Career platform Saramin announced on the 4th the analysis result of "Changes in job postings and resumes by industry for the first half of this year" analyzed by its AI LAB -- job postings and resumes in the recently rising "semiconductor" and "AI" fields increased, but both hiring and job seeking in the "metaverse" field decreased. In detail, job postings in the first half of this year increased in only 3 out of 10 industries compared to the previous year. Service industry increased the most at 9.3%, and medical/pharmaceutical/welfare (2.2%) and education (1.1%) increased slightly. Among decreasing industries, IT/web/communications ranked first at -15.5%. The semiconductor and AI hiring surge: driven by continued investment in AI infrastructure (data centers, AI chips), enterprise AI adoption requiring AI engineers, and semiconductor capacity expansion; companies across all sectors are hiring AI talent regardless of their primary industry. The metaverse hiring decline: reflects the broader metaverse investment correction following the 2021-2022 hype peak; companies that rapidly hired "metaverse specialists" in 2021-2022 are not replacing them as teams are restructured; the practical reality is that metaverse roles are being absorbed into broader digital experience and product roles rather than existing as standalone specializations; the talent who built metaverse skills are finding demand in adjacent areas (spatial computing, XR applications, 3D content creation) rather than "metaverse" as a job category.