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Just 62.5% of '10 university grads offered jobs next spring: survey

The employment rate for students expected to graduate from universities next spring stood at 62.5 percent nationwide as of Oct. 1, down a sharp 7.4 percentage points from a year earlier, a government survey showed Thursday. The figure is the third-lowest... ...full story at Japan Times

from Japan Times on Thu, Nov 19 2009

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