Systematic career education and a wide range of generous support.
Shimonoseki City University claims "Shimonoseki City University, which is strong in employment," and as evidence supporting that word, it achieves a high employment decision rate that exceeds the national average every year. Each and every one of the wide range of generous support, including systematic career education starting in the first year, and friendly support by career counselors and employment counselors, is linked to the ideal job hunting of students. For example, graduates who decided to get a job commented on career education programs, "I used the words of the graduates of Career Design I (changed the title of courses to Career Design A and B from 2023) for interviews," "I deepened my understanding of companies and the image of job hunting at the Joint Industry Study Group on campus," and "I made my future vision clearer through internships."
Reason for strong employment
The outlook for the future is uncertain due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the instability of the situation around the world, and the employment environment surrounding students is not optimistic.
However, students have maintained a high employment rate because they were motivated to engage in job hunting while utilizing the systematic career education and diverse employment support of the university, and supported by the high reputation of the company for graduates of the university. Even during the COVID-19 pandemic, approximately 150 companies and organizations participated in the Joint Industry Study Group, which was held face-to-face in mid-October.
The employment rate of graduates in 2022 was 98.8%. Financial institutions are the highest employment destinations, and the number of students who become public servants has increased year by year. Our students are not only employed in the Chugoku region, including Yamaguchi Prefecture, but also employed in various areas such as Kanto and Kyushu, and graduates are active throughout the country.
Work experience training and internship
A work experience that deepens understanding of working and determines one's own abilities.
During the summer vacation, OIST offers work experience training for the first year or more, and internships for the third year or more.
This is an educational program that allows students to experience work at companies and government offices for more than 5 days (40 hours) and utilize them in their own occupation selection.
In fiscal 2022, due to the impact of COVID-19 infection, some of them were implemented online, and a total of 38 people from 28 companies and organizations participated in the training.
Pre-learning will be conducted on campus before the dispatch. Even after participating in the training, we have prepared a system to follow students' work experience from various aspects by reviewing the preparation of reports and making presentations at briefings.
Since fiscal 2008, we have been sending students overseas to enhance both quality and quantity.
Voice of experienced people
Department of International Commerce 3 years
Mr. Saori Uchinishi (from Kure Mitsuda High School, Hiroshima Prefectural)
It was an opportunity to reconsider my future
I wanted to work with overseas in the future, and I wanted to expand my English proficiency and ideas, so I participated in online internships, explained the work contents of each company, talked about careers of those who work overseas, and gave presentations on advance assignments.
When I made a presentation by a company saying, "I would like to support small and medium-sized enterprises overseas expansion in the future," I was asked, "From what standpoint do I want to do that job?" I realized that I didn't think specifically where I wanted to work, such as accounting. Before participating, I thought it would be fine if I could do something I wanted to do, but to understand myself what I wanted to do and what I wanted to do, as well as the future potential and characteristics of work, social changes, etc. I felt it was necessary to collect information. I would like to make the most of my learning in this internship in my future career choices.
Systematic Career Education Program
Under a systematic career education program, we will foster students' awareness of employment and develop human resources who can independently design careers.
Program introduction
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Career Study of City University
We invite graduates of our university to talk about their experiences in their own work and their industries and occupations to gain live information.
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Joint Industry Study Group
More than 200 companies will come to the university, listen to explanations of various industries and companies, and this will be an opportunity to think about your career.
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Seminar just before job hunting
Before job hunting begins in earnest, we will provide practically useful courses for job hunting, such as interviews and guidance by graduates of our university.
Let's check the contents of the generous employment support in the movie!
We have released a video containing the state of the campus where you can learn the whole picture of Shimonoseki City University. Regarding employment support, we introduce various initiatives under the title of "Shimonoseki City University, which is strong in employment." Career education to support a wide range of job hunting activities for each student, a support system in which faculty and staff work together to respond to student requests, as well as career and employment consultation, industry research courses, employment guidance, basic employment courses・ We also introduce a wealth of menus that support job hunting, such as job hunting seminars and seminars just before job hunting. Qualification courses such as "Nissho Bookkeeping Level 2 and 3" and "FP Technician Level 3" conducted on campus, and internships conducted in Japan and overseas are one of the most rewarding initiatives for students. Students can hear the experiences of Department of Economics students who participated in the international internship in Singapore, as well as the messages of 2010 graduates working as Shimonoseki City officials as voices of OBs.
Career and Employment Information
This section provides detailed information on employment at Shimonoseki City University, including the support system for faculty and staff who strongly back up student job hunting, systematic career education for four years, employment status for Faculty of Economics and three departments, employment decision rates, major employment locations, and Career Center Division, which provides comprehensive support for student job hunting activities.
