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Over 50 Percent Report Witnessing Requests for Special Consideration in Hiring Process

SEOUL, Nov. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – Cases of unfair hiring practices have been experienced or witnessed by at least half of all salaried workers, with 13.1 percent even being on the receiving end of requests for “favors”, according to job recruitment web service Incruit. The results were generated from a questionnaire answered by 283 Incruit [...]

Moon Cracks Down on Nepotism, Corrupt Hiring Practices

SEOUL, Nov. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — “Looking at the recent corrupt hiring practices revealed at certain public institutions, the extent makes one wonder whether corruption has become the norm rather than the exception.” Speaking on October 23 at a meeting with his senior presidential secretaries, Moon excoriated the existence of corrupt hiring practices, setting the [...]