Bo-eun leads the digital content team. She has covered foreign affairs, North Korea, tech, economy and gender issues at The Korea Times. She did a short stint at the South China Morning Post in Hong Kong, where she obtained a new perspective on news production and life. Small sources of joy for her are lounging in the sun, having a good latte and swimming.
Google most desired foreign company
Google has topped the list of foreign companies Koreans wish to work for for seven years since 2008, according to a survey by job portal Saramin. / Korea Times file
By Kim Bo-eun
By Kim Bo-eun
Google Korea once again topped the list of foreign companies Koreans would most like to join.
In a survey by job portal Saramin of 1,424 university students and job seekers, 43 percent selected Google Korea as their top workplace of choice.
Google Korea has topped the list for seven years since 2008.
Hygiene product maker Yuhan-Kimberly was second with 16.2 percent, its second consecutive year at number two. Office supply giant 3M Korea came third with 15.8 percent, up two places from a year earlier.
After these were BMW Korea (8.2 percent), Apple Korea (7.5 percent), P&G Korea, (7.1 percent), Rhodia Korea (5.6 percent), GE Korea (5.4 percent), Microsoft Korea (4.5 percent) and Homeplus (4.4 percent).
Korean job-seekers found employee benefits the most attractive feature of foreign companies (38.6 percent). Following this were Western corporate culture (22.4 percent, better pay (11.9 percent), opportunities to work overseas (11.9 percent) and corporate brand value (10.7 percent).
To get into these companies, job-seekers regarded languages skills as most important (59.6 percent). Following this were work experience (25.1 percent), academic background (5.2 percent), experience of volunteer work (3.9 percent) and experience living abroad (3.5 percent).