Wednesday, September 2, 2015

For Those Who Want to Work as a Public Servant, Not Those Who Want to Become One

All about civil service recruitment – Public Service Fair 2015, COEX, Seoul, September 23-24, 2015

“We look for those who want to work as a public servant, not those who want to become one!”

Public Service Fair 2015 will be held at COEX, Seoul, from September 23 to 24, to show in a comprehensive and systematic way, how to get a job in public service. With the aim of attracting talented people by showing what it is really like to work as a public servant who is to serve the people and openly providing recruitment information, 70 organizations, including 44 government agencies, 17 metropolitan self-governing bodies, two constitutional institutions (the National Election Commission, the Board of Inspection and Audit) and public corporations (e.g., Korea Water Resources Corporation and KOICA), will participate in the fair. They will provide recruitment information and counselling, and one-on-one mentoring will be offered by public officials of various series of class from agencies across government to those who prepare for career competition recruitment exams.

This year’s Public Service Fair is divided into three sections: understanding of public service, information on civil service recruitment, and customized recruitment information service.

The first section, understanding of public service, includes an exhibition stand where people can look at a range of exhibits and understand what public service is, including types of civil servants, personnel systems, pay and welfare, etc. Particularly, an exhibition stand of innovation shows civil service reforms that have been achieved since the launch of the Ministry of Personnel Management and its future plans to innovate.

The second section, information on civil service recruitment, provides a variety of information on open recruitment for grade 5, 7, 9 officials as well as career competition recruitment for those working in the private sector. In addition, HR officers from each agency will have a Q&A session on the spot with participants about their areas of interest.

The third section, customized recruitment information service, provides one-on-one counselling by incumbent officials about how to study and prepare for exams. Those who are interested in the service can vist injae.go.kr, beginning September 15, and apply for it in advance, and during the Fair, the website also offers various information and materials that are provided at exhibition stands.

Side events of Public Service Fair 2015 will include type-specific job fair, such as military personnel, police and fire officers, and officials in general service, personnel innovation talk concert and history talk concert. At the job fair, government officials will explain recruitment systems and share their experiences in exam preparation in a form of talk concert, and at personnel innovation and history talk concerts, they will discuss directions in personnel innovation with prospective public officials.

“The Korean government needs those who want to work as a public servant, not those who want to become one,” said Lee Geun-myeon, Minister of Personnel Management. “Through Public Service Fair, I hope I can communicate with prospective public officials who have sound public service values and many citizens deeply interested in civil service reform.”