SEOUL, June 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The annual growth rate of involuntary part-time workers in the past decade has exceeded that of overall wage workers, a private think tank said. The Korea Economic Research Institute (KERI) analyzed data provided by Statistics Korea, revealing that the number of individuals compelled to work part-time increased by 2.5 [...]
SEOUL, June 2 (Korea Bizwire) — In the last three years, career interruptions due to the coronavirus pandemic have become a serious problem among South Korean women, with a higher percentage of them experiencing career interruptions compared to men, and it takes longer for them to return to the job market. The Ministry of Gender [...]
SEJONG, May 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea added 491,000 jobs for wage workers in the fourth quarter of 2022, data showed Friday, led by the construction and manufacturing sectors. The number of paying jobs came to 20.45 million in the October-December period, up from 19.96 million tallied a year earlier, according to the data [...]
SEOUL, May 25 (Korea Bizwire) — The quality of jobs in South Korea is deteriorating as the number of regular positions at major companies remains stagnant, while the number of non-regular jobs is increasing, a corporate tracker said Wednesday. The Leaders Index analyzed quarterly reports from 334 companies, which are among the top 500 in [...]
SEOUL, May 14 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of jobs for people in their 40s in South Korea decreased for the 10th consecutive month in April, data showed Sunday, amid the protracted slump in the country’s manufacturing industry. Jobs for the age group have been falling on-year since July, with the positions decreasing 22,000 from [...]
SEOUL, May 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Korea Railroad Corp. (KORAIL), South Korea’s state-owned railway operator, said Tuesday it will begin offering jobs to homeless people living near subway stations in Seoul, Busan, and eight other locations. KORAIL, in collaboration with local governments and support centers for the homeless, will provide jobs to 100 homeless individuals [...]
SEOUL, April 26 (Korea Bizwire) — A majority of job seekers and employed workers consider the possibility of working from home when looking for a new job or changing companies. In a recent survey conducted by online job portal Incruit, 697 employed workers and 367 job seekers with work-from-home experience were asked about their views. [...]
SEOUL, April 18 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of jobs supplied by restaurants and bars rose on-year in the second half of 2022, data showed Tuesday, as the country returned to pre-pandemic normalcy. Local restaurant businesses employed 1.6 million people in the July-December period, up 43,000 from a year earlier, according to the data compiled [...]
SEOUL, March 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of public servants who intend to change jobs is rapidly increasing amid the waning popularity of work in the public service due to a perception of poor pay, a survey showed Monday. The Korea Institute of Public Administration conducted a survey of 6,000 public officials. In response [...]
SEOUL, March 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of unmotivated young adults deciding against preparing to get a job reached 500,000 last month, setting a new record high. Among all non-working individuals in the country, 497,000 young adults “rested” for the entire month of February, up by 9.9 percent from the previous year, according to [...]