Foreign residents can also apply for job-seeking program by Korean Job Center

Job Center of the Korean Ministry of Employment and Labor offers many programs to support Koreans seeking jobs. Currently, there is no separate program for foreign residents. However, foreign residents with visas such as F-2, F-4, F-5 and F6 are eligible to receive the counseling from Employment team of the Job center. 

 

                          

                                                     [Photo: Entrance gate of Employment Team located on the 5th floor of

                                                                       Job Center , Western Seoul]

 

 The job application procedure starts with showing a valid alien registration card. After receiving the counseling, job seeking application should be submitted to the Employment center for the counseling. The applicant should write down his/her information such as qualification, staff experience, field, salary expectations and other details.  

 

 Around 14:30 on April 11, a 29-year-old Indian student in Korea a 34-year-old Bangladeshi student visited the Employment team located on 5^th floor of Job Center, Western Seoul and applied for job-seeking program. The resumes of the two were uploaded on www.work.go.kr and recommended two staff companies to the Bangladeshi foreign student based on his profile. One of the staffs said that there have been few matches between foreign applicants and companies, but if they keep applying through carious job portals, they will get good results.

 

 Applicants cannot register or upload their resumes by themselves on worknet.go.kr unlike other job portals such as Saramin and Jobkorea. Only the staff of Job center can do. If the resume is registered on the website, they can see job advertisements on not only worknet but other job portals at the same time, It is noteworthy that there are 44 Job centers Korea and 7 out of them are located in Seoul. 

 

 The number of foreigners residing in Korea is increasing day by day and accordingly the number of foreigners with resident visa has also increased in the last few years. The foreigners with resident visa are eligible to apply for jobs in Korea but they are facing difficulties in seeking jobs. The Indian student said , “ If Job Center organizes diverse programs for foreign residents, they can be a great help to foreign job seekers”.

SGC Correspondent, Sanjay Kumar