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Google Korea has been named the foreign company that most Koreans would like to work for. According to a survey of 2,150 job seekers by jobs company Career, Google Korea ranked first place as the preferred foreign employer, receiving 11.5 percent of the vote.
Of the respondents who chose Google, 38.4 percent cited its corporate image as the reason they would like to work there, while 27.6 percent said career development possibilities and 18.9 percent cited the Internet company's high salaries.
IBM Korea came in second place with 9.8 percent of the vote, followed by P&G Korea with 6.8 percent, 3M Korea with 6.1 percent and Renault Samsung Motors with 5.8 percent.
Some 90.2 percent of the respondents said they wanted to work with a foreign company. When asked why, 33.2 percent cited the competitive salaries and benefits, 24.5 percent cited career development opportunities, and 19.9 percent pointed to the lack of discrimination based on academic background and other ties.
As to the salary they hoped to receive, 27 percent of the respondents said between W25 million and W30 million (US$1=W938), 22.4 percent said W30 million to W35 million, 20 percent said W20 million to W25 million, and 12.9 percent said between W18 million and W20 million.
(englishnews@chosun.com )
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