SEOUL, May 11 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea reported job additions for the 14th consecutive month in April as economic recovery momentum has been extended despite heightened global uncertainty, data showed Wednesday. The number of employed people came to 28.08 million last month, up 865,000 from a year earlier, according to the data compiled by [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea reported the largest job growth in more than seven years in September in the latest sign that the country’s job recovery has continued despite the fourth wave of the pandemic, data showed Wednesday. The number of employed people reached 27.68 million last month, 671,000 more than a [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — 7 out of 10 South Korean young adults feel it will become more difficult to get a job at the company of their choice in the future, a local think tank said Sunday. The Korea Economic Research Institute (KERI) conducted a survey of 542 young adults between the ages [...]
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 [...]