MZ Job Preferences, Men "Hynix·LG Energy Solution"... Women "Naver·Kakao"

Commonly, 'Samsung Electronics' Consistently Ranks First

New job seekers ranked 'Samsung Electronics' as the most desired company to work for.

On the 22nd, a survey on 'Preferred Companies for Employment' was conducted by career platform JobKorea and Albamon targeting 1,278 male and female university students and new job seekers currently preparing for employment at large companies in the second half of the year. The results showed that the company new job seekers most want to join is 'Samsung Electronics.' Samsung Electronics ranked first again this year with a response rate of 43.9%, following last year.

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The reasons for choosing Samsung Electronics as the top preferred company to join (multiple responses) included ▲expectation of high salary levels (48.8%) ▲good welfare systems and working environment (47.1%) ▲many excellent employees to learn from (19.6%), among others.

The second place was taken by 'Samsung Biologics (29.7%).' The reasons for choosing it were ▲expectations of high salary (53.9%) and ▲future growth potential (52.9%).

From third place onward, preferences differed by gender. Female job seekers preferred ▲Kakao (17.2%) ▲Naver (17.1%) ▲SK Hynix (10.7%) ▲LG Energy Solution (6.5%) ▲CJ CheilJedang (6.2%) ▲Amorepacific (4.9%) ▲Hyundai Motor Company (4.6%) ▲Samsung SDI (4.3%) in that order. 'Korean Air,' which had been among the top companies female job seekers wanted to work for every year, did not make it into the top 10 in this survey.

Male job seekers chose ▲SK Hynix (14.1%) ▲LG Energy Solution (7.6%) ▲Hyundai Motor Company (7.5%) ▲Naver (7.1%) ▲LG Chem (5.5%) ▲Samsung SDI (4.6%) ▲LG Electronics (4.3%) ▲Kakao (3.5%), among others.

The survey participants consisted of 52.7% female and 47.3% male, and by major, the distribution was ▲Engineering and Science 36.4% ▲Humanities and Social Sciences 24.2% ▲Natural Sciences 16.4% ▲Business Administration 15.6% ▲Arts and Physical Education 5.2%.

Preferred companies also varied by major. Among Arts and Physical Education majors, Kakao (37.3%) ranked first, and other companies such as ▲HYBE (11.9%) and ▲Kakao Pay (9.0%) showed relatively higher preference compared to other majors.

In the Natural Sciences field, companies preferred included ▲LG Chem (4.8%), ▲Celltrion (4.3%), and ▲Hanmi Pharmaceutical (4.3%) at relatively higher rates compared to other majors.

In Humanities and Social Sciences, ▲Amorepacific (5.5%) and ▲CJ CheilJedang (5.2%) were preferred, in Business Administration, ▲LG Energy Solution (9.0%) and ▲Hyundai Motor Company (8.0%), and in Engineering and Science, ▲LG Electronics (5.6%) had relatively higher preference rates.

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