Career Center

This page went online Oct. 1, 2002 and was last updated Jan. 26, 2008. Japanese page is available!

About Us

Career Center provides a variety of career programs and services for Waseda University undergraduates and graduate students. Our office assists the students with career exploration, decision-making and placement.

Our Services

Career Seminars

We offer a series of career seminars by guest lecturers. The topics included are: generating career ideas and developing career decision-making strategies.

Job-Hunting Guidance
We offer general employment guidance in July and October mainly for juniors to get started with their career plans. The topics included are: economic trends and career trends, and successful job-hunting strategies. At the guidance, students have a chance to listen to job-hunting experiences from seniors and obtain "Job-Hunting Handbook". We also offer special guidance for international students who wish to find jobs mainly in Japan.

Seminars for Studying Industries, Companies and Jobs
Job openings posted by companies and organizations

Research on Waseda graduates' career decisions

Career Counseling and Advising

Issue of recommendation letters

Career information gathering

Waseda Graduates' Career Decisions

There are 12,981 students who graduated in September, 2006/March, 2007, and 12,026 of them reported their career decisions.

	The number of persons
	undergraduate students	master's degree students	total
A.Students finding employment	6,174 (65.7%)	1,882 (71.7%)	8,056 (67.0%)
B.Students entering graduate schools	1,844 (19.6%)	239 (9.1%)	2,083 (17.3%)
C.Students studying abroad	50 ( 0.5%)	3 (0.1%)	53 (0.4%)
D.Students entering other colleges or vocational schools	109 (1.6%)	7 (0.3%)	116 (1.0%)
E.Others, Unknown	1,224 (13.0%)	494 (18.8%)	1,718 (14.3%)
TOTAL	9,401 (100.0%)	2,625 (100.0%)	12,026 (100.0%)

For Waseda Students Studying Abroad

If you have any concerns or questions about finding employment in Japan, we are eager to assist you. Please send an e-mail to career@list.waseda.jp.

Job-Hunting in Japan

Generally, Japanese college students start their job-huntings in early spring, a year before they graduate. They explore career options by collecting company brochures, mostly on Web-site, and having informal interviews with their older graduates who work at the companies of their interests. They attend companies' get-to-know-us seminars and take job interviews, that mainly take place in February and March, at the end of their junior's. Then, they usually obtain job offers in fall.

For Further Information

Career Center
1-24-1, Toyama, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8644 Japan
Phone:+81-3-3203-4332
e-mail: career@list.waseda.jp

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