Japanese graduates attend a job fair in Tokyo. Photo: Reuters
Do stressed millennials spell end for ‘shukatsu’, Japan’s notorious graduate recruitment process?
- An ageing population, dwindling workforce and changing attitudes to life-work balance force a rethink of Japan’s infamously tough job-hunting season
- So stressful is ‘shukatsu’ that many students say it has driven them to consider suicide
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Japanese graduates attend a job fair in Tokyo. Photo: Reuters