Friday February 16, 4:58 PM
More than 80% of high school seniors have job offers
(Kyodo) _ More than 80 percent of high school seniors who plan to start working following graduation in March had received job offers as of the end of December, exceeding the 80 percent line in the reporting period for the first time in nine years, the education ministry said Friday.
The rate of those who got job offers stood at 81.5 percent, up 3.6 percentage points from a year earlier, for the fourth straight yearly rise, according to the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.
Among some 220,000 high school seniors hoping to work, 41,000 are still looking for jobs, the ministry said.
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