People & Job

What People & Job does

People & Job (피플앤잡) is a Seoul-based, privately held Korean corporation (주식회사 피플앤잡) that operates a specialized online recruitment marketplace connecting Korean job seekers with foreign multinational companies operating in South Korea. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in the Seoul Forest A-Tower in Seongdong-gu, the platform serves three distinct user segments: Korean job seekers holding at least an associate degree and targeting foreign-company careers, foreign MNCs seeking to hire local talent, and headhunting/search firms placing candidates at multinational clients. The platform enforces strict posting standards — including a 24 million KRW minimum salary floor and exclusion of certain industries — which has positioned it as a curated, quality-controlled environment distinct from broader Korean job portals.

The product surface spans a core job board (채용공고), premium job listings (프리미엄정보), an AI Job Search module (Beta), personalized curation services, virtual and in-person job fairs, a career center with content resources, and a downloadable resource library of employer-specific application templates. Distribution is anchored in the Naver ecosystem (Cafe and Blog), the Kakao channel, and native Android/iOS mobile applications, with no public API or developer integrations. Customer logos include Shiseido Korea, Under Armour Korea, Philips Korea, DHL Korea, BVLGARI Korea, and KERING Korea on the corporate side, with headhunting firms such as Peoplework, VenturePeople, J&P HR Consulting, and HUMANEST posting on behalf of multinational clients.

The business model combines a freemium corporate tier (free verified accounts with 100 job postings per month) with paid monetization on the job seeker and headhunting sides. Effective July 2026, the company transitioned its Headhunting Basic membership to a paid subscription at 270,000 KRW/year, and individual job seekers now access premium services via paid subscriptions. Additional revenue derives from featured/premium job placement and resume database access. Payment processing is handled by NHN KCP Corp. The company is self-funded through membership fees, has no disclosed institutional investors, no funding rounds, and operates as a bootstrapped, profitable-leaning niche platform rather than a venture-backed growth business. Lee Jung-hwan serves as CEO and legal representative.

Name

People & Job

Legal name

주식회사 피플앤잡

Website

https://peoplenjob.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

People & Job is a Seoul-based Korean recruitment marketplace specializing in foreign multinational companies operating in South Korea, connecting associate-degree-or-higher Korean job seekers with MNCs and headhunting firms via a curated job board, premium subscriptions, and AI-assisted search.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Online Recruitment Marketplace

NAICS

Employment Placement Agencies and Executive Search Services (56131), Employment Placement Agencies (561311)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361)

akta.pro primary industry

Professional & Business Services Marketplaces (Freelancers, SMB Services) (BPAMAHAG)

akta.pro secondary industry

Job Market Intelligence & Employer Networking Services (BPACAOAJ)

Keywords

• Job recruitment platform
• Foreign company employment
• Job board marketplace
• Executive search platform
• Career portal services

Headquarters

HQ city

Yeoksamdong

HQ country

South Korea

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Job Posting Fees (Corporate/Enterprise): Foreign companies and headhunting firms pay to post job listings on the platform. Enterprise members receive free monthly postings (100/month, 1,200/year) as a baseline benefit, with additional paid options for enhanced visibility.
2. Job Seeker Premium Subscriptions: Individual job seekers pay for premium membership to access exclusive job listings, enhanced resume visibility, and curated job recommendations. Basic paid product launched July 2026 at 270,000 KRW/year for headhunting members.
3. Resume Database Access: Companies and headhunting firms pay for access to search and view candidate resumes. Enterprise members receive 2-week free trial annually for resume search functionality.
4. Featured Job Postings & Premium Placement: Paid promotional placement for job postings requiring priority exposure, urgent positions, and featured listings in premium sections of the platform.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

People & Job (피플앤잡) operates a specialized Korean online job portal connecting Korean job seekers with foreign multinational companies and executive search firms operating in South Korea. The platform enables foreign companies and headhunters to post job listings (with a freemium tier of up to 100 postings per month for corporate members) and access a resume database, while job seekers access curated job listings, AI-powered search, premium memberships, and career resources. It enforces strict posting quality standards, including a minimum annual salary threshold of 24 million KRW and exclusion of prohibited industries.

