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6 in 10 Jobseekers Willing to Settle for Temporary Work

SEOUL, June 13 (Korea Bizwire) – Nearly 6 in 10 South Korean jobseekers are willing to work for even low-paying, temporary jobs, a poll showed Monday, pointing to the grim reality facing local job hunters. The leading online job search portal JobKorea said its survey of 1,368 jobseekers showed that 57.7 percent have intentions to [...]

Senior Temporary Employees Soar amid Fast-Aging Korean Society

SEOUL, Nov. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent study from Statistics Korea revealed that the number of temporary employees aged 60 and above has more than doubled over the past decade, calling for government measures to provide aged workers with stable jobs to prevent elderly poverty. According to the study, there were 1,468,000 employees aged [...]