SEOUL, Nov. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Amid the growing share of the millennial generation in in the job market, companies are finding it difficult to manage employees from what some feel is a distinctly different generation. According to a survey of 283 companies conducted by online Job Portal Saramin, 57.2 percent said they find it [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Local companies are touching upon consumer sentiment by revisiting past hits that helped propel them to greatness. BEANPOLE, a contemporary fashion brand that was launched in 1989 by Samsung C&T Corp., a construction and fashion unit of Samsung Group, drew attention in July for a promotion that invited customers [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — According to a survey, 3 out of 5 South Korean large firms are applying artificial intelligence (AI) to their actual work. More than half of the companies even have related organizations. According to a recent survey conducted by CEO Score, 57.3 percent (75 companies) of the total of 131 [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — A 52-hour workweek and anti-harassment laws are impacting the get-together practices called ‘hoesik’ prevalent in South Korean companies. Saramin, a South Korean job search portal, conducted a survey of 1,824 people, 64.5 percent of whom said that they have the right not to participate in company get-togethers without having [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Personal appearance still matters at a majority of companies when it comes to evaluating job candidates. According to a survey of 926 companies conducted by online job portal Saramin, 58.4 percent of the companies reflected applicants’ appearance in their evaluation. When analyzing which industry was most affected by appearance, [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean companies’ entertainment expenses rose 7.7 percent on-year in the first half of the year, despite a draconian anti-graft law that came into force in 2016, a market tracker said Sunday. A total of 116 large companies spent a combined 149.6 billion won (US$124.6 million) in the January-June [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent study has revealed that companies have negative views about job applicants with short work experience at a previous job or those who have changed their job frequently. Saramin, a job search platform, conducted a survey on 662 companies, 81.3 percent of whom said they had negative views [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Among major listed companies in South Korea, only 15 percent have jumped into projects related to key technologies of the fourth industrial revolution over the past 10 years, according to a recent report. The Korea Economic Research Institute (KERI) studied the data of 132 companies listed on the Korea [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Large companies have been found to be more dependent on indirect employment than their smaller counterparts, a government report said Thursday. According to the report by the Ministry of Employment and Labor, the average ratio of indirect employment at 815 large enterprises with more than 1,000 employees was 20.9 [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — College students in South Korea have picked Samsung Electronics Co. as their preferred company to work for. According to Jobkorea, a South Korean job search portal, 14.1 percent of 1,190 university students said they wanted to work for the company. Samsung was followed by the Korea Electric Power Corp. [...]