SEOUL, Feb. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Over the past two years, a growing number of South Korean businesses have introduced so-called ‘blind recruiting’ practices, where companies hire employees without being informed of their academic, geographic, and gender information. Saramin, an online job portal, conducted a survey of 821 companies, 31.5 percent of which said they [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — More than half of South Korean job seekers want career experiences overseas, a recent study revealed. Saramin, an online job search platform, conducted a survey of 3,545 adults, 55 percent of whom said they wanted to work overseas. More male respondents (60.5 percent) wanted to work overseas than women [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent survey has found that work-life balance is the most important condition for a good job among millennial workers. JobKorea, a job search portal operator, conducted a survey of 507 workers of the millennial generation and found that the “guarantee of work-life balance” was the most important factor [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Many job seekers think that getting older discourages them from looking for a job. Online job portal Saramin conducted a survey of 2,801 job seekers, 86.5 percent of whom said they feel ‘uncomfortable getting a year older’. More than 80 percent of all age groups, except for those in [...]
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, Dec. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — A growing number of South Korean companies are offering online recruitment seminars to effectively communicate with young job seekers. SK Telecom Co. began a new online broadcasting program, T Carrier Cast, on the company’s YouTube channel. The program involves recruiting agents and new employees engaging in truthful conversation about [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent survey has revealed that the more job seekers spend on finding a job, the more likely they are to pass necessary exams. According to a survey of 1,478 job seekers conducted by job portal Incruit and part-time job search app AlbaCall, 58.6 percent believed that their success [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Half of all job seekers in their 20s are preparing for public service examinations, most of whom are planning to apply for a grade 9 position, according to a recent study. Many employees are also preparing to take the examination alongside their current work. Incruit, a South Korean job [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — More than two thirds of job seekers have written a cover letter with a false description about themselves, according to a recent study. Saramin, an online job search portal, conducted a survey of 1,722 job seekers, in which 76.4 percent said they had written a false description about themselves [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Government funding set aside for workers in their 40s, composing the main tier of employment in South Korea, turned out to be much smaller than the budget allocated to jobs for seniors, drawing criticism that the government continues to focus on quantity, rather than quality, of employment. The 2020 [...]