[Economy 365]



About half of large companies in the first half of this year did not hire new employees or did not establish a recruitment plan.



As a result of surveying the first half of the first half of the year with the top 500 companies in sales, the Korea Federation of Entrepreneurs revealed that 42.1% of the 140 companies that responded to the survey did not establish a plan, and 7.9% said that they did not hire new employees.



As the reason for no or undecided hiring, 19.2% of the responding companies cited 'difficulty in securing human resources with the necessary skills' and 17.3% said 'the economic situation is not good due to Corona'.



It was followed by difficulties in the company's situation, difficulties in flexible manpower restructuring, and lack of internal manpower demand.



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It was found that about 8 times more people signed up for the Youth Hope Savings Savings Program, which is said to have an annual interest rate of 10%, than the government expected.



According to the financial industry, as a result of receiving applications for youth savings savings accounts for 10 days from the end of last month, about 2.9 million people have signed up.



This is 7.6 times more than the government's expected 380,000 applicants.



Previously, following the preliminary inquiry, the government expanded the target of support so that all members can join as long as they meet the requirements as the number of applications flooded from the first day of membership.



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Last year, Korean adults drank alcohol an average of 8.5 days a month, and among alcoholic beverages, beer was found to be the most consumed.



According to the trend report of the Korea Agro-Fisheries & Food Trade Corporation, in July of last year, a survey of 2,000 adult men and women who drank alcohol at least once a month found that the average drinking days per month was 8.5 days, and the average amount of drinking was 7 glasses per month.



Beer accounted for 42.2% of the alcohol with the largest proportion, followed by diluted soju, traditional liquor, mixed liquor, and imported wine.