Topic for 8월 24일 ^^-----오셔요....꼭.....^^

[Anna(지현)]

Dear Lovely Members,

Nowadays, I am little bit depressed,

I overwork almost everyday, agonize over a difficult decision and have few things to enjoy.

I'm afraid if I lose a laugh. So, I really miss MASATO. ^^ (<- Isn't this comment good source for generating scandle???)

But I chose to keep my chin up !!!

Friends!

Fight! Tolerate! & Win!! ^^-------Anna

More Young Adults Give Up Job-Seeking

By Lee Hyo-sik
Staff Reporter

Hwang Tae-hee, 29, who graduated from university five years ago, is still out of work even though she has applied to over 100 companies and has had numerous interviews over the past two years.

She neither went abroad to study foreign languages nor worked as an intern because she studied for three years after school to become a certificated public accountant. Following one failure after another, she has now given up looking for work and spends most of her time at home, reading books and doing household chores.

Like Hwang, a growing number of people in their late 20s and early 30s are giving up seeking jobs as businesses here become more reluctant to hire new workers amid an uncertain economic outlook, failing to create the kind of jobs sought after by young adults.

According to the National Statistical Office (NSO) Tuesday, the number of people giving up job-seeking reached 120,000 in July, up 16,100 from a year earlier. The number has increased at a faster pace this year as companies have failed to generate sufficient jobs.

The number of openings last month was 153,000, below the government target of 200,000 for the fifth consecutive month. Sluggish private consumption has hit the services sector hard, making more businesses unwilling to employ new workers. The housing market slump has also made builders reluctant to carry out construction projects and hire workers.

People giving up job seeking are classified as part of the economically inactive population that refers to those who are neither working nor looking for a job because of housekeeping, childcare, old age, study, health problems or other reasons. The jobless, however, are tallied as part of the economically active population, along with the employed.

``People discontinuing job hunting are those who sought work in the past year but could not find work. They then become frustrated with the job market and abandon their search all together. They could be called disappointed jobless,'' an NSO official said.

He said the majority are dependent on family members with regular incomes, adding many choose not to accept jobs that do not meet their expectations even though they are unemployed.

The number of ``decent'' jobs, which offer high salaries and good job security, has decreased, with these types of jobs becoming harder to come by because of intensifying competition among college graduates and workers.

Local manufacturers have generated fewer decent jobs as the economy has become more capital and technology oriented, and companies have expanded operations overseas rather than here. Instead, a number of manual and low paying positions in the services sector have been created.

``There are more women than men who give up seeking jobs, dealing a harder blow to women,'' the official said.

The number of men who stopped looking for jobs stood at 65,000 in July, down 1,100 from a year ago, falling for the fourth consecutive month, according to the statistical office. About 55,000 women gave up searching for employment, up 17,2000 from the previous year, and rising for the fifth straight month.

leehs@koreatimes.co.kr

Discussion;

    1. How are you today? Anything special?

2. “Job seeking” has been longtime intractable problem. Many job seekers are struggling with landing a good job. But some CEOs of medium and small companies say that it is difficult for them to find “ right people” .  Where do you think all these differences in standpoint came from?

3.       Do you have any episode or unforgettable memory while finding full-time job or part-time job?

4.       From the above article you can fine the statements  ``There are more women than men who give up seeking jobs, dealing a harder blow to women,''

Do you agree with this? Why? Or Why not?

5.  Do you think age really matters in finding jobs? Why or why not?

6.       What do you think the most important qualification that employer wants their potential employees to have? For example, outstanding computer skills, good personality…etc.

7.       Do you think “studying abroad” or “working as an intern” are really advantageous in job-seeking?

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[하이지니(박민정)]

수고하셨어요~ 참석

[June(최현경)]

Hi~ I hope that you will feel better. ^^ Thank you for your topic. It is also a hot issue. I watched a program (of course, ebs e-knowledge) yesterday. It was about contract workers.

[siron(장영일)]

우~~ ㅜㅜ 완전 내 이야기다... ㅠㅠ 참석요... ㅋㅋ

[동희]

참석.ㅋㅋ

[마쏴토(우)]

first of all, thanx ann(a) kkk, for posting a hot issue for all of us, n mentioning my name MaSaTo in front of all kkk again.. it will be happy time upcoming sunday thanks to ur topic, also i'm glad that there is someone who misses me. when one feels depressed.. kk go for it.. n i'll catch u soon...

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