Announcement of 291 Successful Candidates for Seoul City Open and Experienced Public Officials ... 51.2% Women

[Asia Economy Reporter Jo In-kyung] The Seoul Metropolitan Government finalized and announced the list of 291 successful candidates for the "2020 3rd Open Competitive and Career Competitive Recruitment Examination" on the 30th.

For this year's 3rd exam, although a total of 284 candidates were originally planned to be selected across 35 recruitment units, due to tied scores and the application of the gender equality acceptance system, the final number of successful candidates was decided to be 291, which is 7 more than planned.

The successful candidates passed the written exam held on October 17 and the interview exams from December 9 to 15, overcoming an average competition rate of 62.0 to 1 to achieve final acceptance.

Among the successful candidates, 149 were women, accounting for 51.2%, and by age group, those in their 20s were the largest group with 181 candidates, making up 61.2%.

Additionally, the oldest successful candidate was 48 years old, who applied for the General Civil Engineering Grade 7 position, and the youngest was 18 years old, who passed the Electrical Facilities (High School Graduate) Grade 9 position.

By region, the highest number of successful candidates was from the Seoul area with 56.4% (164 people), followed by Gyeonggi with 23.0% (67 people), and Incheon with 2.7% (8 people).

Notably, among the total 3,229 successful candidates from the 1st to 3rd Seoul Metropolitan Government recruitment exams this year, 1,888 candidates, or 58.5%, were from the Seoul area, which is an increase of 30.1 percentage points from 28.4% in 2018 before the exam dates were unified with other cities and provinces.

Seoul plans to conduct two regular open recruitments next year, with written exam dates scheduled for June 5 and October 16, 2021.

Han Young-hee, Director of the Seoul Metropolitan Government Talent Recruitment Division, said, "Through this recruitment exam, we have recruited talented individuals who possess both expertise and suitability for public service across various fields," adding, "In 2021, we will maintain a fair and transparent recruitment process and develop a system that can hire progressive public officials to lead Seoul's administration."

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