Company Attitudes toward Employment of Foreign Students : A Survey in Nagasaki Prefecture

P(論文)We conducted a questionnaire survey on foreign student employment in Nagasaki Prefecture. Our findings are as follows: (1) companies are generally willing to employ foreign students, (2) the job types requiring high language skills are ranked among the top, (3) more emphasis is placed on Japanese language proficiency than on English. However, the Japanese proficiency level required in Nagasaki is lower than the result of DISCO’s survey (2018a). The results of the survey using Liu and Sugihara’s questionnaire (2016) show that (1) “the fundamental competencies for working persons” resulted in high scores, especially the ability to function in a team was very high, (2) “the bachelor's degree-level academic ability” scored lower than “the fundamental competencies for working persons” and (3) applicants’ “attitudes, directionality and teamwork” aspects are more highly evaluated than their “knowledge, comprehension and multipurpose skills” when companies in Nagasaki Prefecture employ foreign students. We also compared our results with that of Liu and Sugihara (2016) and found similarities and differences.departmental bulletin pape