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 [...]
DAEJEON, Aug. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — An eye massager has been chosen as the best invention among job seekers. According to the Korean Intellectual Property Office Thursday, a social media survey involving 556 ordinary citizens showed that an eye massager topped the list with 26.5 percent of the positive responses. In the comments, voters stressed [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea plans to provide monthly subsidies to job seekers from low-income backgrounds for a maximum of six months and support their efforts to find employment as the government strives to boost the tepid job market, officials said Tuesday. The government plans to offer 500,000 won (US$423) per month [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean job seekers picked Google Korea as the most sought-after multinational company to work for, followed by Starbucks Coffee Korea Co. According to Saramin, a South Korean online job search platform, 27 percent of 1,194 job seekers chose Google Korea as their most preferred employer. Starbucks Coffee Korea [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — If young job seekers find job a year early, their first marriage is likely to occur three months earlier, according to a report from the National Assembly Budget Office. The report is based on a youth panel survey, which tracks approximately 10,000 young adults aged 15 to 29. The [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean Consulate-General in Germany and the K-Move center held a joint conference in Frankfurt, Germany on November 30 to talk with young South Koreans about looking for jobs overseas. The meeting invited some 10 young South Koreans to talk about the difficulties in getting a job overseas, [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — A study conducted by the Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA) revealed that many Japanese corporations are interested in hiring Koreans. KOTRA announced on Monday that 96 percent of 177 Japanese companies participating in the survey wanted to hire Koreans in the near future. Of the 177 companies polled, 148 [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — More local companies are switching to blind hiring for new recruits, looking more at qualifications for required skills rather than alma mater, hometowns and language proficiency, an analysis indicated Wednesday. According to the Korea Economic Research Institute, the surveyed firms mostly adopted blind hiring for select positions. Lotte Department [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Hundreds of young people thronged a major job fair for banks and financial firms on Wednesday to boost their chances of employment ahead of the industry’s official recruitment session due later this year. The job fair jointly organized by 59 companies, including 14 banks, nine securities firms, eight credit [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — With an increasing number of graduates finding it hard to get a job these days, a new survey found that 1 out of 4 job seekers were willing to stop looking for a full-time job if they could make ends meet by taking on part-time work. According to a [...]