Gyeonggi Province to hold job fair for international students

Gyeonggi Province Government building located in Suwon, Gyeonggi Province / Courtesy of Gyeonggi Province

By Lee Hyo-jin

Gyeonggi Province will hold a two-day job fair from Wednesday for international students in Korea seeking employment here, according to province officials, Monday.

Through contactless job interviews, the municipal government plans to match foreign students in the area with local companies seeking to expand their business overseas.

Some 80 international students have enrolled for job interviews conducted by 15 local businesses from various sectors.

The city had previously planned to set up one-on-one counseling booths and on-site recruitment, but had to move the event online due to a recent resurgence of coronavirus cases in the greater Seoul area.

Prior to the job fair, students will be provided with detailed information about the firms through a recruiting website. Job interviews will be held from Wednesday without face-to-face contact, using kiosks installed at Gyeonggi University and Shinhan University.

Students can select a company and go through the interview by answering a set of questions sent from each firm. The companies will later decide whether to hire applicants by evaluating the recorded interviews.

“We hope the career fair will ease the difficulties of international students here in finding jobs amid the coronavirus pandemic,” an official at Gyeonggi Provincial Government said.

For inquiries about the job fair, call (031) 8008-4982.