00:0628.1% of Korean job switchers now want an entirely different function than the one they're in,
00:13up from 27.0% a year ago. Employers Group KEF just said profit-linked bonuses aren't up for
00:22negotiation, period. Bank insurer lending gaps are widening as households chase higher loan
00:30limits outside the banks. And Cacao Bank posted a 2.13% profit margin, beating every major bank
00:39while its pay controversy keeps growing. It's Tuesday, August 18th. Let's talk about a trend
00:46affecting young professionals in Korea. Job platform Catch analysed 23,443 mid-career job seekers
00:56and found more of them chasing a full career pivot instead of staying in their lane.
01:02The Career Employers Federation, known as KEF, is pushing back hard against unions demanding
01:08profit-linked bonuses and a say in factory decisions. Meanwhile, tightening bank mortgage
01:14limits are pushing borrowers toward insurers and driving up deposit loan spreads across the
01:20banking sector. Here's what the numbers show. 6,582 of those 23,443 job seekers, or 28.1%,
01:31now want a different function entirely, or an added one, versus 27.0% a year earlier.
01:41Insurer mortgage balances hit 18.18 trillion won, about $12.9 billion in July, rising for a fourth
01:50straight month as insurers' 50% debt limit beats banks' 40% cap. The Bank of Korea lifted its base
01:59rate from 2.50% to 2.75% last month, and deposit loan spreads at the five major banks
02:07range up to
02:080.44 percentage points apart, while regional banks show gaps up to 2.85 points.
02:16Cacao Bank's net interest margin hit 2.13% this quarter, above KB's 1.74% and Shinhan and Hannah's
02:261.61%, even as average employee pay hit 63 million won, about $44,600 in the first half.
02:37KEF also wants expanded flexible and shift-based working hours written into the new megazone law
02:44for strategic industries. So what does this mean for early career professionals in Korea?
02:50Earlier we said more workers are chasing a full function switch. Here's what that actually means for you.
02:58Staying narrowly specialised is getting riskier if your sector, like IT or design, already has low mobility.
03:06Tighter lending and rising rates mean any near-term home purchase plans need a wider financing cushion than last year.
03:14And with KEF pushing back on profit-sharing, don't expect performance bonuses tied to company profit
03:21to become standard any time soon. Things to watch. The Bank of Careers' August 27th rate decision.
03:29How banks respond to the government's new 3% household loan growth cap,
03:34and whether the megazone labour flexibility law advances in the Assembly.
03:40That's today's AI Prism, Early Careers.
03:44This episode was produced with AI Assistants, based on Seoul Economic Daily reporting,
03:50and reviewed by a human editor.
03:53AI Prism is a WAN IFRA award-winning series.
03:56We'll be back tomorrow.
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