A Study of Job-search and Wage Reservation Attitudes of the Unemployed

and wage reservation ratios. The main findigns are as follows: In Korea, the most fresuent job-searcj method used by the unemployed is yet the informal way such as the broker througy families, friends, etc. But, recently, these are significant increases in the use of PES ans internet. One-third of the surveyed wished occupational change. Most people wished full-time and regular jobs. But the percentage of those who wish part-time jobs reached 21.7%, which is significantly higher than that of the pase. As for the wage reservation attitudes, 20.8% of the surveyed wished the maintenance of wage level. 41.8% of them did the more and 37.4% did the lower wage than that of the past. When compared with the past survey results, the percentage of those who willingly submit to the reduction of wage ratio increased significantly. According to the analysis of the determining factors of wage reservation ratios, femininity and the wage level of the past jobs strengthen the reservation attitudes. But the factors such as schooling period, family income level. past irregular employment effect The implications are as follows: The PES's in Korean need to improve the employment service quality through the specialization of the staff and personnel, and to provide services which meet the demands of customets. And it is also important for the PES's to secure the better quality of job-seekers and companies who needs manpower. Especially, for meeting the changing behavior patterns of the unemployed, it becomes more and more important for the PES's to actively use the spearhead IT.The purpose of this paper is to analyze job-search and wage reservation atitudes of the unemployed in Korea. We focused on job-search methodattitudes for changing occupation, employment from and working for