SEOUL, June 17 (Korea Bizwire) — 6 out of 10 job seekers think the minimum wage should be frozen or lowered, a local trade federation said Wednesday The Korea Federation of Small and Medium Business conducted a survey of 700 job seekers, 48.1 percent of whom said that the minimum wage for next year should [...]
SEOUL, March 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Many female job seekers are being subject to cases of gender discrimination by employers. Gabjil 119, an advocacy group for workplace bullying victims, reported that there have been 559 cases of illegal activities reported to the Ministry of Employment and Labor since the employment law was amended in July [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — About a half of South Korea’s job seekers changed industries to find employment following COVID-19 pandemic. According to a survey conducted by online job portal Saramin of 2,062 job seekers, 46 percent of the respondents said that their employment goals changed last year. Among the respondents (multiple answers possible), [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Many young job seekers in South Korea are making a variety of attempts to recover from the depression caused by the spread of the coronavirus. A 27-year-old job seeker who submitted applications to more than 10 companies but failed to get a job recently applied to the court to [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s ‘bittoo’ fever is spreading rapidly, even to university students and job seekers with no stable income. Bittoo is the Korean term for borrowing to invest. This fever engulfed the country starting from last year with lots of people in their 20s and 30s taking out loans to [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Young Korean job seekers in their 20s and 30s are suffering from ever-increasing stress in the midst of the extreme job crisis featuring the combination of a stagnant job market and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. A growing number of cases have been reported in which stress has [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Students and job seekers facing approaching qualification tests or open recruitment tests are extremely worried about being infected with COVID-19, in a situation where they could lose the chance to take the test if they are infected with the virus. “Many people have a sense of uneasiness since they [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea lost about 277,000 jobs in July, marking a decline in the number of the employed for a fifth consecutive month, as the new coronavirus pandemic strained business activities, data showed Wednesday. The country’s jobless rate rose by 0.1 percentage point on-year to 4 percent in July, with [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — The total value of unemployment benefits paid out by the government set a new record for the sixth consecutive month in July, data showed Monday, due largely to the persistent negative economic impact from the coronavirus outbreak. The amount of state allowances paid to those unemployed or seeking jobs [...]
SEJONG, July 13 (Korea Bizwire) — The total value of unemployment benefits paid out in June set a new record due to the continuing negative impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the economy, data showed Monday. The Ministry of Employment and Labor said the government paid out 1.1 trillion won (US$916 million) last month in [...]