Kwonikwi, Deduction of Consignment Company Contract Payment in Case of Public Institution Recruitment Exam Issues

'Guidelines for Consignment Recruitment Management' Released

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[Asia Economy Reporter Moon Chae-seok] As the number of public institution outsourced recruitment exams increases, guidelines for managing them have been established. Criteria for selecting evaluation committee members have been set, and in cases of management negligence such as errors in question setting, a portion of the contract amount can be deducted.

On the 15th, the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission (ACRC) disclosed the "Public Institution Outsourced Recruitment Management Guidelines" to ensure that public institutions can conduct recruitment fairly when outsourcing recruitment to agencies.

The ACRC previously announced the results of a full survey on public institution recruitment in July, analyzing the status of outsourced recruitment in public institutions.

The analysis showed that outsourced recruitment accounted for about 20% of public institution recruitment in 2019. The outsourced recruitment market size has continuously grown from 2017 to last year.

There have been criticisms that management of outsourced recruitment was inadequate, such as some agencies reusing past exam questions or having non-experts conduct document screening.

In response, the ACRC established guidelines for managing outsourced recruitment in public institutions, presenting requirements that public institutions must follow when outsourcing recruitment to agencies.

First, criteria for selecting evaluation committee members were established to enable the selection of specialized agencies during proposal evaluations. Furthermore, when management negligence issues such as errors in question setting occur, the management responsibility of agencies in the outsourced recruitment process has been strengthened by allowing partial deduction of the contract amount.

Additionally, public institutions are to evaluate the performance capabilities of recruitment agencies and share the results among public institutions to enhance the competitiveness of reliable agencies.

Moreover, when designing outsourced recruitment costs, items that can be settled as actual expenses, such as written exam venue fees or interview committee member allowances, are to be specified in advance to reduce costs.

The ACRC distributed the outsourced recruitment management guidelines to 1,563 institutions including public institutions, local public institutions, and other public-related organizations, and posted them on the ACRC website for recruitment officers to utilize in their work.

The ACRC plans to monitor the use of the guidelines going forward to strengthen fairness in the management of outsourced recruitment in public institutions.

Im Yoon-joo, Director of the Anti-Corruption Bureau at the ACRC, said, "We have established measures to manage outsourced recruitment, which has become a new trend in the public institution recruitment market, laying the foundation to secure fairness in public institution outsourced recruitment."

Director Im added, "We will continue to monitor the evolving public sector recruitment market and improve the system to address unfair aspects so that fair recruitment can be firmly established."

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