SKT, Hiring New Talent... Prioritizing Written Exams and Resuming 2-Day Overnight Group Interviews

Recruiting New Talent Until the 30th of This Month

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Hye-seon] SK Telecom announced on the 22nd that it will begin recruiting new talent for the second half of the year. The number of people to be selected through this recruitment process is in the double digits.

SKT has revamped its existing recruitment process. Instead of focusing on the job experience and background of applicants taking their first step into society, the company plans to select talent based on their spirit of challenge, perseverance, passion, and growth potential. To this end, changes have been made throughout the recruitment process, including eligibility criteria, application methods, evaluation methods, interview procedures, and post-entry training programs.

SKT has consolidated its previous job-specific recruitment into five categories: Service, Development, Customer, Infrastructure, and Staff. The eligibility criteria have also been tightened from less than 3 years of experience to less than 1 year of experience. This is to provide more opportunities to job seekers who find it difficult to accumulate job experience, in line with the purpose of recruiting new employees, and to focus on their potential for growth.

Additionally, SKT has broken away from the traditional 'document-screening - written test - interview' sequence by implementing the written test first. Applicants do not need to submit a self-introduction letter to apply for the written test; they can submit it after passing the written test. The reason for changing the order is to reduce the burden of writing self-introduction letters on applicants and to expand opportunities to participate in the written test.

The written test is conducted online. For the Development category, applicants take a coding test and the SKCT (SK Comprehensive Competency Test) in-depth competency assessment, while non-development categories take the SKCT cognitive and in-depth competency assessments.

The 1-night 2-day residential interview will also resume. Moving away from standardized interview formats, a comprehensive evaluation will be conducted over 1 night and 2 days through various types of interviews, considering job competency, knowledge, as well as challenge, collaboration, creativity, and passion. SKT plans to strictly adhere to COVID-19 prevention guidelines while conducting the 1-night 2-day interview. Applicants who pass the first residential interview will proceed to the second final interview, after which hiring decisions will be made.

Along with this, SKT has strengthened its training programs to help newly hired employees explore desired roles and organizations within their accepted job categories and support their long-term growth. Previously, new hires completed about three weeks of basic training before being assigned to their roles. However, new employees joining this time can explore which tasks they want to perform and what career path they want to pursue within their accepted job category over a period of up to 20 weeks, alongside company training.

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