Career Center

The Career center is not just a place that provides job-placement assistance for students, it is also a place where students get together and think about what they can do right now, in order to provide personalized support for each one’s dreams for the future. The services offered here cover many fields, including giving advice on how to live a fulfilling college life, providing support for students’ understanding of themselves, conducting various lectures and seminars related to career options and recruitment, providing internship assistance, providing individual consulting by career counselors, and creating networks with graduates.

Employment

Judging from the recent employment situation, it has become more and more important to think about one’s career options during freshman year, and go through college life with a clear objective. From the time a student enters to Dokkyo University, the Career Support Center assists career planning through curricular classes and guidance, and gives advice regarding specific ways to proceed with job search.

Employment Overview

The employment rate of the students who graduated in March 2008 (and wanted to find employment) was 98 percent, and the level of satisfaction of job seekers who found employment was 94 percent, which are very impressive rates. In addition, it has been only 45 years since the foundation of Dokkyo University, and there are already over 70,000 alumni association members, which demonstrates a significant number of alumni playing active roles in the core of the society. According to the hearing report conducted by the staff of the Career Center to the corporation’s human resource personnel, the graduates of our university receive very high evaluations. When students search for jobs, alumni association members with various kinds of careers provide assistance as their “job-search cheering squad.

Characteristics of Career Decisions

It is very rare that a student’s options for business industry or type of work will be limited because of their major. But looking merely at statistics, students who belong to the Faculty of Foreign Languages have higher success rates for becoming teachers, and students who belong to the Faculty of Law for government workers. We think that certain facts are contributing to this, such as the fact that many students have already set it as their goal to pass these employment examinations at the time of entrance, or the same sort of subjects as what they studied in their major are also being adopted for their employment examinations, potentially allowing students to feel less uncomfortable about the tests. Regarding the increase in the number of students in the past few years who do not seek immediate employment, most of them choose to do so because of their career goals, like going on to graduate school, studying abroad, or taking examinations to become government workers.

Career Center Floor Layout

Varied and practical career and employment support

Career Education Courses / Interdepartmental Courses (Class)

These courses are aimed at all students, with the objective of nurturing their career views and mindset for work. Students learn the significance of working and what a job is. In the Interdepartmental Courses, lectures connect students to society and work, like “Campus Life and Work,” “From Product Creation Sites,” “NPO Theory,” and “Basic Knowledge for Work.”

Internship

The goal of an internship is to enhance the career awareness of students by letting them feel practically the atmosphere of the workplace and the joy and difficulties of working, through hands-on training at corporations, government, and other public offices. They are held every year, targeting sophomore and junior students.

Employment guidance

Providing explanations spanning over seven sessions starting in April, of the specific ways to perform job-searching activities, targeted toward junior students.

Corporations and government official seminars

Every year in February, we invite recruitment staff from corporations and organizations in various fields, government ministries and agencies, and local governments, to come on campus and hold a career open house.

Industry research seminars

Students who are interested in the same industry gather together and conduct voluntary industry research. Students who share the same objectives exchange information and pay company visits. They also visit alumni members in groups and prepare for exams. Career Center staff provides assistance to each group as their coordinator.