Kookmin Bank to Hold KB Good Job Employment Fair Until the 12th

"11 Years with the People, KB Good Job Will Continue to Be Your Strength!"

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Sun-mi] KB Kookmin Bank announced on the 1st that it will hold the '2021 2nd KB Good Job Ontact Job Fair,' which anyone in the nation can participate in anytime and anywhere through the KB Good Job website and mobile app until the 12th.

Marking its 20th event, the ‘KB Good Job Job Fair’ is the largest single-scale job fair in Korea with a total cumulative visitor count of about 730,000. So far, approximately 3,900 recruiting companies have participated, and this job fair also attracted 350 companies in the final lineup, making it a great success from the preparation stage.

This job fair expanded job seekers' choices by securing excellent companies including ▲ outstanding companies recommended by KB Kookmin Bank, as well as ‘Innovative Companies National Representatives 1000’ leading the K-New Deal sector ▲ startups nurtured by KB Financial Group called ‘KB Starters’ ▲ and large company partners recommended by the Fair Trade Commission’s Win-Win Growth Committee, which are promising companies with high future growth potential. Moreover, through collaboration with major metropolitan governments such as Seoul, Busan, Gwangju, Incheon, Daegu, and Ulsan, a nationwide promotional effort was made to create a ‘meeting place’ where job seekers and recruiting companies from across the country can communicate in one place.

To increase the employment success rate of participating job seekers, the fair operates programs such as ▲ ‘Mock Interview Experience’ where job seekers can receive consulting on interview answers, eye contact, and speech, which is essential nowadays with video interviews ▲ ASMR content to help job seekers focus and relax ▲ special lectures on job recommendations and interview strategies based on MBTI types ▲ ‘Customized Job Posting Recommendations’ that suggest jobs and job fair recruitment announcements matching individual personality and interest types ▲ online employment consulting conducted by professional employment consultants including company and job analysis, self-introduction letter, and AI interview consulting ▲ ‘PR Challenge’ introducing excellent small and medium-sized enterprises with good salaries and welfare unknown to job seekers ▲ and ‘KB Soho Consulting’ providing comprehensive consulting for job seekers dreaming of starting a business.

KB Kookmin Bank offers a preferential interest rate program that provides a preferential interest rate within a maximum range of 1.3 percentage points when companies participating in the ‘KB Good Job Job Fair’ apply for new loans at KB Kookmin Bank, and also pays a hiring support fund of 1 million KRW per person (up to 10 million KRW per company) to companies that hire regular employees through the fair.

A KB Kookmin Bank official said, “The KB Good Job Job Fair is a representative social contribution program that aligns with KB Financial Group’s ‘inclusive finance through ESG management’”

and added, “With the advent of With Corona, we will strive to support job creation in various ways for job seekers and recruiting companies.”