Creating More and Better Jobs! ... LIG Nex1 Receives 'Minister of Employment and Labor Award' for Job Creation for Vulnerable Groups

Jinseok Jeon, Head of HR Support at LIG Nex1, and Minister Jeongsik Lee of the Ministry of Employment and Labor are taking a commemorative photo after presenting a plaque and a certificate.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Hwang Du-yeol] LIG Nex1 received the Minister of Employment and Labor Award in the ‘Job Creation for Vulnerable Groups’ category at the 2022 Good Job Awards ceremony held on the 23rd at KG Tower on Tongil-ro, Jung-gu, Seoul.

The ‘Good Job Awards’ were established to encourage companies, universities, and others that have contributed to job creation and improvement of working conditions and employment quality under the theme that good jobs are the hope of Korea, and to create an environment where more jobs can be created.

In October, LIG Nex1 was selected as an ‘Excellent Employer of Veterans 2022’ by the Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs for actively contributing to providing a virtuous cycle of jobs for discharged soldiers. Currently, 156 employees, including 12 mid- to long-term discharged soldiers hired this year, are working at the company.

In addition, the company is leading job creation in Korea by hiring about 700 new employees.

The company is a comprehensive defense industry company that researches, develops, and mass-produces advanced weapon systems in various fields such as precision-guided weapons, surveillance and reconnaissance, command, control, communications, electronic warfare, and avionics, based on world-class R&D experts and technical know-how.

It also provides various welfare programs to employees, including a flexible working environment considering the life cycle for the happiness of employees and their families, and support for leisure activities.

Jeon In-seok, Head of Human Resources Support at LIG Nex1, said, “We are creating a healthy organizational culture unique to LIG Nex1 to build a strong organization and a happy workplace where the company and its members grow together.”

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