Students in Shiga to Give 'First-Look Reviews' of Local Company Job Postings — Re-birth Co., Ltd. Launches Project to Visualize 'Invisible Dropout Points' in Recruitment Info

Students look at companies long before they apply.

Re-birth Co., Ltd. (Otsu City, Shiga; CEO Ryuichi Takebayashi) is launching the 'Student Recruitment Information First-look Review Project.' In this initiative, students in Shiga Prefecture review recruitment information—such as job postings, career pages, and job portal listings—at first glance to record and organize the anxieties and discrepancies they feel before deciding whether to apply.

While university employment rates remain high, companies continue to struggle with filling new graduate roles. Students carefully examine recruitment pages before applying, but companies often cannot see where potential applicants felt uneasy or why they closed the page without applying.

For instance, a phrase like 'young employees are active,' used positively by a company, might be perceived by students as 'we might be thrown into the field without proper training.' Such invisible gaps between what companies want to convey and what students perceive are common.

In this project, students read recruitment info for the first time and evaluate aspects like: 'Is the work easy to imagine?', 'Does the atmosphere of the workplace come through?', 'Are the hurdles for visiting or applying low?', and 'Are anxieties addressed?'. Re-birth organizes these insights to visualize the 'invisible dropout points' hidden in the recruitment materials.

The first 'Recruitment Information First-look Review Session' is scheduled to take place at Shukatsu-room tugumi in Otsu City, Shiga. Media representatives are invited to observe students articulating their feelings and organizing their pre-application concerns.

■ Key Points of This Release
- Shiga students review local companies' job postings, career sites, and portals at first glance.
- Records and organizes anxieties and friction points to visualize 'invisible dropout points.'
- Initially accepting a few companies/organizations, with plans to expand into document checks and flow diagnosis.

■ Background: High Employment, Low Fulfillment. The 'Pre-Application Silence'
According to statistics from the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, the employment rate for university graduates in March 2026 remains high at 98.0%. However, Mynavi Corporation's survey shows the fulfillment rate for 2026 graduates is 69.7%, the lowest since 2017.

Students are finding jobs, yet companies are struggling to hire. Re-birth has observed that even when companies have genuine appeal, the information about the job, atmosphere, and support for anxieties often fails to reach students effectively at the pre-application stage. This project focuses on that 'silence before application.'

■ 1st 'Recruitment Information First-look Review Session' Overview
Date: Thursday, June 18, 2026, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Location: Shukatsu-room tugumi (2-2-3 Seta, Otsu City, Shiga)
Participants: Approx. 4 university students from Shiga, approx. 1 local company
Content: Students review local recruitment materials at first glance, articulate anxieties and interests, and visualize pre-application dropout points using sticky notes and sheets.