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Korean job ads naming AI tools rose 170% in third quarter
Job ads in South Korea increasingly name specific AI tools that applicants are expected to use.
JobKorea analyzed postings from the third quarter of this year and compared them with the same period last year.
Ads mentioning tools such as Claude, Gemini and ChatGPT rose by 170%.
Claude had the fastest growth, at 770%, while Gemini postings rose 500%.
Ads mentioning ways of using AI, including prompt engineering and AI agents, increased by 235%.
Meanwhile, postings that mentioned skills such as Microsoft Word and Photoshop declined, and the share requiring a specific preferred university major also fell.
The figures suggest that employers are focusing more on practical AI tool skills, but no further action or next step was specified.
Job advertisements naming specific AI tools rose 170% in South Korea in the third quarter compared with the same period last year.
Claude-related advertisements increased 770%, the fastest growth among the tools listed.
The share of AI-tool-keyword advertisements that named Claude rose from 17% last year to 55% this year.
Advertisements mentioning ways to use AI, including generative AI and prompt engineering, increased 235%.
Traditional software requirements including Microsoft Word, computer skills and Photoshop appeared less often than a year earlier.
- Who
- JobKorea analyzed job advertisements posted by companies.
- What
- Advertisements naming AI tools rose 170% year on year in the third quarter.
- When
- The third quarter of 2026, compared with the same period in 2025.
- Where
- South Korea.
- Why
- Companies are increasingly seeking candidates who can use specific AI tools in practical work.
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As generative AI becomes an everyday tool in the workplace, companies are looking beyond people who know about AI to find people who can use specific AI tools in practical work.
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- Overall increase
- 170% year on year in the third quarter
- Claude keyword advertisements
- Up 770%
- Claude share of AI-tool-keyword advertisements
- 55% this year, up from 17% last year
- AI-use-method keyword advertisements
- Up 235% year on year
- Specific preferred-major advertisements
- 6.5% in the third quarter, down from 13.1% in the third quarter of 2021
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