Aged jobseekers fill in resumes at a job truthful in Seoul, Nov. 21, 2024. Yonhap
Individuals of their 60s or older searching for jobs elevated final yr regardless of a decline in all different age teams, knowledge confirmed Sunday.
A complete of 4,525,456 new job purposes had been posted on government-run employment web site Worknet in 2024, marking a 5.3 p.c decline from a yr earlier, in keeping with knowledge from the Korea Employment Data Service.
Of them, job seekers of their 20s accounted for the most important portion with 1,074,842 new fillings, adopted by these of their 60s or older with 962,173 circumstances.
The variety of senior job seekers marked a 0.3 p.c on-year enhance, whereas respective figures for all different age teams fell.
Particularly, the quantity for individuals of their 40s dropped by a whopping 12.9 p.c, the information confirmed.
The rise within the variety of senior job seekers was attributed to rising older inhabitants amid the growing old of society, in addition to a rising variety of seniors eager to proceed working.
Seniors additionally tended to search for jobs extra ceaselessly as lots of them labored momentary jobs in contrast with youthful generations.
In the meantime, the variety of seniors who obtained unemployment advantages ratcheted up together with their activeness within the job market, with recipients of their 60s or older accounting for 26.4 p.c of the full in 2024, in contrast with 20.6 p.c in 2020. (Yonhap)
