Korean Job Index Research (2015)

Korean Job Index Research (2015) Han Sang Geun, Chang Hea Jung, Joohee Chang, Hyun-Jin Jang, Soorin Yoon. Ⅰ. Research Background and Purpose 1. Research Background ◦ Globally, rapid developments in science & technology have induced changes in the job world. Aside from science & technology, other changes in energy and environment, as well as the progression of globalization have created new jobs, and the presence of existing jobs has also transformed. ◦ According to preliminary research on Korean workers, the status of professional jobs such as lawyers, accountants, real estate appraisal experts, reporters, and editorialists is expected to weaken. - However, the severe lack of comparative research on occupation statuses between Korea and other leading countries poses a problem. ◦ The government is promoting and developing new jobs following the driving strategies of the national agenda on customized employment and welfare and is pushing for policies that create high value-added social services. - However, due to the absence of research on development strategies and analysis of occupation statuses in Korea from an international angle, the ability to suggest development strategies for individual jobs is limited. ◦ Therefore, this project was conducted in support of people’s career choice and lifelong skills development, and to pioneer the research on the current status and issues of major countries such as Korea, USA, Germany, and Japan.. 2. Research Purpose ◦ This research analyzes the current status and problems of occupations in Korea through a comparison with major developed countries and provides policy suggestions, with the following results: - Refined the direction of work-related policy to nurture high value-added social service, which is the national agenda. - Used as basic data to create government policies on education and labor supply &.

demand, including management of departments of educational institutions, navigation of the direction of development on qualifications, and of course designs in training institutions, among others. ◦ This study was aimed at producing an occupational index of major occupations in countries including Korea, USA, Germany, and Japan, and analyzing job-related issues such as skills, work, balance of work and family life, short term labor, qualification, and training based on workers survey, thereby drawing policy suggestions.. Ⅱ. Main Results 1. Method of Study □ The main research methods used in this study include literature review, surveys, expert advisory meetings, and seminars. Surveys in particular are core to this study. ◦ An investigation targeting major job holders in Korea, USA, Germany, and Japan is conducted to produce an occupational index. - The survey was web-based, and the target number of respondents from the four countries was 4,000. The survey period was from May 19 to July 8 in 2015.. 2. Analysis of the Basic Occupational Index in Selected Countries □ In Korea, the top five jobs in terms of reward, consisting of wages and benefits, include lawyers, specialist doctors, accountants, education administrators, and electrical engineering technicians, in order. ◦ The top five careers in the United States are formed in the same manner as in Korea. In Germany, electrical engineering technicians, specialist doctors, lawyers, reporters, and web developers consist of the top five, in order. In Japan, specialist doctors, education administrators, lawyers, reporters, and accountants appear to be in the top five, in order. □ In Korea, top five jobs in terms of demand include nurses, electrical engineering technicians, truck operators, social workers, and web developers, in order. ◦ In the United States, elementary school teachers replaced social workers in the top five high-demand careers. In Germany, job demand is ranked in the order of web developer, metalworking machine operator, nurse, social worker, and insurance agent. In Japan, specialist doctors, stores salesmen, lawyers, nurses, and reporters, in order, appeared to be the jobs with highest demand..

□ Jobs with high indicators of employment stability in Korea ranked in order of lawyers, elementary school teachers, social workers, specialist doctors, and nurses. ◦ Japan showed a similar trend as Korea, but nurses replaced reporters in the top five. In the United States, elementary school teachers, carpenters, specialist doctors, schoolteachers, accountants, and secretaries, in order, indicated high employment stability. In Germany, the top five consisted of nurses, elementary school teachers, specialist doctors, accountants, and hairdressers, in order. □ In Korea, jobs with high indicators of potential prospect are in the order of web developer, electrical engineering technician, elementary school teacher, fashion designer, and education administrator. ◦ The results in the United States were noticeably different than that in Korea. Possibility for development was highest in the order of electrical engineering technician, accountant, lawyer, social worker, and specialist doctor. In Germany, web developers, nurses, electrical engineering technicians, specialist doctors, and hairdressers occupied the top five. □ Looking at the overall basic index levels of 20 professions for each nation, lawyers, specialist doctors, elementary school teachers, education administrators, and accountants consisted of the top 5 in Korea. ◦ Electrical engineering technicians ranked third in the United States, and elementary school teachers were pushed out of the top five. In Japan, while reporters occupied fifth place, accountants did not make the cut. In Germany, electrical engineering technicians, web developers, education administrators, and insurance agents consisted of the top 5. □ National differences by occupational groups were greater in clerical · service and blue-collar jobs than in professional · managerial jobs. ◦ In the case of clerical · service careers, the basic occupational indices were lowest for Korean job holders in areas such as developmental possibility, working conditions, and professional expertise. Korea and Japan placed relatively low in most areas, and performed especially poor in employment stability compared to Germany and USA.. Ⅲ. Policy Suggestions □ Policy to construct quality jobs and raise vocational skill levels ◦ Identify and accordingly systemize necessary skills for individual jobs, and invest in increased opportunities and the construction of an environment where workers can develop their vocational skills.

□ Policy to improve professionalism for clerical · service jobs ◦ Expand professional vocational training for clerical· service career entrants, record their qualification acquisition process, and create a post-qualification acquisition maintenance plan for systematic management □ Policy regarding index of work-family life balance ◦ Reform the counterproductive culture of workplace meetings, and propose company site improvements to raise overall efficiency by introducing changes such as intensive workhours □ Policy regarding index of short-term employment ◦ Provide workplace wages and consulting fees and create a legal system or policy to increase the demand for short-term employment □ Policy to improve the effectiveness of tertiary level VET ◦ Clearly predict the labor supply & demand in current and future industries, and actively reflect the information in higher education curriculums - Build cooperation between ministries and agencies to improve the effectiveness of VET in higher education, and thoroughly manage the quality of VET programs in order to raise the adaptability of VET to work.