氷河期採用で初の統一試験　国家公務員、競争率３６倍―人事院

　３０代半ば～４０代後半とされる就職氷河期世代を対象にした国家公務員の中途採用試験が２９日、全国９都市で始まった。中央省庁で統一の選考試験を行うのは、今年度が初めて。全体の採用予定人数１５７人に対し、５６３４人が受験。競争率は３５．９倍となった。最終合格者は来年２月２５日に発表される。
　この日は東京や大阪など１８会場で、１次選考の筆記試験が行われた。受験者は公務員として必要な知識などを問う基礎能力試験や作文が課せられた。通過者は１２月２５日に発表。２次試験は来年１月２５日～２月５日の日程で実施する予定。各府省庁ごとに個人面接などを行う。
　府省庁別の採用予定人数は、厚生労働省の事務職で３０人、国土交通省の技術職で１７人など。受験資格は学歴職歴問わず、１９６６年４月２日～８６年４月１日に生まれた人。就職浪人をしていた人らがいることも考慮し、受験できる年齢は５０代も含め幅広く設定した。（2020/11/29-15:42）

The Japanese government's unified examinations for hiring midcareer workers from the so-called employment ice age generation as national public servants in fiscal 2021 started Sunday in nine cities across the country.
   It is the first such tests to be conducted, as part of the government's efforts to support members of the generation, mainly in their 30s and 40s, many of whom struggled to land jobs after Japan's economic bubble collapsed in the early 1990s.
   For a total of 157 positions at central government offices prepared for the initiative, 10,943 people filed their applications, according to the National Personnel Authority.
   Written exams, including a knowledge test and essay writing, were given Sunday at 18 locations in Tokyo, Osaka and seven other cities. Passers, to be announced on Dec. 25, will go on to interviews to be conducted by each government agency between Jan. 25 and Feb. 5 next year. Those who passed the final tests will be announced on Feb. 25.
   Of the 157 new positions, 30 are clerical position at the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare and 17 are technical positions at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism.