Samsung Electronics Resumes Dispatching Regional Experts After Suspension During COVID-19 Period

Samsung Electronics is resuming its regional expert program, which was suspended during the COVID-19 pandemic. The regional expert program is Samsung Electronics' representative overseas training program for employees.

According to Samsung Electronics' coverage, the company recently notified employees who were selected as regional experts in 2019 but could not attend the training due to COVID-19 about the dispatch details. After gauging the employees' willingness, they plan to send them abroad in order during the second half of the year.

A Samsung Electronics official said, "Although some employees may now feel that overseas training is unnecessary since quite some time has passed since 2019, we believe there are still employees who want to gain overseas experience," adding, "We will check the employees' intentions."

Samsung Electronics Seocho Building, Seoul, January 31. [Image source=Yonhap News]

Samsung Electronics also plans to newly select regional experts in the second half of the year and dispatch them to various countries around the world next year.

The regional expert program is a training program where employees learn local languages and cultures abroad for one to two years. The late Chairman Lee Kun-hee actively promoted this program with the aim of nurturing global talent, and it has been in operation since 1990.

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