noun
mass employment of young rural graduates
Historical term for the organized recruitment of middle and high school graduates from rural areas to urban factories during Japan's post-war economic boom (1950s–1970s).
集団就職で上京した若者たちは、高度経済成長を支えた。
Young people who came to Tokyo through mass employment programs supported the high economic growth.
集団就職列車は、地方から多くの卒業生を都会へ運んだ。
The mass employment trains carried many graduates from rural areas to the cities.