855 Final Passers for National Public Officials Grade 7... Female Ratio Increased by 7%P to 42.1%

Average Age 27.7 Years... Including 2 People in Their 50s

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[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Junran] This year, 855 candidates have been finally selected in the open competitive recruitment examination for the 7th-grade national public officials. The proportion of female successful candidates, which had significantly dropped last year, increased by 7 percentage points, reaching the highest level in the past five years.

The Ministry of Personnel Management announced the final list of successful candidates for the 7th-grade national public officials on the 13th. Among them, 638 passed in the administrative category, and 217 in the technical category. Of these, 42 were selected through the recruitment quota for persons with disabilities.

The average age of the successful candidates was 27.7 years, similar to last year's 27.6 years. By age group, candidates in their 20s were the most numerous with 657 (76.8%), followed by 176 in their 30s (20.6%), and 20 in their 40s (2.3%). Two candidates aged 50 or older also passed.

The proportion of female successful candidates was 42.1% of the total, amounting to 360 individuals, which is 7.2 percentage points higher than last year. This marks the highest rate in the past five years. Previously, the rates were 39.3% in 2018, 38.1% in 2019, 41.5% in 2020, and 34.9% in 2021.

The additional successful candidates under the gender equality recruitment target system numbered 18. This system allows additional candidates of the underrepresented gender to be selected if their proportion among the expected successful candidates is less than 30%. Accordingly, there were 5 additional male and 13 additional female successful candidates this year.

Similarly, under the local talent recruitment target system, which adds successful candidates if local talents constitute less than 30% of the expected successful candidates, 16 additional candidates were selected.

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