"AhnLab and Osstem Hiring"... Largest Ever Mid-Sized Company Job Fair Held

Job seekers attending the Mid-sized Companies Job Fair held at COEX in Seoul on the 21st are lining up to register. Photo by Huh Younghan younghan@

The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy announced on the 21st that it held the '2024 Mid-sized Companies Job Fair' at COEX.

Since 2017, the annual job fair has been the largest employment event for mid-sized companies. This year, through events in the first and second half of the year, about 140 promising mid-sized companies and 7,500 young job seekers participated, making it the largest scale ever. The second half event is scheduled to be held in October (tentative) in Daejeon.

Many mid-sized companies providing quality jobs, such as World Class 300 companies and excellent employment companies, participated in this fair. The list of major participating companies includes AhnLab, Osstem Implant, Sesco, Hanmi Pharmaceutical, and Pulmuone. The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy stated, "More than 1,200 hires are expected through on-site customized programs such as one-on-one recruitment consultations and in-depth interviews."

At the opening ceremony, a memorandum of understanding (MOU) was signed among the Korea Student Aid Foundation, Korea Federation of Mid-sized Companies, and Human Resources Development Service of Korea to solidify cross-ministerial collaboration throughout the entire process of nurturing, hiring, and training excellent talent tailored for mid-sized companies.

At the opening ceremony, Minister An Deok-geun of the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy said, "Mid-sized companies, which account for 13% of total employment, provide quality jobs," and added, "We will actively support the global growth of mid-sized companies and securing excellent talent through a comprehensive cross-ministerial corporate growth ladder plan within the first half of the year."

Minister Lee Jeong-sik of the Ministry of Employment and Labor stated, "We will actively support customized employment services, expansion of work experience opportunities, fair recruitment, and the spread of work-family balance culture so that young people can grow together with mid-sized companies."

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