世論 What Japan Thinks

When goo Ranking looked at urban legends related to job-hunting, there were a lot of answers that seemed quite out of place to me. Note that this survey was concerned with the milk round (what is the US term for this?), university students job-hunting activities.

Demographics

Over the 21st and 22nd of September 2010 1,072 members of the goo Research online monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 68.2% of the sample were female, 10.4% in their teens, 18.0% in their twenties, 29.8% in their thirties, 26.2% in their forties, 8.7% in their fifties, and 7.0% aged sixty or older. Note that the score in the results refers to the relative number of votes for each option, not a percentage of the total sample.

I only have vague memories of the milk round for me; one notable was visiting and getting rejected by the company that eventually ended up being my ticket to Japan.

Ranking result

Q: What urban legends about job hunting can you just not help believing? (Sample size=1,072, male)

Rank		Score
1	Your face gets you the job	100
2	In the interview waiting room there’s employees disguised as job seekers scouting out the candidates	63.2
3	If you make a last-minute cancellation for a briefing session you’ll never be able to make a second appointment	60.5
4=	From the briefing session onwards people get filtered by education history	55.7
4=	If the photo you attach to your CV is from a photo booth you’ll be rejected	55.7
6	Sporty types have an advantage when job-seeking	54.6
7	The HR being gentle is a sign that you’ll be rejected	48.1
8	The moderator for a group discussion has an improved chance of getting a job	44.9
9	Ordinary employees who graduated from the same establishment who visit will secretly report their findings to HR	41.6
10	Before the final interview there are companies who will do a background check	41.1