KOTRA Holds 'Foreign Investment Companies Recruitment Briefing' Tour at 13 Universities

[Asia Economy Reporter Suyeon Woo] KOTRA announced on the 26th that it will hold a large-scale foreign-invested company (FIC) recruitment briefing tour at 13 universities.

Starting with the first briefing at Chung-Ang University on the 27th of this month, a total of 16 sessions will be held until June 4th, with 13 universities in the Seoul metropolitan area participating, including Korea University, Hanyang University, and Ewha Womans University. The participating companies are 16 excellent foreign-invested companies with hiring plans, such as IKEA Korea, ABB Power Grid, and DHL Korea.

The briefings will be conducted as online webinars, proceeding in the order of a special employment lecture by KOTRA staff on working at foreign-invested companies, followed by 2 to 3 company-specific recruitment briefings (40 minutes per company). KOTRA is responsible for recruiting companies, while the universities handle student recruitment. If the response from companies and students is positive, the event will be regularized as a semiannual event.

Jang Sang-hyun, CEO of KOTRA Invest Korea, said, "Foreign-invested companies provide quality jobs and employ more than 760,000 people, accounting for 5.4% of total employment," adding, "We will continue to develop and promote projects that introduce excellent foreign-invested companies to job seekers."

KOTRA Foreign-Invested Companies Recruitment Fair Detailed Schedule / Data=KOTRA

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