70,000 Job Seekers Flock to the '2020 KB Good Job Online Employment Fair'

The Largest Online Job Fair with Over 300 Companies Participating

[Asia Economy Reporter Kangwook Cho] KB Kookmin Bank announced on the 7th that the "2020 KB Goodjob Excellent Companies Online Job Fair," held through the KB Goodjob website (https://kbgoodjob.kbstar.com) from the 1st to the 12th, is being held successfully with over 70,000 job seekers participating.

KB Goodjob is a job connection project ambitiously launched by KB Kookmin Bank in January 2011 to alleviate recruitment difficulties of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and mid-sized companies and to create jobs for youth. Through 'KB Goodjob,' 15,906 people have successfully found employment so far, and as of June this year, the cumulative number of job information provided through 'KB Goodjob' has reached over 62,000.

KB Kookmin Bank has been holding the KB Goodjob Excellent Companies Job Fair annually since 2011 to provide recruitment opportunities for SMEs and mid-sized companies and to increase the employment rate of job seekers. Although it was difficult to hold an offline on-site fair in the first half of this year due to COVID-19, the event was converted into a non-face-to-face online fair to revitalize the employment market, which has been depressed by the pandemic. Despite being the first standalone online job fair, it has received great response comparable to offline job fairs, with more than 70,000 job seekers participating in the first six days since the opening.

While the online job fair initially planned to recruit about 300 companies, more than 400 companies applied to participate, making it a great success from the preparation stage. With the final confirmation of 307 participating companies, the scale of the '2020 KB Goodjob Excellent Companies Online Job Fair' has expanded from the previous 200 companies, providing a broader range of choices for job seekers and offering a 'meeting place' between a more diverse range of companies and job seekers.

Since the event is held online, anyone can participate anytime and anywhere without restrictions on time and place through PCs and the KB Goodjob dedicated mobile app, which is the biggest advantage of this job fair. The fair supports real-time two-way communication between job seekers applying for jobs and recruiting companies making job offers online, and provides usage guides for each medium (PC/mobile app) to help users easily navigate the unfamiliar online fair.

In addition, the same content as the offline on-site job fair has been implemented in the online job fair, offering various programs so that job seekers can comfortably conduct their job search activities anytime and anywhere they want.

To improve the success rate of job seekers, the fair offers programs such as △ online job consulting conducted by professional employment consultants including company and job analysis, self-introduction letter and interview consulting △ video lectures on job success strategies such as how to write self-introduction letters and guides for non-face-to-face interviews △ online job concerts supporting non-face-to-face employment trends, analysis of companies participating in the KB Goodjob online job fair, and image making △ online career 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 △ and ‘PR Challenge’ introducing ‘good SMEs and mid-sized companies to work for’ including welfare, corporate culture, and work-life balance to improve job seekers’ perception of SMEs and mid-sized companies.

Also, through various prize-giving events for each job-seeking process such as ‘KB Goodjob site/mobile app membership registration → fair participation application → resume registration → job application,’ the fair stimulates job seekers’ interest and supports their job search activities.

A KB Kookmin Bank official said, “We thank many recruiting companies and job seekers for participating in this online fair, which is held to actively respond to the post-COVID-19 era and take the lead in supporting job creation,” and added, “We ask for more interest and support from job seekers for this online job fair, which will be held until June 12.”

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