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RoK SMEs prioritise hiring Vietnamese, Indian software developers

More than 50% of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) of the Republic of Korea (RoK) want to hire software developers from overseas, especially those from Vietnam and India, amid a talent shortage.
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Seoul (VNA) - Morethan 50% of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) of the Republic of Korea(RoK) want to hire software developers from overseas, especially those from Vietnam and India, amid atalent shortage.

According to the RoK Ministry of SMEs andStartups, 54.5% of the 187 companies surveyed from June 13 to 23 said they arewilling to hire foreign software developers in the future.

India, Vietnam and China were the preferrednationalities among Korean SMEs for offshore engineers, at 36.4%, 31%, and11.8%, respectively, who are paid at a lower rate than their RoK peers.

The survey also showed 27.3% of the respondentshad already hired foreign engineers.

As many as 75.4% of the companies surveyed said they found itchallenging to hire and retain local professional software engineers./.

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