
According to a survey by Job Korea, job postings at large companies in the semiconductor and display industries increased by 102% in the third quarter of this year compared to the same period last year, and recruitment movements were also active in other industries such as logistics and transportation (130%) and pharmaceuticals and biotechnology (58%).
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Job Korea is an AI- and data-based HR tech platform that investigated and announced trends in job postings at large companies in the semiconductor and display industries in the third quarter of this year.
Job Korea survey… Logistics/transportation, pharmaceuticals/bio, etc. also increased significantly.
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Lim Seong-ho = Job Korea, an artificial intelligence (AI) and data-based HR tech platform, announced on the 8th that job postings at large companies in the semiconductor and display industries in the third quarter of this year increased by 102% compared to the same period last year.
This includes announcements from affiliates and subsidiaries of large corporations, and the cumulative number of views for these announcements also increased by 64%.
In particular, job postings for experienced positions at major semiconductor companies increased by 157% compared to the same period last year, significantly exceeding the growth rate of new job openings (55%). JobKorea interpreted that as the demand for AI memory grows, companies are placing emphasis on securing human resources that can be immediately deployed to work.
Recruitment activities were also active in other industries. Announcements at large companies in the logistics and transportation industry increased by 130% compared to the same period last year. This appears to be due to the expansion of on-site hiring of personnel at logistics centers and delivery centers, especially at e-commerce logistics companies.
In addition, job postings also increased in the pharmaceutical/bio (58%), construction (37%), and automobile/shipbuilding/steel/aviation (19%) industries.
By job, there was a clear demand for semiconductor-related manpower. Among the cumulative postings at large companies through the third quarter of this year, postings for semiconductor engineers increased by 55%, outpacing the overall growth rate. Job openings for AI/ML (machine learning) engineers (50%) and process engineers (39%) also increased significantly. On the other hand, job postings for web developers, cloud engineers, and app developers decreased compared to last year.
A Job Korea official said, "Job Korea will create synergy with family brands such as Albamon and Job Planet and advance matching services using AI technology to actively support job seekers so that they can find the right job without missing a hiring opportunity."

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