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Employment at Miyagi Prefectural companies, including prefectural university students who started working this spring, has hit a record low. On the other hand, more than 80% of high school students hope to find a job locally, but the search for human resources continues as the birth rate and population decline. Matsuyama High School in Osaka City, Miyagi Prefecture. This weekend, Years 1 and 2 were supposed to observe an event about companies in the Osaka area, and the school gave an explanation. Takashi Kumagai, director of career guidance at Matsuyama High School: “I want people to know that there are many good companies in such a familiar place.” Kazuo Horikirikawa, chairman of the Osaka Industry Promotion Organization, which sponsored the event, “What do you think of this company’s production? I think it’s interesting for high school students.” In Miyagi Prefecture, about 80% of job seekers after graduating from high school find work in Most Prefecture. of them actually find work in the prefecture. However, due to declining birth rates, labor shortages in local small and medium-sized enterprises are becoming more acute every year. This Osaka-based company has developed its own contactless mechanisms using magnets as its main product. The company hires at least one high school graduate every year, but the number of applications decreases every year. Tatsuya Watanabe, representative director of Prospine Co., Ltd.: “There are a few older people now, so I can get around them, but when I think about the future, it is clear that there will not be enough of them. Human”. As a business owner, I would like to avoid a situation where the business cannot continue due to lack of staff, even if they have the necessary resources. “On the other hand, the employment rate of university graduates in companies in the prefecture is declining. According to a survey conducted by the Miyagi Labor Bureau, the prefecture’s employment rate among university students and others who graduated this spring was 39.2%. This is the lowest figure ever. Miyagi Labor Bureau, head of the employment security department Fumitake Ito: “An increasing number of companies are introducing online interviews. The barriers to applying to companies outside the prefecture are also being reduced.” A joint internship conducted by 13 companies in the prefecture for university students. Representatives of participating companies explain their goals as follows. Asami Takahashi, SK Holdings Co., Ltd.: “One of the challenges for SMEs in the prefecture is that it is difficult to convey that we have sales and products that can compete nationally.” In fact, she said she would like to turn around and take a job in her hometown. Although some surveys show that more than 60% of university and postgraduate students across the country are undergraduates, it is said that students are not aware of this. local companies and the nature of their work. Against this background, this joint internship is an attempt to actively raise awareness about the attractiveness of companies in the prefecture. Tomoka Atobe (21 years old) is from the prefecture and is studying at a university in Yamagata City. I was hoping to find a job in the prefecture and was offered an internship at a specialized trading company headquartered in Sendai. Tomoka Atobe: “I haven’t decided what exactly I want to do yet, so I want to explore my own possibilities by thinking about them on my own and working with working people.” Intern The future will be decided by the organizer’s assignment, but Mr. Atobe adopted a positive attitude and began the internship. On this day, we inspected the warehouse together with students who are undergoing internships in other companies. This company is a specialized trading company dealing in food trays etc. and does business with more than 1600 companies. The warehouse they toured held over 10,000 items and the students learned how to handle a huge number of items. Students then completed group work. In the end, we had to pitch an idea that used the business content from our internship site, and we deepened our ideas by sharing information. Tomoka Atobe: “It was a valuable experience because there were students from other companies there and I was able to interact with them and come up with plans.” Masaru Takeuchi, Kosoku Co., Ltd. I believe he can create something really good when it comes to presentations because he tends to learn from himself what his strengths are in that area.” On the day of the presentation, company executives also gathered at the meeting place. Students make full use of their acquired knowledge. A student who interned at a systems development company proposed an application to support tourism in the prefecture, and a student who interned at a food and beverage company came up with ideas one after another, such as planning an event to hold a stamp rally while eating . around the city. This is a presentation by Mr. Atobe and his colleagues. Tomoka Atobe: “Has anyone ever seen this before? Thank you very much. It’s a tray with bento and sushi boxes.” Using the sales and product development capabilities of my website, we introduced the idea of encouraging consumers to recycle food trays. As a result, Mr. Atobe and his colleagues accepted the award, saying, “It would be interesting if we could pull this off.” Representative Director of Kosoku Co., Ltd. Hiroki Akira: “I felt it was important to connect the ideas of young people with business.” The students continued their month-long internship while studying at the university. There seems to be a feeling of satisfaction. Participating student: “None of us were negative, so I felt like we could accomplish anything, so I’m glad we had those three people.” “I learned a lot of strengths and good things about the companies I did. I didn’t know before. It was really great.” Tomoka Atobe: “Through this internship, I learned that there are many such great companies in Miyagi, which made me even more motivated to look for a job in Miyagi.” “I want to work in a company chosen by students. The importance of a place to convey your company’s appeal increases every year.