Hiring in South Korea

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Hiring in South Korea on RefOpen

Posting a role in South Korea is free, and it does more than put an advert in front of strangers. The verified employees of your own company who are on RefOpen see the role too, and any of them can refer a candidate straight into it.

They refer from a talent pool of 50,000+ professionals worldwide, with verified employees across South Korea and every other market RefOpen covers. So you are not relying on who happens to browse the board that week. You review a shortlist that has been filtered by a person with their own name on the recommendation, which is a channel no Korean job board can offer you.

What is being hired for in South Korea

The roles that come up most often on the Korean board right now are Account Management, Customer Success Manager, Executive Assistant and Manager Back. Most of that hiring sits in Seoul and Korea.

That is current demand rather than advice. If you are hiring into one of those titles you are competing with the other postings on this list, which is the argument for a clear salary range and a specific description rather than a generic one.

Whether you hire in-house or place candidates in South Korea

Posting is free whether you are an in-house recruiter, founder or HR lead at an Korean company, or a recruitment agency, staffing firm or HR consultancy placing candidates at client companies. Both sign up the same way and neither pays to post. Roles can be full-time, contract, freelance or internship.

Applications and referrals arrive in the pipeline for that role, each candidate with their profile, skills and resume attached, and you move them through stages, rate them and leave notes that stay with the candidate. That applicant tracking is included, so there is no separate recruitment software to buy for hiring in South Korea.

Getting started in South Korea

Create an employer account, choose whether you are hiring for your own company or for client companies, and name the organisation you are posting under. Then publish the role with its title, description, requirements, salary range, location and job type.

Verification is what marks a posting as genuine, and for an in-house employer it is what lets employees at that company be matched to your roles as verified referrers. For bulk posting or an enterprise arrangement in South Korea, partnerships@refopen.com is the address for it.

Frequently asked questions

Is it free to post a job in South Korea?

Yes. Publishing is free in every market RefOpen supports. There is no posting fee, no per-applicant charge and no cap you are asked to pay to lift.

How does hiring in South Korea work on RefOpen?

You post a role for free and it becomes visible to candidates browsing the Korean market and to the verified employees of your own company. Any of those employees can refer a candidate into your role from a pool of 50,000+ professionals, so your shortlist is pre-filtered by people on the inside.

Can I hire freelancers or contractors in South Korea?

Yes. Korean roles can be full-time, contract, freelance or internship. You post under an organisation, either your own company or your recruitment agency.

Can a recruitment agency post jobs in South Korea?

Yes. Agencies, staffing firms and HR consultancies sign up by choosing "We hire for other companies", name their agency, and post Korean roles free on the same terms as a direct employer.

Can I search a database of candidates in South Korea?

No. RefOpen has no searchable candidate database for cold sourcing. Candidates reach you by applying to a role you posted or by being referred by a verified employee.

Which roles are most in demand in South Korea?

The titles posted most often on the Korean board are Account Management, Customer Success Manager, Executive Assistant and Manager Back. They are concentrated in Seoul and Korea.