POSCO Hires 3 Heroes Who Saved Lives as Full-Time Employees... Realizing the 'Corporate Citizenship' Ideology

'POSCO Heroes' Discovered by Cheongam Foundation Review Committee
Scholarships Provided Since 2019, Preferential Regular Employment from This Year

POSCO Group has hired three 'POSCO Heroes' as full-time employees who saved lives through righteous actions. Mr. Jeong Han-ho, who joined POSCO as an engineer.
(Photo by POSCO)

[Asia Economy Reporter Moon Chaeseok] POSCO Group announced on the 20th that it has hired three 'POSCO Heroes' who risked their lives at accident scenes to save others as regular employees. POSCO Heroes are righteous individuals who have sacrificed themselves for the nation and social justice through life-saving rescues and fire suppression. They are selected periodically through the POSCO Chungam Foundation's screening committee's own discoveries and external recommendations.

Since establishing the 'POSCO Heroes Fellowship' in 2019, the Chungam Foundation has selected 56 heroes and provided scholarships to them or their children. Starting this year, heroes selected are given opportunities such as additional points for employment at POSCO or its group companies. This initiative is part of the 100 major reform tasks promoted after Chairman Choi Jeong-woo took office.

One of the POSCO Heroes, Juhyun Lim. (Photo by POSCO)

The heroes selected this time are Jeong Han-ho, Lim Juhyun, and Lee Suhyeong, who saved precious lives at maritime accidents and fire scenes. Jeong, who joined POSCO as an engineer in January, witnessed a vehicle falling into the sea while helping his parents and jumped into the water to rescue the driver, overcoming heavy rain and waves. After being selected as a hero in May last year, he was hired by POSCO through a special recruitment process favoring heroes. Jeong said, "I only did what was natural, but I am grateful that the group supports my tuition and gives me the opportunity to work as a member of POSCO."

One of the POSCO Heroes, Lee Su-hyung. (Photo by POSCO)

Lim was selected as a hero in October 2020 after saving a child swept into the sea through CPR. Having worked as a safety officer at a beach and indoor swimming pool, he started working as a regular safety management employee at POSCO O&M this month. Lee evacuated a family of four from a burning commercial-residential building and carried a resident with mobility difficulties out of the building. After being selected as a hero in July 2019, he donated the foundation scholarship he received to the elementary school his son attends. After running a leisure-related self-employed business that closed due to COVID-19, he worked at a construction site and was specially hired by POSCO Humans, where he has been working in delivery since this month.

Since last year, POSCO has been practicing its 'corporate citizenship' management philosophy by giving preferential treatment in the hiring process to new employees who have participated in volunteer activities or received awards such as model citizen or hero awards.

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