Hyundai Motor to Conduct Second Continuous Recruitment of New Employees This Year

Document Submission Deadline Until the 14th of Next Month

[Asia Economy Reporter Kiho Sung] Hyundai Motor Company will conduct its second regular recruitment of new employees this year starting from the 1st of next month. Hyundai Motor Group has been gradually increasing employment opportunities, with new hires last year rising by about 1,000 compared to the previous year. Industry experts see this as a reflection of Chairman Chung Euisun's strong commitment to securing next-generation mobility talent and expanding quality jobs.

On the 29th, Hyundai Motor announced that it will recruit for various positions including research and development (R&D), production, strategic support, and design, accepting applications until the 14th of next month.

In the new employee recruitment process, Hyundai Motor regularly holds metaverse recruitment briefings by job category to enhance communication with applicants. This metaverse recruitment briefing will be held from the 6th to the 8th of next month, and detailed information can be found on the Hyundai Motor recruitment website.

In July, Hyundai Motor introduced a ‘predictable regular recruitment’ system, announcing that on the 1st of every odd-numbered month, recruitment notices for university graduate new employees (including general positions, some research positions, and conversion-type interns) for each division will be posted collectively on the Hyundai Motor recruitment page.

Hyundai Motor Group is gradually expanding its recruitment. According to the sustainability reports of Hyundai Motor, Kia, and Hyundai Mobis, last year each company hired 7,530, 477, and 888 new employees respectively, totaling 8,895 new hires. This is an increase of 1,092 from 7,803 in 2020.

Hyundai Motor increased its hires by 434 compared to 2020. Hyundai Mobis hired 888 people, nearly tripling the previous year's 298 new hires. Kia also increased by 68. Among the new hires of the three companies, 59.6% are under 30 years old, totaling 5,303 people. Hyundai Motor has already completed triple-digit scale recruitment through the R&D headquarters hiring in the first half of this year.

The industry expects Hyundai Motor's recruitment to continue increasing. Major conglomerates have promised large-scale investments and new hires aligned with the launch of the Yoon Suk-yeol administration. At that time, the top 10 groups announced plans to hire about 380,700 people over the next five years. Among them, Hyundai Motor Group's new hire target reaches 30,000.

Hyundai Motor plans to continue holding online briefings during new employee recruitment to strengthen communication between current employees and applicants and to shorten the recruitment process period to provide satisfaction to applicants. A Hyundai Motor official stated, “We will continue to create an environment that considers applicants more and actively communicates throughout the recruitment process.”

Meanwhile, since February 2019, Hyundai Motor has switched to a job-centered ‘regular open recruitment’ method where each business division directly selects the talent it needs during new employee recruitment.

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