SEJONG, July 21 (Korea Bizwire) – The general consensus in the Korean job market is “the bigger the company, the better”. This is also the reason why working for a big-name company like Samsung is considered a ‘dream job’ among many Korean college graduates. On the other hand, small and medium-sized companies have a somewhat [...]
SEOUL, July 1 (Korea Bizwire) – Youth employment may have improved numerically last year but job stability has not as most of the obtained jobs were either short-term or menial, a study indicated Friday. An analysis by Park Jin-hee at the Korean Employment Information Service said 68,000 more people in their 20s were employed last [...]
SEOUL, June 27 (Korea Bizwire) – With flextime working arrangements becoming increasingly popular in Korea, Yuhan-Kimberly is an example of a company that has successfully implemented flexible work hours. A year after its adoption, the company’s revenue has increased by more than 10 percent, and college students now rank it as one of the most [...]
SEOUL, May 30 (Korea Bizwire) – The No. 1 local portal Naver and apparel manufacturer Hansae Co. were the most women-friendly firms in 2015 in South Korea, according to research results out Monday. The two companies were jointly rated the top in the research by Meerae Forum and CEO Score that assessed the women-men employment [...]
SEOUL, May 27 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of Korean women in their 50s and 60s who work selective part-time jobs has increased in the past year. A selective part-time job is a form of a temporary employment that offers the complete benefits typically received by full-time employees, such as insurance and welfare, but gives [...]
SEOUL, May 12 (Korea Bizwire) – More than 90 percent of South Korean women in their latter 30s, now economically inactive, had been previously employed, a report said Thursday, a finding that supports arguments that they are leaving the workforce to care for child and family. According to the report from the Korea Employment Information [...]
SEJONG, May 11 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s jobless rate fell in April as more people were hired in the accommodation and retail sectors, but the unemployment rate for young people still remained high, a government report showed Wednesday. The unemployment rate sank to 3.9 percent in April, from 4.3 percent in March. The seasonally [...]
SEOUL, May 9 (Korea Bizwire) – More than 1,800 jobs vanished from the financial sector in 2015. Financial institutions have downsized their workforces due to weakening profit margins and the increasing ubiquity of fintech and automated branches, which require fewer employees. According to the Financial Supervisory Service (FSS), the number of employees at financial institutions [...]
SEOUL, Sep. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – It appears that job seekers are having difficulty securing a position in the fields of culture, finance, and IT because there are not enough openings, whereas companies involving chemistry, materials, and machinery are having trouble finding a qualified person because there are not enough people to apply for a [...]
SEOUL, May 17 (Korea Bizwire) – According to Flea Market Korea, one of Korea’s job portals, which conducted a survey on 468 working men in Korea and asked ‘What would you do differently if you can travel back in time?” over six out of ten answered that they would choose different career instead of the [...]