KB Kookmin Bank Holds '2020 KB Good Job Excellent Company Job Fair' Online

KB Good Job Hosts Untact Job Fair to Address Post-Corona Era Challenges

The photo shows the '2019 1st KB Good Job Excellent Companies Employment Fair' held last year at COEX in Gangnam-gu, Seoul. / Photo by Moon Honam munonam@

[Asia Economy Reporter Jo Gang-wook] KB Kookmin Bank announced on the 14th that it will hold the '2020 KB Good Job Excellent Companies Online Job Fair' from July 1 to 12 through the KB Good Job site, KB Kookmin Bank's job information platform.

KB Kookmin Bank's representative social contribution project, 'KB Good Job,' is a job connection project ambitiously launched in 2011 to revitalize youth employment and resolve the recruitment difficulties of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and mid-sized companies. Since its launch, it has successfully held a total of 16 on-site job fairs and contributed to job creation and the spread of employment atmosphere by providing differentiated job information through the operation of the KB Good Job website.

To create a meeting place for job connections, KB Good Job has held two exclusive job fairs annually. Accordingly, it initially planned to hold an on-site job fair over two days from June 1 to 2, but ultimately decided to proceed in a non-face-to-face manner to actively participate in government-led social distancing measures.

This 'KB Good Job Job Fair' is held online, expanding the scale from about 200 participating companies to about 300 companies. Participating companies will be actively supported to resolve their manpower shortages by providing the same benefits as those offered at the on-site fairs.

Companies participating in the 'KB Good Job Job Fair' will receive preferential interest rates within a maximum range of 1.3%p when applying for new loans at KB Kookmin Bank through the 'KB Good Job Interest Rate Preferential Program,' and companies hiring regular employees through the KB Good Job Job Fair will be paid KRW 1 million per person (up to KRW 10 million per company) through the 'KB Good Job Hiring Support Fund,' providing the same support as the on-site fair to alleviate financial and labor cost burdens for SMEs.

Additionally, job seekers will be offered various online employment support programs and events, including online employment consulting with professional consultants, vocational psychological tests, and employment-related videos, to strengthen job matching between job seekers and recruiting companies without sparing any support.

A KB Kookmin Bank official said, "We are holding a new type of job fair to play a reliable partner role for job seekers and recruiting companies who may be shrinking due to COVID-19," and added, "As this is the first online job fair attempted by KB Kookmin Bank, we ask for much interest and participation from job seekers and recruiting companies."

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