SEOUL, Feb. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s major companies reduced their hiring of new employees in 2020 in an effort to cut costs amid the coronavirus pandemic, a corporate tracker said Wednesday. According to CEO Score, 497 out of the country’s top 500 firms by sales newly hired 264,901 workers last year, down 5,902 [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Three-fourths of large companies in South Korea have no hiring plan or have not confirmed their recruiting scheme for the second half of the year amid the novel coronavirus pandemic, a poll showed Sunday. Half of the companies that responded to the Korea Economic Research Institute’s (KERI) survey answered [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Local companies’ demand for new employees in the second and third quarters has fallen to the lowest level in 11 years, a government report showed Monday, as the spread of the coronavirus pandemic continues to weigh down the job market. According to the report issued by the Ministry of [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Foreign companies that earned considerable profits in South Korea last year were relatively indifferent to investment, employment, and other means of contributing to Korean society. Industry tracker CEO Score analyzed 43 foreign businesses included in last year’s top 500 companies in South Korea, revealing that their investment last year [...]
SEOUL, March 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. is expected to hire a record number of experienced workers for its chip business in the first half of this year, industry insiders said Friday, despite the novel coronavirus pandemic. The South Korean tech giant said its device solutions (DS) division will hire experienced workers in [...]
SEOUL, March 13 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s major conglomerates pushed back their hiring schedules due to the novel coronavirus, industry officials said Friday, amid concerns that they may scale down their employment plans in the first half of the year. Samsung Group, South Korea’s largest conglomerate, said it is very likely to postpone its [...]
SEOUL, March 13 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s top conglomerate Samsung Group has decided to delay its traditional spring hiring period indefinitely as the coronavirus outbreak rages on. The deadline for submitting applications has already been pushed back. Last year, the group received applications from March 11, starting with job applications for its affiliates in [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Global competition for electric vehicle (EV) batteries has countries and companies battling to attract top talent. In particular, concerns over technology leaks are growing as battery manufacturers in China, Europe and other countries have been attempting to woo Korean workers. Companies are offering high salaries targeting skilled Korean talent. [...]
SEOUL, May 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Four out of ten human resources (HR) representatives in South Korea support the idea of imposing restrictions on hiring smokers, a recent study has showed. CareerNet Co., a South Korean online job search portal, conducted a survey of 474 human resources managers, 42.6 percent of whom said they support [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s major shipbuilders are planning to recruit new workers despite the ongoing belt-tightening mode on hopes that the industry is on track towards recovery, sources said Monday. Although they did not finalize the details on the new hiring, the major shipyards are considering recruiting a small number of [...]