Website to benefit Korean job seekers

Atapattu Bandara

Korean job seekers who passed the recently held Korean Language Proficiency Test can check their details and employment agreements on website www.eps.go.kr from today onwards.

The job seeker should open an email account given in the website and receive information on job agreements provided by the Korean Human Resources Centre. The applicant will get a PIN number with which he will be able to access the website.

This programme was a concept of Foreign Employment Minister Dilan Perera to ensure all Korean job seekers are treated without discrimination and no injustice will occur during the selection process.

The transparent system allows all applicants to receive information on their personal progress.

The Sri Lanka Foreign Employment Bureau (SLFEB)urges the public not to be misguided by intermediary agents who promise job opportunities for money.

The Bureau warns that the PIN is non transferable as an applicant is entitled to one PIN.

According to the SLFEB, 9,998 passed the Korean Language Proficiency Test held in October 2011 and of whom 5,000 have left for jobs. Priority will be given to those who have passed the exam in 2010 and are still unemployed.

Around 25,000 Sri Lankans are employed in Korea. The recruitment process is carried out through an inter-governmental agreement, the sources said.