Financial Services Commission Hosts '2021 Joint Financial Sector Job Fair'..."Opening Youth Dreams Through Finance"

Participation of 55 Companies, Conducting Non-Face-to-Face Interviews and Recruitment Consultations

[Asia Economy Reporter Kwangho Lee] The Financial Services Commission announced that the joint recruitment fair for the financial sector will be held online in a non-face-to-face format over two days, on the 8th and 9th.

This fair is hosted by six financial associations including the Korea Federation of Banks, Korea Financial Investment Association, Korea Life Insurance Association, Korea Non-Life Insurance Association, Korea Credit Finance Association, and Korea Federation of Savings Banks, with participation from 55 financial institutions. It began in 2017 and is now in its fifth year.

The opening ceremony was held with only a small number of guests attending in consideration of social distancing measures.

In his opening remarks, Kwangsoo Kim, Chairman of the Korea Federation of Banks, stated, "The financial sector plans to continue efforts to create jobs in the real economy by discovering new jobs suited to the changing financial environment and providing financial support to new growth and innovative companies."

Yoon Jaeok, Chairman of the National Assembly's Political Affairs Committee, said in his congratulatory speech, "Despite COVID-19, I appreciate the financial sector for holding this fair to help youth employment," and added, "I hope that through recruiting young talent, a virtuous cycle of financial industry development, corporate growth, and job creation will be achieved."

Seungbeom Go, Chairman of the Financial Services Commission, urged everyone to work together so that digital transformation can positively affect job conditions in the financial sector. Chairman Go said, "We plan to continuously innovate regulations and systems so that the financial sector can create good jobs through competition and innovation," and requested, "As the financial environment rapidly changes and uncertainty grows, recruiting talented personnel is the most certain value investment, so please pay special attention to hiring new staff."

He also expressed hope that "this fair will be a place that opens the dreams of young people."

At this fair, 41 financial companies will hold online briefings by sector. These can also be viewed through the fair’s website.

Additionally, six financial associations and current bank employees will hold a 'Current Employee Talk Concert' introducing their employment strategies, company characteristics, and job details.

Furthermore, six banks including KEB Hana Bank, NongHyup Bank, Shinhan Bank, Woori Bank, Hana Bank, and KB Kookmin Bank will conduct one-on-one non-face-to-face interviews over the two days. Outstanding interviewees (about 30%) will be granted exemption from the first document screening in future open recruitment.

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