関連サービス・娯楽」と「卸売り・小売り」で約５割を占めるなど、新型コロナの影響が色濃く表れた。全国１０地域で見ると、南関東が８４人と半数近くを占め、九州（３９人）、東北（１５人）が続いた。（2020/09/15-16:56）

The number of people who saw their informal job offers canceled in Japan after graduating from universities or high schools this spring stood at 174 as of the end of August, a labor ministry survey showed on Tuesday.
   The latest figure is about five times the year-before level and the highest since 598 then new graduates faced job offer cancellations following the Great East Japan Earthquake in March 2011.
   According to the ministry survey, the coronavirus epidemic was blamed for job offer cancellations for 104 of the 174 graduates. Meanwhile, 89 of the 174 have secured new jobs.
   About half of the cancellation cases were observed in either of the daily living-related services and entertainment sector, including tourism businesses, or the wholesale and retail sector.
   By region, the southern Kanto region in eastern Japan saw 84 of the cases, followed by the Kyushu southwestern region, with 39, and the Tohoku northeastern region, with 15.