Korean slang profile

공채

gongchae

Open recruitment

An abbreviation referring to publicly advertised recruitment.

This is the earliest source we have verified, not the date the term was coined.

01Examples, with English translations

Example by Julimmal
올해 공채 일정이 발표됐어.
This year's open-recruitment schedule is out.
Quoted from a source
9급 공채 선발인원은 2007년에 비해 2081명이 감소했다.[1]
The number selected through open recruitment for grade-nine civil service positions fell by 2,081 compared with 2007.
English translation by Julimmal.

December 2007The number selected through open recruitment for grade-nine civil service positions fell by 2,081 compared with 2007.[1]
April 2021Dong-A Ilbo: “We are abolishing group open recruitment (공채) and switching to rolling recruitment, and also changing the detailed inspection method.”[2]

Short for “공개채용.” The 2007 source from Korea Policy Briefing explicitly gives this explanation. Who first used it and when have not been verified.

Evidence for the origin explanationHigh

The explanation is explicit in the sources, and at least two sources use the same meaning. When it was first used is unknown.

Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.