Product overview

People & Job (피플앤잡) operates as a specialized job portal for foreign companies in Korea, offering a unified platform with multiple interconnected services. The core offering centers on job postings (채용공고) and premium job listings (프리미엄정보), supplemented by AI-powered search (Ai 검색), personalized curation (큐레이션), and job fairs (채용관). The platform serves three distinct user segments: individual job seekers (개인회원), corporate employers (기업회원), and headhunting/recruitment firms (헤드헌팅회원). Additional resources include the career center (커리어센터) with employment strategies and a resource library (자료실) containing company-specific application templates. The platform recently transitioned headhunting Basic members to paid services as of July 2026.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Job Postings (채용공고) Core job listing service where foreign companies and headhunting firms post vacancies; includes filtering by company type, job type, location, and career level.
• Premium Job Listings (프리미엄정보) Premium tier of job postings offering enhanced visibility and featured placement, including overseas roles, company-direct postings, headhunting, and urgent positions.
• AI Search (Ai 검색, Beta) AI-powered job search functionality that helps candidates find relevant positions at foreign companies through AI-based matching and recommendations.
• Curation Services (큐레이션) Personalized job curation and recommendation service that matches job seekers with relevant positions based on their profiles, preferences, and career level.
• Job Fairs (채용관) Virtual and in-person job fair platform connecting job seekers with foreign companies and headhunting firms recruiting in Korea.
• Headhunting Member Services (헤드헌팅회원) Headhunting recruitment portal with membership tiers (Basic at 270,000 KRW/year, plus Classic, Deluxe, Premium) offering job posting quotas and resume database search capabilities to executive search firms.
• Job Seeker Membership (개인회원) Member portal for individual job seekers (Korean candidates with at least an associate degree) providing job listing access, resume management, custom job recommendations, and paid subscription services.
• Corporate Member Services (기업회원) Employer portal allowing foreign companies to post jobs (free up to 100/month and 1,200/year), search the resume database, and access employer service catalogs.

Quantifiable outcome

• Strict posting standards ensure quality job listings, excluding positions below 24 million KRW annual salary and prohibited industries

Named customers10 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Robert Walters Korea: International executive search and recruitment firm specialized in placing candidates at foreign multinationals in Korea, which is the same customer base that People & Job's headhunter and employer tools serve. Comparable on target market, premium subscription/placement economics, and foreign-MNC focus.
• Michael Page Korea: International recruitment firm covering mid-to-senior roles at foreign companies operating in Korea. Comparable to People & Job on the foreign-MNC candidate placement vertical and on premium subscription/placement fees; differs in being a consultancy rather than a self-serve marketplace.
• Hays Korea: Global recruitment firm with a Korean office focused on professional and managerial placements at foreign multinationals. Directly comparable to People & Job's headhunter-member services on customer base and pay-for-placement monetization, though delivered via consulting rather than a marketplace platform.

Broad incumbents

• Indeed Korea (인디드): Global job search engine operating in Korea, competing for foreign-MNC postings and resume search attention. Comparable on the recruitment marketplace model, but with global aggregator scale instead of People & Job's Korea-localized niche.
• LinkedIn Korea: Global professional network widely used in Korea for recruiting at foreign MNCs; overlaps with People & Job on the foreign-company-job-seeker use case and on resume database access for employers. Differs in that LinkedIn is a broad professional network rather than a Korea-localized foreign-MNC specialist.
• Saramin (사람인): One of the largest generalist job portals in South Korea, offering job postings across both domestic and foreign companies. Comparable to People & Job as a Korean recruitment marketplace with subscription and posting revenue, though Saramin serves the entire employer universe rather than specializing in foreign MNCs.
• Jobkorea (잡코리아): Major Korean job portal covering employers of all sizes including multinational subsidiaries. Overlaps with People & Job on recruitment marketplace functionality and revenue model, but Jobkorea's reach is broader rather than foreign-company focused.
• Wanted (원티드): Korean recruitment platform popular with tech and startup employers, many of which are foreign-affiliated. Shares the Korean online job marketplace model with subscription and posting revenue, overlapping on the premium subscription tier and curated job matching approach.
• ManpowerGroup Korea: Global staffing and recruitment firm with Korean operations serving foreign multinational clients. Comparable on employer side of the recruitment market, advertises on People & Job, but covers staffing across roles and geographies rather than only foreign-MNC digital placement.

Regional players

• GaijinPot Jobs: Japan-focused job platform for foreign-affiliated and English-friendly employers, a clear conceptual analogue to People & Job's Korea niche of foreign-company employment. Comparable on the foreign-company-focused marketplace model, but operating in Japan instead of Korea and without the headhunting-firm intermediary segment.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/peoplenjob2

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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