Fewer than 60 percent of university students dut to graduate next spring had secured employment as of Oct.1, an all - time low for this time of year, a government survey found. The tally, 57.6percent, was down 4.9 percentage points from a year earlier, the joint survey by the education and labor ministries found. The proportion of junior college students who had secured employment was 22.5 percent, down 6.5 points and the lowest since the survey was first taken in 1996.

大学生の就職内定率　過去最低に
来春卒業予定の大学生の就職内定率が、10月１日時点で57.6％と、過去最悪の状況に陥っている。

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景気の悪化で就職できない大学生のニュースを聞く度に、自分たちの頃には景気がよくなっていることを願う。