Japanese companies are stealing talented Gen Z out of college, paying off their student debt, etc

Japanese companies are stealing talented Gen Z out of college, paying off their student debt, and subsidizing their housing to combat the country’s aging workforce.

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/japanese-companies-stealing-talented-gen-090000365.html

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  • Japan’s Gen Z talent emerging from college are being wooed with student loan reimbursement and subsidized housing as the country’s employers go up against a rapidly aging workforce.

For many Gen Zers, paying off student loans and affording decent housing may seem like a pipe dream. But this may be a distant problem for young Japanese talent emerging from universities and heading into the workforce.

In fact, over 40% of Japanese pupils graduating in March this year have already had at least one job offer a full year before they’re set to wrap up school, according to a 2024 report from research institute Shushoku Mirai Kenkyusho. That’s the highest percentage the country’s graduating talent has seen since 2016.

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