By Chung Hyun-chae
The Seoul Metropolitan Government said Friday that it will host a job fair on Sept. 27 at COEX in southern Seoul in cooperation with the Seoul Business Agency (SBA) to provide job opportunities for foreign residents.
“We expect the job fair to be a win-win strategy for both jobseekers and companies as they want each other,” said Moon Jong-hyun, director general of the business development division at the SBA.
“In line with the globalization trend of local companies, we will keep trying to expand the job fair in cooperation with the city government.”
Sixty-three local businesses, including promising small- and medium-sized enterprises and multinational corporations, will participate in the fair.
They include Hyundai Steel, Hyosung ITX, Daekyo Group, Hanbiro, a software firm, and Cebu Int’l Academy.
The organizers will provide booths for the companies.
“It will offer a good opportunity for companies planning to recruit foreigners who understand the political and economic situations in present-day Korea as well as Korean culture and language,” an SMG official said.
According to the city government, most foreigners who said they are willing to participate in the fair have wide-ranging backgrounds in various sectors including research, software and business.
Any foreign resident or student who is seeking a job can register for the job fair on the day of the event. Participants need to bring their ID cards, resumes and a cover letters.