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After college I decided not to do job hunting (or shukatsu) in Japan because I've always wanted to workout overseas anyways.
But, in Japan job hunting is really stressful which has a lot of pressure on students that are graduating.
In Japan, most of companies only hire new employees once a year which is in April. So, when you begin the forth year of college you have to do all researches on companies, wear a black uniform suit, dye your hair back to black and have a daily life full of interviews forms, entries and interviews for a year until you graduate college.
I saw many friends of mine stressed over it. Some applied for 100 companies interviews others decides to do graduate school just to avoid job hunting and many were shocked and depressed from all the Nos they received from companies. It can really affect you mentally because a lot of people are just trying to get a job at this point and not even pursue what they like to do either because they don't know what it is yet, or because what they want to pursue as a career is not a "realistic job" such as drawing mangas or becoming a translator (low paid unstable jobs).
As for me, someone who had not done job hunting, I felt the pressure that I had to do it because people around me would judge me for not following that same path. It felt almost like I had to suffer like them so I could have the right to worry about my future. For people doing shukatsu it seemed like I was being an under achiever, lazy and a person that is too relaxed.
It is an embarrassment in Japan if you graduate from college and don't get a fixed "well-paid" job. So, if you don't follow that path, you are categorized as an under achiever or a NEET (Not in Education, Employment or Training) who works in a part time job just to earn enough to live by.
To me, this is a wasteful and sad system because job hunting in Japan feels almost like a competition giving students limited time to figure out what they want or would like to do as a job and the pressure is insane. Students could have really good potential and be talented in something but that would be wasted because of how shukatsu works. I also question myself, companies expects these students to follow a standard such as wear the same suits, have the sane hair color, behave the same at interviews yet, they want unique students with potentials to do something new in their companies. I think the shukatsu system only makes it worse for both students and companies to match well.
There are only a few people that has figured out what they want to pursue as a career by age 22, I think it is more important to start to think about students and not stick to a strict, inefficient, pointless system in job hunting in Japan.
But, in Japan job hunting is really stressful which has a lot of pressure on students that are graduating.
In Japan, most of companies only hire new employees once a year which is in April. So, when you begin the forth year of college you have to do all researches on companies, wear a black uniform suit, dye your hair back to black and have a daily life full of interviews forms, entries and interviews for a year until you graduate college.
I saw many friends of mine stressed over it. Some applied for 100 companies interviews others decides to do graduate school just to avoid job hunting and many were shocked and depressed from all the Nos they received from companies. It can really affect you mentally because a lot of people are just trying to get a job at this point and not even pursue what they like to do either because they don't know what it is yet, or because what they want to pursue as a career is not a "realistic job" such as drawing mangas or becoming a translator (low paid unstable jobs).
As for me, someone who had not done job hunting, I felt the pressure that I had to do it because people around me would judge me for not following that same path. It felt almost like I had to suffer like them so I could have the right to worry about my future. For people doing shukatsu it seemed like I was being an under achiever, lazy and a person that is too relaxed.
It is an embarrassment in Japan if you graduate from college and don't get a fixed "well-paid" job. So, if you don't follow that path, you are categorized as an under achiever or a NEET (Not in Education, Employment or Training) who works in a part time job just to earn enough to live by.
To me, this is a wasteful and sad system because job hunting in Japan feels almost like a competition giving students limited time to figure out what they want or would like to do as a job and the pressure is insane. Students could have really good potential and be talented in something but that would be wasted because of how shukatsu works. I also question myself, companies expects these students to follow a standard such as wear the same suits, have the sane hair color, behave the same at interviews yet, they want unique students with potentials to do something new in their companies. I think the shukatsu system only makes it worse for both students and companies to match well.
There are only a few people that has figured out what they want to pursue as a career by age 22, I think it is more important to start to think about students and not stick to a strict, inefficient, pointless system in job hunting in Japan.
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