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.’
‘Slight deterioration’ was 32.7%, and only 8.3% of the respondents expected improvement (5.3% slightly improved, 3.0% improved).
In particular, 53.2% of respondents in their twenties said that it would be’very deteriorating’. 30.0% of the respondents said it was a little worse, and 0% answered that it was very improved.
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.
In addition, semiconductors (21.4%) were expected to see the largest increase in jobs 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%).
In addition, 68.9% of respondents said that their monthly 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%). Real estate (30.1%) and stocks (28.4%) were cited as financial means.
“It can be seen that the growth vitality of our economy has weakened a lot,” said Chu Kwang-ho, head of the economic policy department. I do” he said.
On the afternoon of February 24, a job seeker is taking employment information with a mobile phone at the ‘2021 Recruitment Fair for small businesses and workers affected by Corona 19’ held at the Yongin Indoor Gymnasium in Gyeonggi-do. [사진=연합뉴스]