Seoul City Announces First New Public Official Recruitment Exam of the Year... 2,144 Final Selections

Seoul City confirmed and announced the final successful candidates for the '2023 1st Seoul Metropolitan Government Local Civil Service Examination' totaling 2,144 on the 13th.

The final successful candidates were selected through the interview exam held in August from among 2,593 candidates who passed the written exam of the Grade 9 open competitive recruitment exam for general positions conducted on June 10.

Among the 2,144 candidates, 2,139 are Grade 9 and 5 are Grade 8 (nursing positions). By job category, there are 1,305 administrative positions and 839 technical positions. The gender composition was 990 males (46.2%) and 1,154 females (53.8%), with a higher female ratio similar to the previous year.

By age group, those in their 20s accounted for the majority with 1,177 (54.9%), followed by 706 in their 30s (32.9%), 211 in their 40s (9.8%), 47 in their 50s (2.2%), and 3 in their teens (0.1%). The youngest successful candidate was a male born in 2005 for the Grade 9 Forest Resources position, and the oldest successful candidate was a male born in 1965, also for the Grade 9 Forest Resources position.

To expand public service opportunities for socially disadvantaged groups, the city conducted separate recruitment for low-income examinees apart from general applicants, and 147 candidates, accounting for 6.9% of the total successful candidates in this open competitive exam, passed.

Meanwhile, the Seoul City 2nd recruitment written exam, which will publicly hire 264 candidates including Grade 7 general administrative positions, is scheduled to be held on October 28. A total of 14,062 applicants registered, resulting in a competition ratio of 53.3:1. The final successful candidates will be announced on December 29.

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