Korean slang profile
직테크
jiktekeu
Strategic career management
Gathering information on desired employers and managing one’s career to increase expertise and market value.
- Expanded form
- 직(職) + technology직(職) (work or occupation) + technology
- Other spellings
- —
- Earliest source found
- Dec 2005
- Documented trend period
- Not verified
This is the earliest source we have verified, not the date the term was coined.
01Examples, with English translations
- Example by Julimmal
이직을 앞두고 경력을 정리하며 직테크를 고민했다.
Preparing to change jobs, I organized my career history and thought about 직테크.
02Documented history
- 2005-12This source introduced “직테크” and explained its meaning.[1]
03Origin & word formation
Formed from parts of 職 (work or occupation) and technology. The National Institute of Korean Language’s 『2005년 신어』 gives the spelling and components. Who first used it and when have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The headword, components, definition, and usage on PDF page 46 (printed page 22) were directly compared. This relies on one source; the older articles quoted by the report were not directly checked. Inclusion in this collection does not establish the year the expression arose or first became popular.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 2005년 신어 (국립국어원)Published Dec 2005Original source checked Nov 14, 2026