Lee Jae-yong Emphasizes 'Talent and Technology'... Samsung to Hold Large-Scale Recruitment in Second Half

Recruitment Announcement on the 11th
20 Samsung Affiliates Including Samsung Electronics, Samsung Biologics, and Samsung C&T Participate
The Only Major Conglomerate to Maintain Open Recruitment

Twenty Samsung affiliates will announce recruitment on the 11th and begin hiring new employees for the second half of this year.

The Samsung affiliates participating in the second half recruitment are ▲Samsung Electronics ▲Samsung Display ▲Samsung Electro-Mechanics ▲Samsung SDI ▲Samsung SDS ▲Samsung Biologics ▲Samsung Bioepis ▲Samsung C&T ▲Samsung Heavy Industries ▲Samsung Engineering ▲Samsung Life Insurance ▲Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance ▲Samsung Card ▲Samsung Securities ▲Samsung Medical Center ▲Hotel Shilla ▲Cheil Worldwide ▲S-1 ▲Samsung Welstory ▲Samsung Electronics Sales, totaling 20 companies.

Lee Jae-yong, Chairman of Samsung Electronics.
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Applicants can apply to the company they wish to join through Samsung’s recruitment website, Samsung Careers, from the 11th to the 18th for one week.

This year’s second half recruitment will proceed in the order of ▲application submission (September) ▲job suitability evaluation (September) ▲Samsung Aptitude Test (GSAT) (October) ▲interview process (November).

Since 2020, Samsung has been conducting the Samsung Aptitude Test (GSAT) online, allowing applicants to take the test using a PC or smartphone in a separate location. For certain job categories such as software development or design, software competency tests and design portfolio reviews are also conducted concurrently.

Samsung, which introduced open recruitment for the first time among domestic companies in 1957, is the only major Korean conglomerate to maintain open recruitment. Under the management philosophy of "Talent First (人材第一)" passed down from the founder, Samsung has innovated its HR system to implement ability-centered personnel management. In 1993, it established open recruitment for female college graduates, and in 1995, it removed academic background from eligibility requirements, leading an open recruitment culture that does not discriminate based on ▲gender ▲education ▲nationality ▲religion.

Chairman Lee Jae-yong is also continuing and developing the late Chairman Lee Kun-hee’s philosophy of "Talent Management." In fact, at the president-level meeting last October, Lee emphasized in his remarks on his inauguration and determination, "Since the founding, the most important values have been talent and technology," adding, "We must recruit and nurture talent capable of changing the world regardless of gender or nationality. The best technology is created by excellent talent."

Accordingly, Samsung achieved its plan announced in 2018 to hire 40,000 people over three years, and in May last year, it set an aggressive goal to recruit 80,000 new employees over the next five years. It also restructured its personnel system from a seniority-based system to a "job role-centered" system that emphasizes work and expertise, actively promoting talent regardless of age to foster young executives early, and providing various career development opportunities and foundations for talent cultivation to enhance organizational vitality and flexibility. In August, three electronics affiliates?Samsung Electronics, Samsung Display, and Samsung SDI?introduced a new "R&D Foreign Experienced Employee Recruitment Process" to secure foreign talent with research capabilities.

Samsung expects that by fulfilling its promise to create quality youth jobs through open recruitment and securing and nurturing outstanding talent, it will contribute to enhancing the future competitiveness of both the company and the nation.

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