Leading conglomerates roll out massive recruitment drives

Major conglomerates, including Samsung, POSCO, HD Hyundai, SK and Hanwha, are launching a massive recruitment drive, signaling a rare hiring push with plans to bring on tens of thousands of new employees as they pivot to growth sectors and address the stagnating youth employment rate. Samsung has taken a bold step, announcing Thursday that it will hire 60,000 new workers over the next five years, or around 12,000 annually. The tech giant said the new positions will be concentrated in critical sectors such as semiconductors, biotechnology and artificial intelligence (AI), areas that are positioned to be growth engines for the company. It will also expand internship programs that lead to full-time jobs for university students and bolster its long-running training initiatives, such as the Samsung Youth SW (Software) and AI Academy, which has trained more than 8,000 people since 2018 with a job placement rate of about 85 percent. Currently, 19 affiliates — including Samsung Electronics, Samsung C&T and Samsung Biologics — are conducting companywide open recruitment for the second half ofWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times