The Top 2 Preferred Companies for Job Seekers Are Samsung Electronics and SKT... IT Sector Dominates

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[Asia Economy Reporter Oh Su-yeon] Among the top 10 companies where job seekers want to work, six are IT companies.

Job Planet announced the "Top 10 Companies People Want to Work for in 2022" on the 16th.

This survey was conducted among 1,013 members who set their status as job seekers on Job Planet. They were presented with a list of 50 major companies and asked to select up to three, or to write in companies not on the list in an open-ended format.

The ranking of the "Top Companies People Want to Work for in 2022" is as follows: ▲Samsung Electronics ▲SK Telecom ▲Naver ▲Kakao ▲Hyundai Motor ▲Toss ▲LG Chem ▲Google Korea ▲Line ▲Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO).

Samsung Electronics (35.24%) and SK Telecom (30.50%) each received over 30% of the votes, ranking first and second respectively. Naver ranked third with 29.41%. Including SK Telecom and Naver, six IT companies made it into the top 10: Kakao at 4th, Toss at 6th, Google Korea at 8th, and Line at 9th, confirming the popularity of IT companies in the junior recruitment market.

When asked about preferred company conditions with multiple responses allowed, 77.98% of respondents chose "companies with good treatment conditions such as salary and welfare." 66.04% selected "companies that allow work-life balance such as leaving work on time and using annual leave," and 37.51% chose "companies that enable rapid personal growth through promotion and self-development."

Responses regarding work values provided insight into the criteria job seekers use when choosing a workplace these days. For the statement "It is important to have management that can be respected," 31.49% answered "yes," 38.10% "no," and 30.40% "does not matter," showing similar proportions. However, for the statement "I do not want to work at a company with owner risk," 70.28% responded positively with "yes."

The statement with the highest positive response rate was "I do not want to work at a company where workplace harassment such as sexual harassment or assault has occurred," with 88.75% answering "yes."

The statement with the highest negative response rate was "If leaving work on time is guaranteed, I can tolerate restrictions on vacation use." 63.17% of all respondents answered "no." For the statements "If retirement age is guaranteed, I can give up other conditions" and "If salary or welfare conditions are met, company culture does not matter," 56.56% also chose "no."

A Job Planet official commented on the survey results, saying, "Compared to past surveys, the major preferred companies have not changed significantly, but the number of open-ended responses has increased," and interpreted this as "individual values becoming more diverse, resulting in a wider variety of top choices in people's minds." Therefore, they added, "To reduce the risk of early resignation, it is important to find companies that match one's criteria from the job search stage, and companies also need strategies to expose their competitiveness from multiple angles."

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