SEOUL, Dec. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent study has revealed that eight out of 10 companies in South Korea that undertook recruitment drives this year have failed to meet their initial staffing targets, highlighting the growing challenges in the hiring landscape. According to a survey conducted by Saramin HR Research Institute on December 21, involving [...]
SEOUL, March 3 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean auto giant Hyundai Motor Co. on Thursday launched the recruitment of new employees for its production line for the first time in 10 years, with its online application website undergoing delays due to heavy traffic. There are no restrictions on age or gender as long as applicants [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – Kakao Corp. halted its recruitment of experienced workers with South Korea’s IT industry engulfed in a hiring freeze due to the current economic slump. According to industry sources, the tech giant notified all of the individuals who were preparing for the recruitment process for experienced developers that their applications [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Display Co., a major display panel maker in South Korea, is visiting university campuses across the country using trucks loaded with next-generation foldable products. To attract distinguished university students, the company is hosting recruitment roadshows on a rotation basis at eight universities across the country. The company’s Display [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The government will disregard education levels in determining whether one is fit for active military service, the military recruitment agency said Wednesday. Under the current law, the government is required to recruit men with at least high school diplomas for active military service. Those with lower levels of education [...]
SEOUL, April 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Many job seekers feel that physical appearance influences the recruitment process. Saramin, an online job portal, conducted a survey of 1,627 job seekers asking them whether looks are thought of as ‘career specifications’, 74.8 percent of whom answered ‘yes’. Respondents believed physical appearance influenced the recruitment process as much [...]
SEOUL, March 13 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s top conglomerate Samsung Group has decided to delay its traditional spring hiring period indefinitely as the coronavirus outbreak rages on. The deadline for submitting applications has already been pushed back. Last year, the group received applications from March 11, starting with job applications for its affiliates in [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s major securities firms plan to hire more workers in the second half of this year, market watchers said Tuesday. Though official job announcements have yet to be made, the country’s top 10 brokerages plan to add more than 500 new workers in total in the coming months. [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean retail giant Lotte said Monday it will use artificial intelligence (AI) platform to review cover letters to find best candidates for its job positions as part of its efforts to boost accuracy and fairness in the hiring process. The system will be partly adopted for the recruitment [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Group, South Korea’s top conglomerate, has decided to abolish its groupwide employment of new workers as part of reform measures following its involvement in a high-profile corruption scandal, officials said Tuesday. The decision follows Samsung’s move to dismantle the group’s key future strategy office, which has been responsible [...]