Kookmin Bank (KSE:060000), the country's top lender, and five other banks were planning to hire a combined 1,350 entry-level workers before the end of the year, up 53 per cent from the same period last year.
The pick-up in new hiring comes after lenders sharply reduced their workforce in the first half due to deepening economic uncertainties.
Local lenders usually hold job offerings open to the public twice a year.
South Korea's economy is showing signs of recovering from the worst downturn in a decade thanks to active fiscal spending and other stimulus measures.
The South Korean economy, Asia's fourth-largest, grew 2.6 per cent in the second quarter from the three months earlier, the fastest pace in more than five years.
(Yonhap)maz

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