[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]The hopeful New Year has dawned. Many people cherish in their heart one hope in the New Year. If you are a job-seeker, getting a job would be by all means the greatest hope of the New Year at hand. What would be of top importance in getting a decent job in large company or government-operated company? A recent survey indicates that English communication skill matters the most.

According to the report on ‘The practices of 4 year program college students building up credentials’ that Korea Research Institute for Vocational Education & Training has released on the 3rd, last month, in getting a job, the correlation with college academic score is low, but English communication skill matters the most.

The TOEIC® test score and ratio of overseas language school experience of individuals who earned a decent job, average 808 points and 26.8%, were much higher than those who won less attractive jobs (735 points, 18.4%) and those who could not get job (757 points, 17.9%).

The senior research committee member Chang-Gyun Chai of the Institute who composed the report suggested that companies are utilizing English score actively not because it is absolutely required in the work but because it is useful as hiring standard by saying “It is surveyed that English score affects getting decent job considerably.”