SEOUL, June 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The introduction of so-called ‘blind hiring’ for state-run companies in a bid to limit gender and academic background discrimination has resulted in a higher turnover rate for new hires, a report showed Wednesday. The Korea Institute of Public Finance analyzed the nation’s 182 state-run institutions that adopted blind hiring [...]
SEOUL, March 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Companies that have introduced blind recruitment policies generally seem to be satisfied with the results. According to a recent survey of 554 people in charge of human resources conducted by job search portal JobKorea, 42 percent of companies that introduced blind recruitment said they were satisfied with the hiring [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Over the past two years, a growing number of South Korean businesses have introduced so-called ‘blind recruiting’ practices, where companies hire employees without being informed of their academic, geographic, and gender information. Saramin, an online job portal, conducted a survey of 821 companies, 31.5 percent of which said they [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – The government will not demand photo or other personal information unrelated to work from applicants when hiring experienced employees starting late this month, as part of efforts to promote merit-based “blind” hiring, the Ministry of Personnel Management said Wednesday. The ministry said it has revised regulations to introduce a [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Fewer than one in ten South Korean companies are on board with the government’s call to adopt so-called ‘blind recruitment’ practices, in which employers are encouraged to judge job candidates as individuals and divert their attention from their education levels and relative work experience, according to a new survey. [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — As President Moon has encouraged more employers to embrace anonymous recruitment in both the public and private sectors, to bring about a more equitable society, an increasing number of companies are adopting so-called blind recruitment policies. Recruitment portal Saramin is among the forward-thinking companies to join the movement, as [...]