SEOUL, Sept. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — As an increasing number of companies are introducing contactless means of hiring new employees, a new trend is rising among job seekers preparing job applications. An online forum for job seekers has recently been flooded with posts of various questions and tips on how to prepare for online interviews [...]
SEOUL, June 9 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea reported job growth for the third straight month in May, data showed Wednesday, in the latest sign that the job market is recovering from slumps caused by the pandemic. The number of employed people reached 27.6 million last month, 619,000 more than a year earlier, according to [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea reported the largest job loss in January since 1998 as a flare-up in new coronavirus cases, along with continued virus curbs, dealt a heavy blow to jobs in the service sector, data showed Wednesday. The number of employed people reached 25.8 million last month, 982,000 fewer than [...]
SEOUL, April 14 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 50 percent of workers who quit their jobs hide the real reason for leaving the company, a recent survey revealed. JobKorea, a job search portal operator, conducted a survey of 2,288 workers who had quit their job in the past. The results showed that 52 percent did [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 9 out of 10 so-called “working mothers” who work and raise kids at the same time have considered quitting their job. According to an online survey conducted by KB Financial Group, of 2,000 women with children younger than high-school age, 95 percent of working mothers have considered [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Employees sometimes quit their jobs on their own when their employers tell them to look elsewhere for reasons such as deteriorating business conditions. In this case, a South Korean court ruled that it should be seen as a “discharge,” not a “self-imposed resignation.” On Wednesday, the Supreme Court overturned [...]
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, Aug. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 80 percent of office workers experience health problems after starting work, according to a recent survey. The results can be interpreted as an indication that even healthy individuals get sick once they start work. According to the survey of 671 office workers conducted by the job portal [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — More than half of unemployed moms in South Korea want to find work to better cover living and education-related expenses for family members, a survey showed Monday. According to the survey conducted by the Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs, 56.6 percent of the respondents said they want [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 31 (Korea Bizwire) – An increasing number of 50- and 60-somethings in Korea are getting national qualifications for technical skills, as they seek out their second life. According to a press release from the Ministry of Employment and Labor (MOEL) on Aug. 29, 63,929 out of 677,686 technical qualification certificates were issued to test [...]