NC recruits interns... Industry's best treatment draws attention

Education and Various Welfare Benefits
Provided Equally to Regular Employees

[Asia Economy Reporter Kang Nahum] As competition to recruit top talent in the gaming industry intensifies, NCSoft is attracting the attention of job seekers by launching an internship recruitment with unprecedented conditions.

According to NCSoft on the 28th, the company is actively seeking to attract outstanding new talent through its summer internship program. The recruitment fields cover 22 areas including game development and business, AI (artificial intelligence), and management support. The hiring process proceeds in the order of application submission, document screening, testing, and interviews. Applications are accepted on the NCSoft recruitment website until the 6th of next month.

NCSoft is known for offering industry-leading employee treatment, including incentives paid regardless of employment type to share performance benefits. Interns also receive various benefits, such as free lunch at the food court in the Pangyo R&D Center, access to the caf?, medical center, fitness center, spa, and library facilities on par with full-time employees. They also enjoy the same welfare benefits supporting self-development and leisure activities, including in-house training courses, birthday and condolence support, and use of company resorts.

Additionally, with the implementation of a flexible working hours system, employees can freely set their commuting times according to their individual work schedules. The monthly salary for interns, which previously varied by job type, has been standardized and increased to 2.5 million KRW across all positions.

Interns do not merely perform simple assistant tasks. NCSoft supports quick adaptation and skill enhancement through a structured 7-week mentoring program. Interns learn step-by-step through weekly curricula and are encouraged to actively participate in practical projects as full team members.

In particular, the 'NC Flagship' system draws high interest from job seekers. This program offers outstanding interns, selected through evaluations during the internship, the opportunity to join as full-time new employees in January of the following year. It is conducted on an absolute evaluation basis, providing ample opportunities according to ability. Last year, the conversion rate was about 70%. Scholarship support is also provided to Flagship candidates who are expected to graduate in February next year to help them complete their studies.

In March this year, NCSoft became the first domestic company to abolish the ‘open recruitment starting salary system’ and introduce a ‘starting salary system,’ removing the upper limit on new employee salaries. This aims to ensure that outstanding new employees are adequately compensated based on their capabilities and expertise. The starting salary for new employees is 55 million KRW for development positions and 47 million KRW for non-development positions. Considering that NCSoft has been paying overtime wages for hours exceeding 40 per week since the pioneering introduction of the non-inclusive wage system in 2019, its starting salary is among the highest in the industry.

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