Jeju Job Fair Draws 1,600; 114 Interviewed On-Site by 20 Companies

【Financial News, Jeju = Jeong Yong-bok, reporter】 Around 1,600 Jeju residents attended a job fair connecting local job seekers with businesses. Forty companies, including tourism and lodging businesses, took part, and 114 people had on-site interviews. How many of them will actually find jobs remains a challenge going forward.
According to Jeju Special Self-Governing Province on the 30th, 40 companies, around 20 employment-support agencies and approximately 1,600 residents attended the “2026 Jeju Residents’ Happiness Job Fair,” held on the 29th at Halla Gymnasium in Jeju City.
At the fair, hosted by Jeju Province, half of the participating companies—20 in all—held one-on-one interviews with job seekers on site. The other 20 provided recruitment information and details on working conditions for different positions. A total of 114 people took part in on-site interviews, while 146 received recruitment counseling.
Participating businesses included tourism and lodging companies such as Jeju Dream Tower, Jeju Shinhwa World, Parnas Hotel and Haevichi Hotel & Resort, as well as companies in manufacturing, information and communications, health and welfare. The fair was organized to give visitors a chance to see in one place the hiring needs of Jeju’s key industries and a range of service sectors.
Employment support was also provided for young people, middle-aged adults, women returning to work after career breaks, older adults and people with disabilities. Services included AI-powered career consulting, résumé and interview consultations, interview-suit rentals and résumé photo sessions. Students at specialized high schools were offered a career seminar on recent hiring trends and interview strategies.

The fair took place amid changes in Jeju’s job market. According to the National Data Agency’s September employment trends, the number of employed people in Jeju stood at 415,000, up 12,000 from the same month last year. The employment rate also rose 2.1 percentage points to 71.9%, above the national average of 63.5%.
However, a rising employment rate does not necessarily mean that job seekers’ preferred occupations and companies’ hiring needs are sufficiently aligned. To assess meaningful changes in the local job market, it is necessary to consider not only the number of people employed but also wages, employment arrangements and working conditions that affect how long people stay in their jobs.
Ahn Gyeong-im, director of the Jeju Province Employment Center, said, “We will continue to carefully assess companies’ hiring needs and strengthen the employment support that job seekers need.”


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