Looking for Jobs Remotely? Busan City Hosts the '2021 Online Job Fair'

May 24 - June 4 Online Application, Video Interview, and Side Events Entirely Online

Video Support Center Operation, AI Video Consulting Support ... Hiring Incentive 1 Million Won per Person

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yong-woo] In the COVID-19 era, a job fair in the Busan area to overcome employment stagnation will be held online.

Busan City (Mayor Park Hyung-jun) announced on the 20th that it will hold the "2021 Busan Online Job Fair" for two weeks from May 24 to June 4, together with the Busan Regional Employment and Labor Office and BNK Busan Bank to revitalize the local employment market.

Now in its second year, the online job fair will be conducted with much more diverse and abundant content than last year.

The online platform functions from the previous year have been greatly improved by adding a job information search function. Customized job information can now be provided to job seekers, and for user convenience, a 24-hour video interview test function has been added to allow pre-adjustment of equipment such as microphones and screens, providing enhanced services.

The main services include ▲operating recruitment booths for 155 companies categorized by themes such as excellent employment companies, food safety companies, tourism & MICE, IT professionals, shipbuilding & automobile industries in the Busan area ▲real-time employment lectures via Busan City's official YouTube ▲real-time recruitment briefings ▲live overseas employment briefings (talk concerts, country-specific overseas employment strategy lectures), etc.

On May 26 and June 2, real-time recruitment briefings will be held with participation from Busan Transportation Corporation, Busan Urban Corporation, Korean Film Council, BNK Busan Bank, and Dongseong Motors Co., Ltd.

Through live employment lectures by professional instructors on National Competency Standards (NCS)-based blind recruitment and AI interview strategies, job seekers can obtain vivid employment information.

For the first time this year, real-time overseas employment briefings will be held on May 27 and 28, featuring talk concerts with overseas company HR managers and country-specific overseas employment strategy lectures by experienced overseas workers and employees of global companies.

Job seekers can access the fair’s website to apply online and participate in video recruitment interviews, and receive video employment consulting (counseling) support such as AI-based self-introduction letter writing and competency testing services.

Additionally, to support job seekers who have difficulty accessing online services, 18 video interview support centers will be separately operated at district and county employment information centers.

Participating companies can receive BNK Busan Bank recruitment incentives of 1 million KRW per hired employee, up to 5 employees, as well as online video consulting by certified labor attorneys, application agency services for employment support projects, and support for creating corporate promotional card news (around 5 pages).

Job seekers can apply online starting May 24, and detailed information can be found on the fair’s website, "Busan Online Job Fair."

Last year, Busan City was the first metropolitan local government nationwide to hold an online job fair in the second half of the year, conducting a fully non-face-to-face event including job applications, video interviews, and side events.

156 local companies participated, over 2,400 people applied, and 943 were successfully employed. Among them, 156 were hired through direct support such as video interviews at the fair, and the remaining 787 found jobs through individual job-seeking activities.

Mayor Park Hyung-jun of Busan said, "Amid ongoing economic difficulties due to COVID-19, the most urgent task to overcome this is jobs," adding, "We are pouring administrative capabilities into job creation through government-industry-academia cooperation to make Busan a city where young people do not leave and return."

The mayor also said, "I hope participants in the fair find good jobs despite difficulties and gain useful information through various side events."

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