‘Korean Bakers Welcome’: K-Food Fuels Hiring Boom in Australia
At a job fair held in Melbourne, Australia, on the 20th, participants take part in one-on-one job matching and recruitment interviews. Photo courtesy of KOTRAA job fair aimed at helping young South Koreans find work in Australia was held as K-culture and Korean consumer goods gain popularity in global markets.The Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA) said on the 23rd that it held the "2026 Australia Job Fair" in Melbourne and Sydney on the 20th and 21st. About 210 young job seekers and some 50 hiring companies took part, holding online and offline job interviews along with one-on-one legal consultations on visas and employment contracts.At the Melbourne fair, held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, local companies were recruiting across about 40 fields, roughly half of them in food-related manufacturing, distribution, marketing and food service, including baking. Twenty-four Australian companies, including Danford College, Hyatt Place Melbourne and The Library Bakery, sought to recruit Korean talent.At the Hilton Sydney fair held the next...







