Korean Job Aspirants

Korean Job Aspirants

The young people in search of jobs are frustrated today because they are without proper sets of goals in their life. The country has filed to set them their proper goals after the completion of their education. There's no healthy environment of investment in business. On the other hand, load-shedding, clear policy of the government, lost trend of incentives, strikes, extortion, etc. have also added to the problem. People who have money simply do not want to invest for fearing that their money may go in vein and they come down on the roads.

The first preference of young guys is the search for jobs no matter what the type of job is because there's no risk of risky investment and they get easy salary each month. The wage of labour is higher in international market than in Nepal, that's why thousands of youths are attracted to foreign jobs. Among them is Korean jobs for which Nepalese are just ready to do anything.

A total of 57,651 Korean job aspirants have applied for the Korean Language Test this year. South Korea has provided 7,100 workers' quotas for Nepal this year under the Employment Permit System (EPS).
The number of individuals applying for the test this year increased by 15,508 compared to last year's 42,143. The Labour Ministry, however, had expected more than 60,000 applications this year. Four locations three in Kathmandu and one in Butwal had been set up for the applicants to apply.

The exam is scheduled to be held on July 22 and 23 with two sessions each day and results will be published on Aug. 23, according to EPS Nepal Office. This year, the Korean job quotas are only for the manufacturing sector.

Normally, Norea hires workers from 15 developing countries, including Nepal, for employment in agriculture, fishery, construction, manufacturing and service sector. For the last couple of years, South Korean jobs have become lucrative ones as they provide a monthly salary of Rs 70,000 on an average – much higher than what one gets in Gulf Countries.

Last year, Korea had provided 4,000 quotas for Nepal. More than 8,000 individuals have made it to South Korea under EPS so far but the individuals applying for the test this year can go to South Korea next year. In the first eight months of the current fiscal year, a total of 2006 individuals have left the country for EPS jobs in South Korea.

Until and unless master plans are made to stop the brain drain creating environment for all to adjust respectfully, Nepalese will be compelled to abandon the motherland and search their fate in foreign countries for a better life standard.