00:02you're listening to AI prism from Seoul economic daily three numbers about to change how you think
00:09about your Korea job search nearly 280,000 youth jobs disappeared in Korea over the past four
00:16years 94% of those jobs were in fields highly exposed to AI and one company's AI training
00:23program just expanded from 90 trainees to 1,500 seats a year it's Wednesday September 23rd let's
00:32look at what this means for job seekers and graduates in Korea AI is now reshaping entry-level
00:38hiring in Korea faster than most policy responses can keep up the Korea Chamber of Commerce and
00:45Industry says AI's disruption of research and document work is a major driver behind shrinking
00:51early career openings in response business groups are pushing for professional employment agencies
00:58and expanded corporate training pipelines rather than government programs alone here's what the
01:04numbers show Korea lost 280,000 youth jobs between 2022 and 2026 and 268,000 of them or 94 percent
01:14were in AI high exposure occupations SK Group's AI training program Scala is expanding from a first cohort
01:23of 90 trainees to a planned 1,500 trainees a year with new sites opening in Olsen and Gwangju the
01:32Korea
01:32Chamber of Commerce is pushing to expand private sector participation in job services from around 4,000
01:39companies to as many as 80,000 next year's expected 160 trillion one in extra tax revenue is fueling
01:47calls for a 20 to 30 trillion one youth employment package far above the 900 billion one already spent
01:54this year SK EcoPlant separately onboarded 68 new hires this month into a 12-day semiconductor and AI
02:02training program ahead of placing them in its high-tech division so what does this mean for job seekers and
02:09graduates in Korea earlier we said 94% of Korea's shrinking youth jobs sit in AI exposed fields here's
02:17what that actually means for you entry-level roles tied to research document work and routine analysis
02:24are the ones disappearing while employer-run training tracks like Scala are becoming a real alternative
02:31path into large companies watch three things whether the government's proposed 20 to 30 trillion one youth
02:38budget actually passes whether more large firms open Scala style programs and how SK EcoPlant's new
02:46semiconductor and AI hires perform once placed on the job that's today's AI Prism students and grads
02:53this episode was produced with AI assistance based on sole economic daily reporting and reviewed by a human
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