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Saramin

Yonghwan Kim

Yonghwan Kim

CEO

Q1. What is the main competitiveness of Saramin?

The main competitiveness of Saramin is the service progressively reflects the users’ needs over time on the basis of its technology. The representative services include the ‘Saramin Recommendation’, which AI recommends well-matched workers and the ‘Self-Introduction AI’, analyzing and interpreting the sentences and coaching for the first time in theindustry. As untact employment became the main trend due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Saramin has been quickly coping with the change in job market, including the launch of a video interview service, which Saramin developed using AWS chime for the first time in the industry.

Q2. The connection of ‘technology and employment’, including AI employment is the main trend. What kinds of approaches will Saramin implement to meet such a trend?

Saramin keeps strengthening the competitiveness on the assumption that the key to relieve inappropriate matching in the job seeking and employment process is the ‘matching technology based on Big Data analysis’. ‘AI LAB’ established for the first time in the industry in 2014 has been deploying a variety of research, including Big Data analysis, AI algorithm design, and the sophistication of recommendations. Saramin provides more advanced customized service by applying AI technology, which has been advanced through ceaseless investment for a long time. Moreover, Saramin is endeavoring to apply new technologies to its services, including the metaverse and ‘S challenge’, the in-house idea contest focusing on NFTs.

Q3. What is the main trend in job market?

The main trends are ‘need-based employment’ and the ‘expansion of employment of the experienced’. Saramin launched ‘Speed Matching’ to secure the employment of suitable workers and to save time for employment. Smart Matching helps complete employment within 2 weeks through continuing support and follow-up service until an individual is employed. Saramin has 14 million individual members and 5.5 million resumes. 1.1 Million member companies posts 2 Million job openings every year.

Q4. What is the direction of growth pursued by Saramin?

Saramin is advancing to be the ‘careertech platform’ managing the career from first employment to retirement. ‘Career’ is a concept to be managed during the entire life. To this end, Saramin has been expanding its business scope to the development of a new platform reflecting a variety of labor types, AI career coaching service, and personalized career contents based on data analysis as well as matching job seekers and job posting.

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