SEOUL, Jan. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Simmons has announced that its unique part-time job opportunity, the “Karrot Part-Time X Simmons Winter Sleep Job,” has reached an unprecedented application rate of 60,000 to 1. This distinctive job experience, located at Simmons Terrace in Icheon, Gyeonggi-do, offers participants 3 million won for sleeping for one hour on a [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent study has revealed that a large number of employers have experienced so-called ‘part-time job ghosting’. Ghosting is a new term used to describe job applicants not showing up on the day of an interview or employees ‘disappearing’ on the first day of work or at any time [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent survey has revealed that jobs related to pet care are increasing in popularity among part-time workers. Albamon, a South Korean online job portal, conducted a survey of 725 part-time workers, 75 percent of whom said they prefer to work for pet care business. Among part-time workers who [...]
SEOUL, May 2 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent study has revealed that 9 percent of middle and high school students in South Korea had worked at a part-time job. Most had worked at restaurants or wedding halls. The average hourly pay was 7,785 won (US$6.69), rising over the past few years, while fewer middle and [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — With an increasing number of graduates finding it hard to get a job these days, a new survey found that 1 out of 4 job seekers were willing to stop looking for a full-time job if they could make ends meet by taking on part-time work. According to a [...]
POHANG, Jan. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – Pohang’s state-run part-time job search engine, which connects job seekers and employers with flexible working hours, has proven a success. According to the Pohang city government on Monday, the job portal dubbed ‘Jaturi (Spare) Time Exchange’ has been visited by over 7,000 people since its launch earlier this month. [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Four out of every five self-employed people said the hike in the minimum wage could cut the number of part-timers next year, a survey showed Friday. The minimum wage is set to rise to 7,530 won (US$7) per hour next year, up 16.4 percent from the current 6,470 won. [...]
SEOUL, Feb.1 (Korea Bizwire) – Alba Heaven, an online part-time job portal, announced that the results of a survey conducted on 1,267 members showed that 50.4 percent of the respondents were planning to work during the Lunar New Year holiday. Of note, individuals in their 40s and 50s were particularly eager to get a part [...]
SEOUL, July 9 (Korea Bizwire) – Amid the severely high unemployment rate, youths in their 20s are rushing to construction sites for part-time jobs, according to a recent survey. Meanwhile, the construction companies are filling the vacancies with mostly low-cost foreign workers. This is the cross section of the distorted labor market in Korea that [...]