"Recruitment plan for large companies in the second half of this year" Job market 'red light'

[Economic 365]

According to the survey of employment portal inclusions, 79.2% of Korean conglomerates planned to hire in the second half of this year, down 11.9 percentage points from last year, and the number of recruits decreased by 4.1% to 4,836.

Unlike last year, when the top ten subsidiaries “answered” the government's job policy, this year seems to have cut employment.

As of the time of the survey, mid-sized companies also planned to hire 1,393 people, down 21.7% from last year, and 592 employees, 48.6% down.

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As the Ministry of Environment stepped up radiological tests for Japanese coal ash waste, the Korea Cement Association announced, "We will replace imported coal ash with other raw materials such as domestic coal ash or clay."

The cement industry emphasized, "We expect difficulties in procuring raw materials due to unstable domestic supply of coal ash. However, we will cooperate with domestic power generation companies to actively use domestic coal ash."

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The maximum flight time of hobby drones, which are popular for video content production crazes, is found to be more than five times different for each product.

According to the test and evaluation of 10 brands and 13 products of quadcopter drones with high consumer preference, Korea Consumer Resources said that the flight time differed by up to 5.2 times and the charging time differed by up to 10.3 times.

There was no major abnormality in safety.

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The 2019 Icheon Forum, the annual forum for discussing technological innovation issues and finding ways to realize social values ​​with global scholars, began the four-day schedule yesterday.

Hosted by SK Group, this year's forum, the group will discuss ways to accelerate 'deep change', which creates social value and innovates its business structure, using cutting-edge technologies such as AI and business methodologies.

The first day's session was attended by Marshall Alstein, professor of Boston University, author of the world's best-selling Platform Revolution, and a Korean lecturer at Victor Cha.