KMID : 1036820180230020506
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Communication Sciences & Disorders 2018 Volume.23 No. 2 p.506 ~ p.518
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Job Searching and Postings for Speech Language Pathologists in Korea
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Chang Son-A
Kim Hyo-Jung Kim Hyang-Hee Choi Seong-Hee Hwang Bo-Myung Park Hee-June Park Hyun-Rin Kim Jae-Ock
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Abstract
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Objectives: In order to provide a fundamental understanding and prospective sugges-tions for the profession of speech-language pathology (SLP), job searching prospects were investigated via a review in the field, and job postings were analyzed based on advertise-ments posted on the Korean Association of Speech-Language Pathologists (KSLP) website.
Methods: A total of 14 studies were reviewed to analyze the current status of job hunters and 1,326 job postings were analyzed.
Results: The main focus of job searching literature had been on ¡®job status¡¯, ¡®job description¡¯, and ¡®job satisfaction¡¯. More specifically, ¡®job location¡¯, ¡®employment facility¡¯, and ¡®salary/wage¡¯ were the most frequently surveyed aspects. Most of the respondents were SLPs working in private practice or for service providers. Their ¡®job satisfaction¡¯ was higher than ¡®wage satisfaction¡¯. The job postings on the KASLP website contained information about ¡®job location¡¯, ¡®employment facility¡¯, ¡®type of employment, working, and wage¡¯ and ¡®benefits¡¯. Most of them were posted by private practice or-ganizations or service providers located in big cities, and were primarily seeking tempo-rary, part-time based, and/or revenue-sharing fee-based employees.
Conclusion: Job searching and posting occurs primarily in the private practice or service provider context in cities. Currently 80% of the SLPs in Korea are in their 20¡¯s and 30¡¯s; the profession has flexible positions for those with professional expertise and provides a wide range of choices for employment in terms of types of facilities and work. There should be a constant effort to improve working condition as well as therapy quality in the SLP profession.
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KEYWORD
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Job searching, Job posting, Speech language pathologist, Job satisfaction, Job offering
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