The purpose of this study is to draw policy implications for improving entry conditions into the labor market by analyzing the factors influencing labor conditions of youth creative workers (hereinafter called "creative workers"). Creative workers categorized those working in the creative(content) industries and those working in creative jobs in other industries. Then, characteristics and employment preparation process of creative workers were identified using the 1st to 7th Youth Panel (2007~2013) from the Korea Employment Information Service. The results of the analysis show that creative workers have no significant relationship between pre-employment experience and employment. The wages of creative workers were affected by their competencies rather than by pre-employment experience and types of employment and company. These results show that pre-employment experience of creative workers does not function as a signaling device in the labor market. This also implies that support for career development and education and training needs to be provided to strengthen the competencies of creative workers.