321 Final Successful Candidates for 5th Grade Civil Service Exam... 39.6% Women

Oldest Successful Candidate Born in 1979... Average Age of Successful Candidates 26.5 Years

[Asia Economy Reporter Ryu Jeong-min] A total of 321 final successful candidates for the 2021 national civil service level 5 open competitive recruitment exam have been selected. The proportion of female successful candidates was 39.6%, an increase of 3.5 percentage points compared to last year.

The Ministry of Personnel Management announced on the 17th through the Cyber National Examination Center the 321 final successful candidates of the 2021 level 5 open competitive recruitment exam, which began in March. For administrative positions, 8,780 candidates took the exam, and 240 were finally selected. For technical positions, 1,768 candidates took the exam, and 81 were finally selected.

The number of female successful candidates is 127, accounting for 39.6% of the total successful candidates. This is an increase of 3.5 percentage points from 36.1% last year.

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The average age of the final successful candidates was 26.5 years, similar to last year's 26.7 years. The average age for administrative positions was 26.5 years.

The Ministry of Personnel Management explained, "The age distribution was 25-29 years at 66.2% (159 people), 20-24 years at 23.3% (56 people), 30-34 years at 8.8% (21 people), and 35 years or older at 1.7% (4 people)."

The average age of successful candidates for technical positions was 26.7 years, 0.5 years younger than last year's 27.2 years. The Ministry explained, "The age distribution was 25-29 years at 63.0% (51 people), 20-24 years at 23.4% (19 people), 30-34 years at 11.1% (9 people), and 35 years or older at 2.5% (2 people)."

The oldest successful candidate for administrative positions was born in 1979 (1 person), and the youngest was born in 2000 (1 person). For technical positions, the oldest was born in 1984 (1 person), and the youngest were born in 1999 (3 people). Due to the application of the local talent recruitment quota system to expand local talent's entry into public service, 3 additional candidates passed, including 2 for general administration (nationwide) and 1 for general mechanical engineering.

The Ministry explained, "Under the gender equality recruitment quota system, which applies when the successful candidates of one gender are less than 30% of the expected number of successful candidates, additional candidates of the underrepresented gender were selected. A total of 14 additional candidates passed, including 11 women and 3 men, in fields such as finance (11), international trade (1), general mechanical engineering (1), and architecture (nationwide) (1)."

Meanwhile, the final successful candidates must register as recruitment candidates at the Cyber National Examination Center between the 18th and 23rd.

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