Trend Growth demand versus replacement demand in Korean job openings

Summary

The report's occupational outlook distinguishes openings that arise from net job growth from those that arise from replacing workers who leave. Health and social welfare occupations and ICT occupations are expected to generate relatively high growth demand. The summary adds research and development occupations to the list of growth-led jobs linked to population and technological change. Clerical workers performing general duties, such as business-related clerks, are instead characterised by high replacement demand. This split means that hiring pressure will persist in some shrinking or stagnant occupations even as new demand concentrates in care and technology.