Samsung Electronics Tops Employment in First Half of Year... Samsung Biologics and LG Chem Follow

JobKorea Announces Survey Results of 24 Top Companies by Market Capitalization

On the 12th of last month, the Samsung flag fluttered at Samsung Electronics Seocho Building in Seocho-dong, Seoul. Photo by Hyunmin Kim kimhyun81@

[Sejong=Asia Economy Reporter Moon Chaeseok] Samsung Electronics was found to be the company that increased its number of employees the most in the first half of this year. It hired more than 2,100 new employees compared to the end of last year. Samsung Biologics and LG Chem followed.

Job platform JobKorea recently disclosed on the 29th the employee hiring status for the first half of the year of 24 out of the top 30 companies by market capitalization.

Source=JobKorea

The number of Samsung Electronics employees increased by 2,193, from 109,490 at the end of last year to 111,683 in the first half of this year. Samsung Biologics added 629 employees (2,886→3,515), LG Chem 433 (12,561→12,994), Hyundai Mobis 408 (10,243→10,651), and SK Bioscience 200 (827→1,027) followed.

Source=JobKorea

The total number of employees across the 24 companies increased by 3,815 (1%), from 379,605 to 383,419 during the same period. By gender, female employees increased by 1,854 (2.6%) and male employees by 1,961 (0.6%).

Byun Ji-seong, team leader at JobKorea, assessed, "It is meaningful that the number of employees at the surveyed companies slightly increased despite the sluggish hiring market in the first half." He added, "Although there are some difficulties due to the resurgence of COVID-19, companies tend to concentrate hiring in the second half rather than the first half. With recent changes in trends such as frequent hiring and online recruitment, an increase in employment at large companies in the second half is also worth expecting."

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