Lotte Department Store to Hire New Employees in Second Half... "Get Job Counseling in the Metaverse"

Lotte Department Store will open 'Lotback Town' on the metaverse platform 'Gather Town' on the 17th to hold a non-face-to-face recruitment briefing session.

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Chunhan] Lotte Department Store announced on the 7th that it will hire a large number of new employees in the second half of 2021. Last month, about 80 local talents were selected as interns and are currently undergoing internships, and this month, a three-digit number of additional hires will be conducted.

This recruitment is for a single position of ‘Sales (MD) and Support,’ and hiring will be divided into five regions according to store locations (Capital area, Gyeongbuk area, Gyeongnam area, Chungcheong area, Honam area). Applications can be submitted on the Lotte Group recruitment website from 10 a.m. on the 8th until 6 p.m. on the 21st. Candidates who pass the document screening, first interview, and personality assessment will work as interns for four weeks at stores within the region they applied for, and then final candidates will be selected after a comprehensive review of the final interview and internship performance evaluation.

A non-face-to-face recruitment briefing using the metaverse will provide various information. On the 17th, ‘Lotback Town’ will open on the metaverse platform ‘Gather Town,’ allowing anyone to freely participate in the recruitment briefing. Through prior reservation, participants can also join non-face-to-face job consultations and mock interviews.

A Lotte Department Store official said, “We expect that this large-scale new employee recruitment will bring great vitality to the organization,” and added, “We will continue to strive to become a young organization through new recruitment and organizational culture improvement.”

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