SEJONG, Nov. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of people preparing to seek jobs, a group that some economists see as the same as unemployed, increased to a record level for the month of October, according to Statistics Korea on Monday. The would-be job seekers are different from the unemployed in that they are not [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – One out of every two college students believe job market conditions have worsened this year, while more than half of would-be jobseekers said they wanted to work for a large firm or a public enterprise, a survey showed Monday. In the survey conducted by the Federation of Korean Industries [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – Marketing firm Innocean Worldwide’s latest big data analysis categorized the lifestyle of jobseekers into three keywords: relationship, relief, and location. The study was based on an analysis of some 600,000 social data records related to youth employment on online communities. According to Innocean, words related to study groups (for [...]
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, July 26 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent study conducted by The Seoul Institute revealed that young employees (between 21 and 37 years old) in Seoul usually acquire job information from friends and close acquaintances, while job seekers in the same age group tend to focus on employment websites to obtain the same information. According [...]
SEJONG, July 21 (Korea Bizwire) – The general consensus in the Korean job market is “the bigger the company, the better”. This is also the reason why working for a big-name company like Samsung is considered a ‘dream job’ among many Korean college graduates. On the other hand, small and medium-sized companies have a somewhat [...]
SEOUL, May 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Many North Korean defectors have experienced difficulties finding jobs in South Korea because of their accent and the way they speak, a survey carried out by a local human rights watchdog said Tuesday. The poll of 1,400 North Korean defectors aged 15 years and older was conducted by the [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Sep 12 (Korea Bizwire) – Lately the hiring practice of major corporations in the private and public sector is shifting toward evaluating the applicant’s comprehensive abilities including aptitude, attitude, character, and relationship, away from simple appraisal based on test scores and a list of manufactured experiences. For example, Small and Medium Business Corp. and [...]
POHANG, South Korea, Sept 04 (Korea Bizwire) – Pohang City has been so successful in supporting post-retirement job seekers that it is becoming a benchmark among several cities in Korea. Its market-driven characteristics are what made the projects gain much interest from job seekers and municipalities. One project, called ‘smiley shop,’ makes profit by collecting recyclable materials [...]