The Director of the Korean Human Resources Department based in Sri Lanka has agreed to provide 8000 job opportunities for Sri Lankans in South Korea this year, Minister of Foreign Employment Manusha Nanayakkara said.
Minister Nanayakkara said that the agreement exceeds the job quota of 6500 offered earlier.
The minister further stated that the agreement was made during a discussion held between the two parties yesterday (26).
It had also been agreed to refer 600 people who are currently registered on the Korean job website after passing the Korean language proficiency test under the production sector category for jobs in the shipbuilding sector.
Priority will be given to job seekers registered on the website, whose period for securing a job will expire by December 31 this year.
Accordingly, these jobs are to be provided by shifting the job category from the production sector of the website to the ship construction sector. Thus, candidates who are willing to change their job category from production to the shipbuilding industry should apply for it as soon as possible, he said.
Minister Nanayakkara also stated that the Korean Human Resources Department has also agreed to conduct examinations and recruit 900 welders and painters for jobs in the shipbuilding industry under the E9 visa category from next year.
He added that the Director of the Korean Human Resources Department has also informed that from next year, the Korean Language Proficiency Test will be conducted using the UBT system instead of the current computer-based CBT system. (NewsWire)
