SEOUL, Sept. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – Once hailed as a “dream job” and immensely popular among young job seekers, being employed as a civil servant was even ranked as the best job to have in 2009. However, the allure has waned over the years, with fewer candidates showing interest in the grade 9 civil service exam. [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The proportion of women among high-ranking officials in the central government has risen to an all-time high, a government report showed Sunday. According to the report on balanced personnel policy in the public sector, 7.9 percent, or 122, of 1,539 high-ranking civil servants in the central government were female [...]
SEJONG, Jul. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — A growing number of young South Koreans are preparing for state exams for public jobs and professional licenses, data showed Tuesday. The data released by Statistics Korea showed that 714,000, or 15.3 percent, of 4.68 million economically inactive youths aged 15-29 prepared for state exams in May, up 2.2 [...]
SEOUL, May 24 (Korea Bizwire) – With employment stability rapidly becoming one of the most important considerations for those seeking a job, more than half of the university students and salaried workers in South Korea are eyeing the idea of becoming a civil servant. According to a recent online survey conducted by the Korea TOEIC [...]
SEOUL, July 26 (Korea Bizwire) – The Ministry of Personnel Management revealed Tuesday that cancer, depression, and the suicide of public service members will now be recognized as official occupational health incidents if they’re related to official duties. Occupational health incidents refer to illnesses or injuries related to, or resulting from, official work duties. In [...]
SEOUL, July 4 (Korea Bizwire) – More than half of the young jobseekers in Korea are preparing for some kind of examination, particularly the civil service examinations. Most ‘lucky’ new hires who have started careers at large companies as permanent employees tend to stay in their jobs, whereas half of the new employees hired on temporary [...]
SEOUL, June 27 (Korea Bizwire) – The average age of civil servants at the local government level rose, and the number of female employees nearly doubled, data showed Sunday. According to data released by the Ministry of the Interior on the general statistics of civil servants in the country’s provincial governments, their average age in [...]
SUWON, South Korea, June 24 (Korea Bizwire) – “Male examinees should use a ‘urination bag’ at the back of the examination room, and female examinees should also take care of their business at the back of the examination room while a proctor uses an umbrella to set up a screen.” To everyone’s surprise, these were actual [...]
GWANGJU, Dec.9 (Korea Bizwire) – The first drive-thru center for civil affairs has opened in Gwangju. The ‘Cha Ta Go, Minwon Bo Go’ (ride as you do your civil affair business) center opened at the Chumdan 2 dong community service center in Gwangju on December 8. Because the community service center is located in a [...]