French Korean Chamber of Commerce & Industry

We welcome Mrs. Thérèse CAZENTRE, Recruitement Manager

The FKCCI is a nonprofit chamber for the French enterprises in Korea. Concretely, it gives information and introduction to business connection, and supports general services and complete range of further services. The chamber has many kind of useful members and they support the chamber and receive good services. In addition the FKCCI often has various event. In this year is an anniversary about 120years of Korea & France establish diplomatic relations, so there are many plans to celebrate.

Mrs. Therese CAZENTRE had visited our class to explain of the FKCCI. She is from France and have lived in Korea for 5 years. Now she works in FKCCI as the chief of the personal department. She gives account of us very easily. And she has lots of wits and career. Through her advice and encouragement we could have self - confidence and look back upon the past.
Surely, her presentation meeting offers to us an incentive.

The FKCCI received 2005 about 500 resumes for job-application, from which 30% could be matched.
40% were Koreans
15% were French
30% came from France
15% were about internships

Advices from Mrs. CAZENTRE:
Don't concentrate too much on language-tests like TOEFL a.o.. Foreign companies will not ask for this test-results. They will test your real communications-skills!


From Chosun Ilbo, 20.4.2006

LG Electronics vice chairman Kim Ssang-soo was quoted as telling a FKI meeting that 70-80 percent of his job as a CEO was meeting foreigners, "and I regret that English isn't taught at an early age.” Kim pointed out that foreigners perforce account for some 70 percent of business conducted by big domestic companies, but lack of English proficiency among their staff means they miss out on continuing and additional business opportunities. The Test of English for International Communication (TOEIC), which remains the required test in most Korean companies when they hire staff, it is mostly written and multiple choice and DOES NOT HELP STAFF IMPROVE THEIR COMMUNICATIVE SKILLS.