Half of those in their twenties predicted that their employment situation will deteriorate very much in the future due to the continuing situation of’Corona 19′ (a novel coronavirus infection).
According to the results of “National Recognition of Job Prospects”, a survey of 1,000 men and women aged 18 and over nationwide commissioned by the Korea Economic Research Institute (Kyung-Yeon Han) under the National Federation of Entrepreneurs, 44.6% of all respondents were ‘ It’s very bad.’
Then, 32.7% answered that it was’a little worse.’ Only 8.3% of the total (a little improvement of 5.3%, an improvement of 3.0%) was only 8.3% of the total.
In particular, in the case of respondents in their twenties who are on the job front, the majority (53.2%) said that it would be very deteriorating, and 30.0% said that it was a little worse. 0% of respondents said that it was very improved, representing the gloomy outlook of the youth.
The main cause of the worsening of the employment situation was the continued Corona 19 (45.3%), strengthening corporate regulations by the National Assembly and the government (26.3%), the government’s pro-union policy (10.7%), and poor business performance (10.5%). And the absence of a new growth engine industry (7.2%).
As tasks to improve this, deregulation of companies (24.9%), flexibility in the employment market (21.9%), expansion of public jobs (15.5%), and incentives for companies to increase employment (15.3%) were cited.
By age, a high percentage of those in their 20s supported corporate revitalization policies such as deregulation (25.0%) and increased incentives for employment growth (21.2%). %) was higher than other age groups.
Semiconductor (21.4%) is the industry that is expected to increase jobs most in the future, followed by new businesses such as bio (20.6%).
On the other hand, lodging and restaurants (22.5%) were expected to see fewer jobs, followed by machinery, ships, steel (17.4%), and construction (14.5%).
The prospects for salary were also bleak. Seven out of 10 respondents (68.9%) said that their salary will not rise against inflation.
When asked what is most important for future income growth, they answered in the order of financial technology (32.9%) such as stocks and real estate, strengthening and promoting work capabilities (14.9%), start-up (9.1%), and turnover (7.8%).
“The fact that the people are still forecasting the employment situation negatively despite the atmosphere of COVID-19 mitigation can be seen as a weakening of the growth vitality of the Korean economy.” The creation of a job market that has eased the blocking regulations and lowered the entry barrier for vested interests should be given priority,” he argued.