Gyeonggi Province to Expand Public Institution Unified Recruitment to 3 Times Per Year

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Park No-hun] Gyeonggi Province will expand the unified recruitment of public institutions under the province to three times per year starting this year, and will also revise the common subjects of the written test to be based on the National Competency Standards (NCS) evaluation.

Gyeonggi Province prepared the "2020 Gyeonggi Province Public Institution Unified Recruitment Improvement Plan" with these measures and announced it on the 5th.

The improvement plan includes expanding the unified recruitment from the existing twice annual (once in the first half and once in the second half) to three times annually to fill vacancies in public institutions promptly, and revising the common subjects of the written test—which previously consisted of English, Korean history, and general knowledge—to be evaluated based on the National Competency Standards (NCS). NCS is a standardization by industry and job type of the actual abilities (knowledge, skills, and attitude) required to perform the relevant occupational duties.

Gyeonggi Province plans to conduct the public institution unified recruitment written tests at the end of April, end of August, and end of November this year. The written test will be implemented by selecting five domains from the 10 NCS domains as common subjects, which are necessary for job performance in public institutions under the province.
However, the specialized subjects of the written test will remain the same as before, with up to two subjects per exam depending on the hiring position and requests from each institution.

The province will begin the 2020 Gyeonggi Province Public Institution Unified Recruitment annual schedule starting in March with recruitment and selection of specialized outsourcing organizations to conduct the written test.

Shim Young-rin, Head of Public Institution Affairs at the Province, said, "Due to regular unified recruitment held twice annually, public institutions have faced difficulties in business operations when unexpected vacancies occurred because they could not fill positions immediately," and "We expect the expanded unified recruitment to shorten vacancy periods by 2 to 4 months."
He added, "This is the first time we are introducing NCS-based evaluation across all institutions, whereas previously only some institutions within the province had implemented it," and "We hope this becomes an opportunity for provincial public institutions to select talented personnel with proven capabilities."