SEOUL, May 17 (Korea Bizwire) – Some 60 percent of public organizations did not choose any high school graduates when hiring new regular employees last year, data showed Wednesday, backtracking on a policy drive advocated by previous governments. State agencies and their affiliated organizations hired 21,016 new regular workers last year, of which 9.3 percent, [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 31 (Korea Bizwire) – Job applications can be stressful, especially in Korea where resume screening is often followed by an in-house personality and aptitude test, and one, two, or sometimes even three interviews. Those that keep failing the rigorous process of job hiring, however, can be left wondering whether there might be certain [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – Despite perpetual criticism of the perfection-seeking recruitment process at Korean companies, a recent study has revealed that prying job application requirements and academic background-driven employment systems are still prevalent among the majority of domestic firms. The study was carried out by the Ministry of Employment & Labor and Korea [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – The recruitment process at Korea’s top conglomerates, and even at smaller companies, is a grueling experience. There is a first interview, followed by a second, and sometimes, a third. But before the interviews comes an in-house personality and aptitude test that is the worst of SAT and GRE Math; [...]
SEOUL, June 21 (Korea Bizwire) – For young Koreans, finding a job is becoming harder than ever. Paradoxically, however, some Korean companies are finding it hard to recruit new employees. Saramin, one of Korea’s major recruiting platforms, conducted a survey of 779 small and medium-sized companies. Of the 664 companies that had planned to hire [...]