Careers after Graduation

A wide variety of career support programs are available: Career Development Basic Theory for freshmen, which was launched in FY 2011 as a subject to enhance career education; Career Support Seminar I for freshmen to learn about the employment environment for university students and what they can do during their time at university; Career Support Seminar II for all grades; and research of public servants. By implementing these measures, KSU offers opportunities for students to develop their awareness about future careers (and work) even when freshmen or sophomores.

KSU offers juniors job-hunting support with consideration given to companies’ recruiting efforts, such as holding 3 employment guidance sessions to provide necessary information for students to promote their job-hunting activities. Moreover, KSU invites many excellent companies from Fukuoka as well as from the rest of Japan and holds 1 joint company seminar at KSU. Furthermore, in response to requests of companies and police headquarters of different prefectures, employment information sessions and selection examinations are held at KSU.

In the field of career support, KSU emphasizes individual counseling. To relieve each student’s anxiety and worry, KSU offers one-on-one guidance with due consideration given to the student’s situation. KSU provides concrete advice, corrects his/her entry sheets and CVs, and holds mock job interviews. By promoting these support activities, KSU helps students build their confidence in satisfying the very strict selection criteria established by companies.

It is certain that KSU’s Career Support Center organizes a broad range of support events, such as employment guidance sessions, and provides a wide variety of advice through individual counseling. However, senior students who have just finished job-hunting activities can offer the latest information and advice directly to juniors, and in this sense, junior advisers might be more familiar to job-hunting students. Furthermore, such trustworthy advisers offer third year students advice on what should be done during their university days to prepare for job hunting.

These junior advisers continue providing support even after graduation. As career advisers, they participate in job-hunting support events organized by the Career Support Center, in order to provide KSU students with job-hunting advice and support. At such events, they speak about their job-hunting experiences and what should be done during the students’ time at university. Also, from the viewpoint of working adults and members of companies, they explain how to prepare as workers and offer advice to individual students.

*including the number of students who graduated in the first semester