Only 58% of grads-to-be find jobs

Fewer than 60 percent of university students due 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, 57.6 percent, 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 also the lowest since the survey was first taken in 1996.

要約
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ことが明らかになった。

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grads-to-be
大学卒業予定者
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had secured employment
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