By Hong Angie

Video = KOTRA's official YouTube channel  

The country's largest job fair slated for later this month in Seoul will offer opportunities for youth both from home and abroad.

At COEX Mall in Seoul's Gangnam-gu District, the 2024 Global Talent Fair will run from Aug. 27-28 under the joint organization of the Human Resources Development Service of Korea (HRD Korea), Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA), National Institute for International Education, Seoul Metropolitan Government and Seocho-gu Office.

Hosted by the Ministry of Employment and Labor and Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, the event will offer opportunities for Korean youth to work abroad or at foreign-invested companies at home and for domestic companies to hire international students.

A combined 421 domestic and overseas businesses will take part in this year's event: 143 from overseas, 171 at home with foreign investment and 107 domestic that wish to hire employees from abroad. 

Among the participating foreign-invested companies, 30.8% seek personnel in sales and operations, 26.5% in engineering, and 22.7% in management and marketing, according to a survey. 

Among domestic businesses wishing to hire international students, 33.6% want staff in information and communications technology (ICT) and software, 29% in sales and operations, 18.7% in engineering, and 18.7% in management and marketing.

This year's event added a recruitment hall for high-tech industries featuring 69 cutting-edge companies in six sectors: semiconductors, future cars, ICT and software, biotechnology, secondary batteries and displays. The highest demand is for staff in engineering, management and marketing, and sales and operations.

Youth who wish to work abroad can get interviews and employment counseling at recruiting booths. Employment services will include a "job concert," in which jobseekers can learn more about jobs, employment success studies and one-on-one critiques of their resumes.

Admission to the two-day fair is done by submitting the required documents on-site on the third floor of COEX Mall.

More information on the fair is available on its official website (http://globaltalentfair.kotra.biz).

"I expect the Global Talent Fair to serve as a bridge to connect talented youth in Korea with international companies seeking staff," HRD Korea Chairman Lee Woo-young said. "I ask for many youth to take interest and participate in the fair to get diverse and useful data on overseas employment."

This is the official promotional poster of the 2024 Global Talent Fair. (HRD Korea)