Korea Railroad to Recruit 1,420 New Employees in the Second Half of This Year

Korea Railroad will begin the recruitment process for new employees in the second half of the year starting next month. The chart shows the number of hires by job category (top) and the number of hires by five regions (bottom). Provided by Korea Railroad

[Asia Economy (Daejeon) Reporter Jeong Il-woong] Korea Railroad Corporation (KORAIL) will publicly recruit 1,420 new employees in the second half of this year.

According to KORAIL on the 31st, the number of recruits by job category is ▲Office Sales 193 ▲Operation 125 ▲Rolling Stock 457 ▲Civil Engineering 334 ▲Architecture 56 ▲Electrical and Telecommunications 255.

In particular, KORAIL will hire 940 people through general recruitment in these six job fields, and additionally select 230 high school graduate recruits through recommendations from vocational high school principals (specialized high schools, Meister high schools, etc.), 180 veterans for social equity workforce utilization, 60 people with disabilities, and 10 from low-income groups.

Applicants must apply through the KORAIL website from 2 p.m. on the 15th to 2 p.m. on the 17th of next month.

KORAIL plans to select the final successful candidates through document screening, written tests, and interviews. All selection processes will be conducted fairly, applying a blind method focused on job competency.

Above all, starting from the second half of this year, KORAIL will expand employment opportunities for local talents from Daejeon, Sejong, Chungnam, and Chungbuk regions in accordance with the amendment of the Innovation City Act (introduction of regional talent recruitment targets for public institutions relocating their headquarters).

For more detailed information regarding the second half new employee recruitment, please refer to the announcement posted on the website.

A KORAIL official stated, “We will strictly comply with government quarantine guidelines and actively respond to prevent the spread of infectious diseases while conducting the recruitment process. We will also make every effort to ensure that talents needed by KORAIL are selected through a fair recruitment process.”

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