Demographic, lifestyle changes expand part-time job market
Mar 5, 2015
The nation’s job market has been in a slump for the past few years, affected by the prolonged economic slowdown. In contrast to this trend, demand for part-time or “arbeit”’ jobs has been growing across age groups at a steady pace. “Arbeit,” which means “worker” in German, has long been used to mean part-time job in Korea. “First of all, demographic and lifestyle changes in Korea have increased demand for part-time jobs,’’ said Choe In-young, CEO of Arbeit-Chunkook, the nation’s biggest open-mar