Due to COVID-19, Expired Language Scores of Job Seekers... Ministry of Employment Requests Cooperation from Companies
[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Bo-kyung] #. Job seeker A recently experienced a frustrating situation. The recruitment schedule originally planned for early this month was postponed to the end of the month due to the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19), causing the validity period of A's language test scores to expire. To make matters worse, the language test schedule was also postponed, making it difficult to meet the qualifications in time for the recruitment schedule.
The Ministry of Employment and Labor announced on the 21st that it has requested cooperation from economic organizations and companies to resolve the difficulties job seekers like A are facing in submitting language test scores.
This is because the number of job seekers experiencing difficulties due to the overlapping postponement of recruitment schedules and cancellation or postponement of language test schedules caused by COVID-19 is increasing.
Companies can participate in alleviating job seekers' difficulties by extending the validity period of language test scores or by extending the submission deadline for language test scores as much as possible, depending on the company's circumstances.
The Ministry of Employment and Labor has taken measures so that language test administering organizations such as the Korea TOEIC Committee and the Korea TEPS Management Committee verify the authenticity of expired test scores if companies request to check applicants' language test scores in advance.
Accordingly, companies can temporarily (until the end of June) verify the authenticity of TOEIC and TEPS scores of applicants whose validity expired between January and April of this year.
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Jang Geun-seop, Director of Youth Employment Policy at the Ministry of Employment and Labor, said, "We understand that job seekers are facing various difficulties due to the impact of COVID-19," and urged, "We ask companies to actively participate in extending the submission deadlines for language test scores and take the lead in reducing the burden on job seekers."
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