SEOUL/TOKYO ¨C When Japanese entrepreneur Moe Kasugai was a student at Seoul¡¯s Yonsei University, she was struck by how some of the prestigious South Korean college¡¯s brightest graduates struggled to land a job.
So in 2019 she launched a service to connect Korean job-seekers with Japanese employers.
¡°I was surprised that they couldn¡¯t find a job because they were ?so smart,¡± the 35-year-old said in Seoul at a two-day job fair organized by Korec, her startup, last month. ¡°Many could speak Japanese, so I thought it might ?be better ?for them to go to Japan. I wanted to help.¡±
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