Senior Employment Archives

S. Korea Has Highest Employment Rate of Seniors in OECD

SEJONG, May 8 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea has the highest employment rate of seniors among advanced countries due to the rapid aging and insufficient social welfare system, data said Monday. The employment rate of South Koreans aged 75 or older reached 17.9 percent in 2015, ranking first among 25 members of the Organization for [...]

[Kobiz Feature] Are You Dreaming of Second Career?

SEOUL, Korea, Nov 01 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of people dreaming of second careers is on the rise. According to a survey by job portal JobKorea on 1,011 office workers, as much as 88.4 percent said they have post-retirement plans. Of the 894 respondents who said affirmatively to the question, 59.4 and 59.2 percent answered that [...]