First Financial Sector IT Talent Recruitment Fair to Promote High School Graduate Hiring

Over 200 Banking HR Managers and Vocational High School Employment Officers Attend

The Financial Services Commission announced on the 24th that it will hold a 'Financial IT Talent Recruitment Briefing Session' on the afternoon of the 25th at the International Conference Hall of the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Jung-gu, Seoul. About 200 people, including HR managers from banks and employment officers from vocational high schools, will attend this briefing session.

At this briefing session, major banks and educational institutions such as vocational high schools specializing in finance and IT will participate to share their current status regarding talent development and recruitment, and discuss ways to strengthen cooperation between financial companies and educational institutions.

On the 9th, officials were busy moving in the corridor of the Financial Services Commission at the Government Seoul Office in Jongno-gu, Seoul, where the financial authorities decided to include mortgage loans (Judaemae) in the 'debt refinancing' infrastructure scheduled to be launched in May by the end of the year. The financial authorities explained that they aim to reduce the interest burden on mortgage loans by establishing a debt refinancing platform that allows users to compare financial sector loan interest rates at a glance and switch loans easily. Photo by Dongju Yoon doso7@

First, the financial sector will provide employment information such as the current status of finance and IT-related jobs at each company, the desired talent profile for recruitment, and the 2023 recruitment plans, as well as support and development programs after employment. In addition, they will introduce real employment experiences and successful recruitment cases of financial sector employees selected through the high school graduate recruitment process, cooperating to offer more practical advice and support to students at each school who wish to work in the financial sector.

Educational institutions will share the current status of school education that cultivates finance and IT talents and provide information on job matching support policies to help financial companies that wish to recruit high school graduate talents select and place excellent talents appropriately.

Choi Chang-ik, Director of Lifelong Vocational Education Policy at the Ministry of Education, stated, "We hope that this briefing session will revitalize the recruitment of high school graduate talents in the financial sector, which has been subdued due to the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic, and we will further strengthen support for vocational high schools to nurture outstanding talents."

Yoo Jae-hoon, Director of the Financial Consumer Bureau at the Financial Services Commission, said, "With the recent digital innovation, the demand for personnel in new financial sectors such as financial IT is increasing, so it is necessary to actively secure and cultivate related personnel," adding, "We expect that financial-education collaboration like this briefing session will contribute to resolving the job mismatch in the financial sector."