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https://doi.org/10.14943/J.HighEdu.33.65

https://hdl.handle.net/2115/99287

The Impact of Expanded Alumni Networking on Job-Hunting Outcomes : Evidence from Japanese University Students

日本語

2026-04

Institute for the Advancement of Higher Education, Hokkaido University

Journal of higher education and lifelong learning

33

65-72

8

Based on 1105 valid responses to a survey administered to students registered with BizReach Campus, this study analyzed the effects of alumni visits on the job-hunting activities of university students. Existing studies have only examined such visits to alumni from one’s university. However, in recent years, alumni visits that have expanded in scope to include alumni from other universities have also been observed. Thus, we compared traditional "limited alumni visits" with more recent "expanded alumni visits" and investigated their relative effectiveness. According to the results, alumni visits had no effect on the number of unofficial offers received. Nonetheless, alumni visits to companies whose job offer students had accepted affected their level of satisfaction with these companies and their job hunting-activity score. Meanwhile, alumni visits to graduates of the university to which students are enrolled had no effect on satisfaction with companies whose job offer students had accepted or job-hunting score. Therefore, the more recent practice of expanded alumni visits is more effective than traditional, limited alumni visits.

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