KOTRA Holds Recruitment Meeting for Foreign Investment Companies in Advanced Fields

Discussion on Collaboration Strategies Between Companies and Universities

The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy and KOTRA held a 'Foreign-Invested Companies Professional Talent Recruitment Meeting' on the 21st at Seoul Square in Jung-gu, Seoul, to expand excellent jobs in the advanced industry sector.

At the meeting, nine advanced foreign-invested companies including Boeing Korea (aerospace), Thermo Fisher Scientific Korea (bio), and Jaese Nungwon (secondary battery materials), along with seven graduate schools participating in the BK21 Innovation Project, discussed industry-academia-government cooperation plans to expand job opportunities.

On the 21st, at the 'Foreign-Invested Companies Professional Talent Recruitment Meeting,' from the left, Kim Ji-yeop, Center Director (KOTRA Global Talent Center), Kim Min-ju, Team Leader (Prestige BioPharma), Lee Min-young, Manager (Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy Investment Policy Division), Jang Min-gwan, General Manager (Lam Research Korea), and Park Sung-jin, Team Leader (Pusan National University) are taking a commemorative photo. / Photo by KOTRA

Lam Research Korea (semiconductor equipment), which attended the meeting, hires more than double-digit numbers of excellent science and engineering talents every year. This year as well, they are looking for talents to work in business divisions, production facilities, and research and development (R&D) centers.

Jang Min-gwan, Deputy General Manager of Lam Research Korea, said, "Since talent directly leads to corporate development, we hope for great interest from outstanding master's and doctoral graduates of BK21 graduate schools."

Prestige BioPharma (pharmaceuticals) has also hired 15 researchers this year. They have high expectations for industry-academia cooperation programs as they plan to recruit outstanding scholars by 2025.

Park Sung-jin, team leader at Pusan National University (the chair school of the 4th phase BK21 Graduate School Innovation Council), said, "Every year, excellent master's and doctoral talents are produced through the BK21 Graduate School Innovation Project," adding, "We will cooperate to introduce the talent profiles desired by companies and nurture talents accordingly."

Kim Ji-yeop, head of KOTRA's Global Talent Center, said, "Foreign-invested companies in the business-to-business (B2B) sector generally have low public recognition but many possess global competitiveness, making it a good opportunity for Korean talents to grow into global talents," and added, "We hope for great interest and attendance at the 'Advanced Industry Foreign-Invested Companies Recruitment Briefing' to be held this year through collaboration between KOTRA and BK21 universities."

KOTRA's recruitment support project for foreign-invested companies has mainly focused on university students so far, but starting this year, it will also support the recruitment of master's and doctoral professionals in R&D fields by reflecting the voices from foreign-invested companies on site. To this end, recruitment briefings will be held by advanced industry sectors such as semiconductors, secondary batteries, and bio.

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