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Where can international students get career preparation help?
Know who to ask: university offices, Study in Korea, Work24 and immigration advice channels.
Start with your university
Your career support office may offer application feedback, interview practice or help understanding roles. Ask what is available to international students and graduates, in which language, and how to book. Your international office can help with your study timeline, university records and finding the appropriate immigration contact. Services and staff roles differ by university.
Study in Korea: orientation for international students
Study in Korea is run by NIIED. Its Employment in Korea page provides an overview of recruitment and application preparation. Use it to learn the process and identify questions, then check an employer’s own requirements. General explanations and older reference figures on an overview page do not establish current immigration rules for your case.
Work24: explore employment services and how to use them
Work24 is the employment service portal of the Ministry of Employment and Labor and the Korea Employment Information Service. Explore its service descriptions and user guides for employment support and application tools. Before registering or applying for a program, check that program’s target group, identification requirements and application channel. Being able to read a page does not mean you can use every service.
HiKorea and 1345: questions about your stay and planned work
HiKorea is the Ministry of Justice’s portal for foreign residents. Its procedure pages link to status-specific guidance. For a question about your own status, planned duties or required process, use the Immigration Contact Center 1345 or your responsible immigration office. The official 1345 page explains the inquiry service. Your university and employer can help organize information, but their advice does not replace the relevant authority’s decision.
Keep a small record of the advice
Write down the source, date, question and next action in your own notes. If two answers seem different, check whether they refer to different statuses, services or dates and ask the relevant office to clarify. This guide links to services; it does not collect vacancies, events, applications or documents.
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Official sources & review scope
The examples, wording tips and checklists are VisaMatch’s own preparation suggestions. Source checks cover only the topics described below, not every statement on the linked sites.
- Study in Korea · Employment in Korea ↗
National Institute for International Education (NIIED)
Read the recruitment, application and university support sections. Visa figures on this page were not assessed for this guide.
Source checked: - Work24 · Employment services ↗
Ministry of Employment and Labor / Korea Employment Information Service
Service categories and operating organizations checked. Eligibility for individual programs was not assessed.
Source checked: - Work24 · Résumé and personal statement user guide ↗
Ministry of Employment and Labor / Korea Employment Information Service
Education, experience, projects and application preview features checked. This is a service guide, not a universal document requirement.
Source checked: - HiKorea · Permission for activities outside your status ↗
Ministry of Justice / Korea Immigration Service
The procedure page and its link to status-specific guidance checked. This procedure does not apply to every reader; confirm your own case.
Source checked: - Immigration Contact Center 1345 · Official service information ↗
Korea Immigration Service, Ministry of Justice
Immigration inquiry and multilingual information service scope checked; no individual eligibility assessment.
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This material is general information for career preparation. Hiring conditions and program eligibility vary by employer and institution. Check current official guidance and your own circumstances to confirm residence and work permission.
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