Job hunting in Japan starts freaking early...too damn early. Students here start job hunting a year and a half before graduation!! That's right, right after finishing the first semester after enrolling, you have to begin worrying about job hunt. What a load of crap...this practice pressures students to engage in job hunt during college and most will not get to experience a normal college's life. What the hell Japan...everything is too early here. They can't wait for their fish to cook, they start decorating for Christmas in October, start job hunt more than one year before graduation, arrive 10 minutes before an appointment, ejacul....ehem, let's leave this part out.
In all seriousness, I think Japan have this practice because they have that tendency to begin everything in Spring, or early April to be precise. Companies and corporates all over Japan, even schools, have welcome ceremonies for newcomers in Spring. So, they selfishly wants to recruit by then. Since recruiting during the last few months in the final semester is just plain cruel, they decided to do the lesser of the 2 evil, begin recruiting a year before.
So, you can see here that with this amount of time and energy required, college students can't undergo a normal college life and that they can't concentrate fully on their studies. Furthermore, applicants are evaluated based on their past performance, not their achievements during the last year in University. So, that means that if you have a shitty record in your previous school, and if you can't get a job...you can do your best and be the best god damn student in Japan and still be jobless after graduation, just because you missed the job hunt window. What's the point of learning and maturing in University then?!!! Isn't that the point??
So, many of you asked, why does students in Japan sometimes commits suicide after failing a mere paper in high school?? Well, the answer is : pressure of society. Society demands that we excel all the way...one misstep and your future is screwed. Such stress and pressure often push students over the edge when society should instead offer them a chance to improve.
Does where you graduate university/college really matter?
The lore of a premier post-secondary institution is undeniable, but maybe the subsequent economic payoff isn’t. By a new study from the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), you likely need a university/college degree or diploma for your future salary’s sake, yet where it comes from probably doesn’t matter. http://www.everydaymoney.ca/2010/11/does-where-you-graduate-universitycollege-really-matter.html
Corporate employers prefer State University grads over Ivy Leaguers
Public universities dominated the top slots in the Journal's survey. Following Penn State in the rankings were Texas A&M University, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Purdue University and Arizona State University, all public institutions. Of the top 25 schools on the list, 19 were public and the rest private, with only one -- 14th-ranked Cornell -- an Ivy League school.