Amkor Korea to Hire 118 Employees at Incheon Songdo and Bupyeong Plants... Applications Accepted Until the 26th

[Asia Economy Reporter Hyesook Park] Incheon City announced on the 12th that it will support the recruitment of new employees at Amkor Technology Korea (Amkor Korea), a semiconductor back-end process specialist company located in Songdo and Bupyeong.

The newly recruited manufacturing positions (Operators) are open to applicants who have graduated from high school or higher and can work in shifts (4 teams, 3 shifts). A total of 118 people will be hired, with 106 assigned to the Songdo plant and 12 to the Bupyeong plant.

Additionally, recruitment for entry-level and experienced positions in manufacturing equipment, process engineering, SIP Design, and TEST development is currently underway.

The recruitment process consists of document screening, job aptitude and personality tests, interviews, and medical examinations. Applicants can apply online on the Amkor Korea website from the 13th to the 26th. To prevent the spread of COVID-19, the recruitment process will be conducted in a non-face-to-face (untact) manner.

The city is promoting the job information on the job portal website (http://job.incheon.go.kr) to encourage many applicants to apply, and through the city’s Job Comprehensive Center, it will recommend qualified candidates and provide online interview coaching for those who wish.

Amkor Korea is the world’s second-largest company in the semiconductor back-end process sector, with plants in Incheon’s Songdo and Bupyeong, as well as in Gwangju Metropolitan City. The total number of employees is about 6,000, and as of last year, the sales revenue was approximately 1.7 trillion KRW.

In particular, the Songdo plant, located in the International Business District of the Incheon Free Economic Zone, sits on a 56,000-pyeong site and is equipped with a world-class global research and development center and state-of-the-art semiconductor packaging production lines.

At the Songdo plant, 1,574 employees work, of whom 53% (833 people) are Incheon citizens, while at the Bupyeong plant, 74% (593 out of 805 employees) are Incheon citizens.

An Incheon city official stated, "Given the difficulty in finding jobs due to the COVID-19 situation, we will actively support so that many Incheon citizens can be hired as Amkor Korea conducts large-scale recruitment."

For inquiries related to recruitment, information can be obtained through the Amkor Korea website, and citizens wishing to receive online interview coaching can contact the Incheon City Job Comprehensive Center at 1600-1982.

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.