SEOUL, March 17 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean job seekers picked the so-called “pressure interview” as the most difficult and disliked job interview type, a survey showed Thursday. Online education service provider Eduwill conducted a survey of 119 job seekers in their 20s and 30s, 56.8 percent of whom picked the pressure interview as the [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — The spread of COVID-19 is changing the hiring process of businesses in South Korea, with the both the amount of time taken and steps in the job interview process being minimized. According to a survey conducted by recruiting platform Saramin of 451 companies, 55.4 percent of the respondents (multiple [...]
SEOUL, June 4 (Korea Bizwire) — All job applicants for this year’s SK Telecom Co. spring recruiting session will conduct their interview sessions at home using tablet devices. South Korea’s leading mobile carrier announced Wednesday that it will introduce an ‘interactive untact’, or in-tact, interview session for all applicants hoping to land a job during [...]
SEOUL, March 12 (Korea Bizwire) — As hiring during the traditional spring recruiting season has been postponed due to the coronavirus outbreak, employers are introducing ‘untact’ means of selecting new recruits such as video interviews. SK Innovation Co., a major energy and chemical company in South Korea, announced on Wednesday that it will start its [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — While most job seekers think that “Companies should also notify those who failed the interview,” companies feel burdened about it. According to a survey of 498 companies conducted by online job portal Saramin, 61.2 percent of the companies said they felt burdened to notify those who failed their interview. [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Sookmyung Women’s University (SWU) announced on Tuesday that it had conducted a simulated interview program for job seekers using virtual reality. The program, which runs on virtual reality (VR) technology, brings participants to a virtual interview session, where interviewers are present for a real-time interview. All of the answers [...]
SEOUL, April 20 (Korea Bizwire) – The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced Wednesday that it has partnered with two additional tailors in Sinchon and Wangsimni for its free suit rental initiative starting May 22. The city launched the service last year near Konkuk University to help unprivileged job seekers amid South Korea’s rising youth unemployment rate. [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – Prospective job seekers hoping to land a job with Sempio, a local food manufacturer, will now have to practice their chopsticks skills. The company announced Monday that it will implement job test that evaluates applicants’ chopsticks skills starting in December. Interviewers will observe the use of chopsticks with the [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – WorkNet, a website providing employment information to job seekers on the Internet, jointly run by the Ministry of Employment and Labor and the Korea Employment Information Service, causes controversies with its online content seemingly condoning and encouraging sexual abuse. The Korean Women’s Association United announced that the website has provided [...]