KB Kookmin Bank held the 24th KB Good Job Fair with the Busan Metropolitan Government at BEXCO in Haeundae-gu, Busan on Oct. 18. Busan is the second largest city in Korea.
The 24th KB Good Job Fair is the largest privately organized job fair in Korea, according to KB Kookmin Bank.
Since 2011, about 5,100 companies have participated, providing approximately 91,000 cumulative jobs and connecting more than 35,000 job seekers with companies with job vacancies.
This year, the job fair was attended by representatives from approximately 200 companies, job seekers, Busan Mayor Park Heong-joon, KB Bank President Lee Jae-keun, and KB Kookmin Bank model Kim Yu-na who won a gold medal in figure skating in the Winter Olympic Games.
KB will provide recruitment subsidies worth 1 million won per full-time employee hired and up to 10 million won per year per company to companies participating in the event and preferential interest rates of up to 1.3 percentage points for companies that create jobs.
For job seekers, an interview support allowance of 10,000 won was provided on-site to the first 300 participants in the event.
To increase the employment success rate, the 24th KB Good Job Fair ran the Employment Consulting Pavilion, the Job Information Center, the Job Experience Pavilion, the Special Center for Middle-Aged Job Seekers and the KB SOHO Consulting Pavilion.
“We expect the 24th KB Good Job Fair jointly organized by Busan City and KB Kookmin Bank to serve as a good model for job creation through public-private cooperation,” Busan Mayor Park said in his welcoming speech.
“KB Kookmin Bank will strive to become a lifelong financial partner of the people through various social contribution activities as well as job creation,” said Lee Jae-keun, President of KB Kookmin Bank.
Donation to Korea Legal Aid Corporation
KB Kookmin Bank held an agreement-signing ceremony with Korea Legal Aid Corporation at New KB Kookmin Bank Building in Yeouido, Seoul, to donate 5.1 billion won to the Free Legal Service Project for the socially and economically marginalized over three years on Oct. 16.
The ceremony was attended by officials from both KB Kookmin Bank and Korea Legal Aid Corporation including Lee Jae-keun, president of KB Kookmin Bank, and Lee Jong-yup, chairman of the board of Korea Legal Aid Corporation.
Since 2012, KB Kookmin Bank has been providing legal support and prevention lectures for victims of school violence, and has expanded its legal support to include foreigners living in Korea and police officers and firefighters who faced lawsuits in the course of their official duties.
Through this MOU, KB Kookmin Bank will expand the scope and amount of its support to applicants for personal bankruptcies, including small business owners, self-employed individuals, and low-income workers facing higher consumer prices and persistently high interest rates.
This is expected to provide financial recovery opportunities for socially and economically vulnerable people.
2023 K-Business Leaders Forum
KB Kookmin Bank announced on Sept. 22 that it held the 2023 K-Business Leaders Forum at the Grand Walkerhill Hotel in Gwangjin-gu, Seoul by inviting CEOs of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) on Sept. 21.
The forum was held under the theme of K-Business’ future in a hyper-intelligent society and how to survive in a hyper-connected, hyper-immersive, and hyper-intelligent society.
It was attended by about 300 CEOs of outstanding SMEs that do business with KB Kookmin Bank, their spouses, and executives from KB Financial Group.
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