SEOUL, March 9 (Korea Bizwire) – Women who migrated to Korea to marry Korean men are using their language skills to cultivate meaningful careers, by establishing cooperative associations and social ventures that provide translation services. According to statistics from the Ministry of Justice, there are approximately 850,000 foreign brides in Korea, representing 45 percent of [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – Careers associated with healthcare and beauty will be promising, as Koreans are increasingly putting an emphasis on appearance and well-being, and this prospect is all the more likely as Korea is becoming an aging society rapidly, according to a recent poll surveyed on the nation’s professionals spanning various job [...]
SEOUL, June 19 (Korea Bizwire) – A study shows that Korean workers had overtime work 3.1 days a week and were paid 3,240 won per hour for their extra work on average. A survey conducted by Career, Korea’s job portal, on 824 office workers, found that seven out of ten of them were not compensated [...]
SEOUL, May 17 (Korea Bizwire) – According to Flea Market Korea, one of Korea’s job portals, which conducted a survey on 468 working men in Korea and asked ‘What would you do differently if you can travel back in time?” over six out of ten answered that they would choose different career instead of the [...]
SAN FRANCISCO, Mar 28, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) - Even in an uncertain economy, 40% of employed Americans say they want to leave corporate jobs, according to a new national study commissioned by CreativeLive, the world’s largest online education network. Further, 41 million1 employed Americans would be willing to take a pay cut for a job [...]
CHICAGO, March 20, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) – For many companies, an associate or bachelor’s degree is increasingly becoming the new high school diploma. According to a new CareerBuilder survey, 27 percent of employers say their educational requirements for employment have increased over the last five years and 30 percent are hiring more college-educated workers for positions [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Mar 3 (Korea Bizwire) – A study said the biggest reason for women to quit being part of the economically active population was marriage. Up until now, the main reason for women’s career discontinuity was childrearing. A ccording to a report “How to Raise Women Employment Ratio” published by the Federation of Korean [...]