55.1% of Women 'Would Not Want to Join' the Same Company if They Could Restart as New Graduates. 'Ideal Job' Significantly Shifts to Creative Roles After Working / 'Woman's Career Change type' Survey [Vol. 125]

Career Design Center Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo; President and Chairman: Hiromi Tada), which operates the female-focused job change site 'Woman's Career Change type', conducted a survey among 245 working women asking if they would like to return to being a new graduate.

'Woman's Career Change type', a job change site for women who want to work long-term as regular employees, regularly conducts the 'Women and Work Known Through Data' series to investigate real views on work and disclose the reality of women's working environments.

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Excerpt of Survey Results ★ About 50% joined their desired company upon graduation ★ 'Clerical/Accounting/HR' was the most common for both desired and actual assignments ★ About half 'would not want to join' the same workplace if they could restart as a new graduate ★ About 70% feel their first job after graduation 'affects' their subsequent career

[Q.1 Did you join your desired company as a new graduate?] *Excluding those who answered 'No employment experience'

When asked about their level of desire for the first company they joined after graduating, the most common answer, at 32.1%, was 'I had no preference and joined a company I was accepted into.' This was followed by 'Joined my first-choice company' at 30.3%. Combined with 'Joined my second or third-choice company' (6.4%) and 'Joined a desired company, though not a top choice' (13.7%), about half of the respondents were able to join a company they wanted. On the other hand, 17.5% said they 'Could not join a desired company and joined one I was accepted into.'

[Q.2 What job role did you desire during job hunting?]