SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Many arts and humanities graduates in South Korea apply for jobs irrelevant to their majors, a recent study has showed. Incruit, a local online job placement portal teamed up with part-time job app Albacall to conduct a survey on 733 job seekers, only 45.2 percent of whom said they [...]
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. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Koreans in their 50s and over who have jobs are less likely to be depressed than those who are unemployed. Some say that support programs are needed to help people engage in social activities while they are already entering an aged society. According to a report from the [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of South Koreans overqualified for their current jobs has reached a record high of over 30 percent this year, a central bank report showed Monday, suggesting overeducation may be adding to the country’s overall costs and that the nation may also be running out of quality jobs. [...]
SEJONG, Nov. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – Most South Korean women who have stopped working said they quit their jobs due to marriage and having and taking care of children, data showed Tuesday. The data released by Statistics Korea said the number of married women who gave up their jobs came to 1.69 million as of April this [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — With the baby boom generation entering their 60s, many are reaching retirement age. A recent study showed, however, that more baby boomers were either asked to resign, fired, or cut from their jobs due to company difficulties. According to a report from the Korea Labor Institute (KLI) announced on [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Among South Korea’s major industries, electricity, gas, steam and water supply industries have the highest average monthly pay. Online job portal Saramin said Tuesday that its analysis of the National Statistical Information Service showed that the total monthly income per person in 18 major industries was tallied at 3.59 [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — The economic cost of losing employment opportunities for the NEETs, who are unemployed young people not in education, employment or training, amounts to 49.4 trillion won (US$41.4 billion) a year, or 2.7 percent of South Korea’s GDP, according to a recent report. The portion of NEETs among young people [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 10 months are required for young South Korean to find their first jobs after finishing school, and the higher their academic achievement is, the sooner they find jobs, a recent labor think tank report said. According to the September issue of the Labor Review issued by the [...]