KB Kookmin Bank Hosts '2020 KB Good Job Excellent Companies Online Job Fair'

KB Kookmin Bank-KB Good Job with Over 300 Excellent Companies Recommended by Related Organizations
Over 15,906 Jobs Connected and 60,000 Job Information Provided through 'KB Good Job' in 9 Years
Participating Companies Receive 1 Million KRW Hiring Support per Person, Up to 1.3%p Interest Rate Benefits for Job-Creating Companies

[Asia Economy Reporter Kangwook Cho] KB Kookmin Bank announced on the 1st that it held the '2020 KB Good Job Excellent Companies Online Job Fair' with the participation of about 300 outstanding companies. This job fair will be held for two weeks until the 12th.

Started in 2011 and now in its 17th edition, the 'KB Good Job Job Fair' is the largest single-scale job fair in Korea with a total cumulative visitor count of about 317,000. So far, a total of 2,972 recruiting companies have participated, leading the paradigm of the job fair market. The '2020 KB Good Job Excellent Companies Online Job Fair,' which was bustling from the preparation stage with more than 400 companies applying for recruitment of about 300 companies, was originally planned as an offline on-site fair but was converted to a non-face-to-face untact job fair to prevent COVID-19.

Since this job fair is held online, all citizens can participate anytime and anywhere through PCs and the KB Good Job dedicated mobile app. It supports real-time two-way communication for job applications and job offers between job seekers and recruiting companies participating in the fair online, and by producing and operating usage guides for each medium (PC/APP), it helps job seekers and recruiting companies easily use the online fair.

To improve the successful employment rate of job seekers, employment support content is provided in a one-stop manner for each job-seeking process. Programs operated include △ online employment consulting conducted by professional employment consultants such as company and job analysis, self-introduction writing, and interview consulting △ video employment lectures to learn employment success strategies such as how to write self-introductions and non-face-to-face interview guides △ online job concerts supporting non-face-to-face employment trends, analysis of companies participating in the KB Good Job online job fair, and image making △ online vocational psychological tests to support career choice by understanding psychological characteristics △ 'KB SOHO Consulting' providing comprehensive consulting for successful startups for job seekers interested in entrepreneurship.

Also, various events are operated for each job-seeking process such as 'KB Good Job site/mobile app membership registration → job fair participation application → resume registration → job application' to stimulate job seekers' interest and support job-seeking activities.

Along with this, based on networking with related organizations, which is KB Good Job's greatest strength, the number of participating recruiting companies has expanded from about 200 to about 300, including not only excellent companies recommended by KB Kookmin Bank but also large company partners recommended by the Win-Win Growth Committee, excellent member companies of the Korea International Trade Association, Korea Industrial Technology Promotion Association, and KOSDAQ-listed companies, broadening the choices for job seekers.

Various benefits to reduce labor and financial cost burdens for recruiting companies participating in the online fair are provided equally as in offline job fairs. A recruitment subsidy of 1 million KRW per regular employee hired is provided, up to a maximum of 10 million KRW per company, and companies excelling in job creation receive preferential interest rate benefits of up to 1.3%p.

A KB Kookmin Bank official said, "We hope that this 'KB Good Job Job Fair,' attempted in a new form, will become a 'meeting place' to create better challenges and opportunities for both recruiting companies and job seekers," and added, "We will continue to strive to become the 'lifelong financial partner of the people' leading 'finance that changes the world' through not only job creation but also various social contribution activities."

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