A precipitous decline in birth rates is presently forcing Korea to seriously consider increasing the number of foreign employees in its economy. However, inflow of low income laborers would delay extinction of marginal firms, which will not only keep the Korean economy from converting to a high value-added form, but also give rise to many social problems.
In order to prevent such an eventuality, it is imperative that foreign manpower coming into the Korean labor market consist mainly of highly-skilled experts and professionals. Nevertheless, the focus of Korea's policy on foreign workers has hitherto been on unskilled workers, while systematic study of expert foreign workers has so far been lacking. This study is based on the idea that active use of expert workers from overseas is necessary to raise the Korean economy to a new level, and that the most effective way of accomplishing that goal is to link the policy of attracting foreign students with similar plans for expert foreign workers.
In this study, we will learn about the present state of foreign workers in Korea and policies on their employment, and those for attracting foreign students. Based on examples from the US and Japan, a search was conducted for methods on how to facilitate attracting foreign students for work as experts in the Korean labor market. To increase the proportion of foreign experts in the Korean labor market, this study suggests a more flexible visa policy and more job fairs for foreign students in order to draw in elite foreign students to the Korean labor market. Because of various limitations, this study should be considered an initial, preliminary research presenting ways on how foreign students can work comfortably as experts in Korean labor market. Therefore, a more systematic and analytical investigation on the issue would be necessary in the future.

국문요약

제1장 서론

제2장 외국 전문인력 유치정책과 유입 현황
1. 전문인력의 정의
2. 외국 전문인력 유치정책
가. Gold Card 제도
나. Science Card 제도
다. 중소기업진흥공단 해외기술인력 도입 지원사업
라. KOTRA 해외전문인력 유치 지원사업
3. 외국 전문인력 유치현황

제3장 외국 유학생 유치현황 및 정책
1. 외국 유학생 현황
2. 유치정책
가. Study Korea Project
나. 비자제도 및 절차

제4장 외국 유학생 유치 정책과의 연계를 통한 외국 전문인력 유치정책 제언
1. 우수 외국 유학생 유치
가. 유학생 유치기구 도입
나. 유학생 관리체계 확립
다. 대학에 대한 재정지원 정책
2. 우수 외국 유학생의 노동시장 편입
가. 비자정책
나. 취업박람회

제5장 결론

부록 1. 미국의 외국 유학생 현황
부록 2. 일본의 외국 유학생현황 및 취업현황
부록 3. 골드카드 발급현황

참고문헌

Executive Summary