Job Search Overview

The most effective way to get a job in Korea is through personal connections and recommendations. Expatriates often find this type of interpersonal recommendation difficult to obtain, so information about networking organizations is important, as are other methods of finding jobs in South Korea, such as recruiters and governmental employment agencies. An applicant who already has a specific idea of where he/she would like to work can also apply to companies directly. Many companies give information about job vacancies and job requirements on their websites.

Online Job Sites

Career.co.kr
http://www.career.co.kr/ (Korean)
This is a major online job site. All content is in Korean.

Craigslist Seoul
http://seoul.craigslist.org/
This is a huge bulletin board where people can look for houses, buy and sell things, seek partners of all kinds, post jokes, hunt for jobs, or rant and rave about random things. Currently Craigslist has 99 city sites around the world, drawing 7.5 million users and 1.8 billion page views per month. The Seoul website, offered only in English, began operation in February 2005.

Nate
http://www.nate.com/ (Korean)
This is a major online job site. All content is in Korean.