Posco Earns Top Rating for Seven Consecutive Years in National Human Resources Development Consortium

710,000 SME Employees Trained
Donations of 185 Million Won in Incentives

Posco has received the highest rating for seven consecutive years in the 2025 National Human Resources Development Consortium Performance Evaluation, organized by the Ministry of Employment and Labor and the Human Resources Development Service of Korea.

On September 4, Posco was recognized as an outstanding institution by receiving the top S grade at the "2025 Performance Evaluation Outstanding Institution Awards Ceremony" held at Seoul Dragon City. The National Human Resources Development Consortium is a government-supported program that utilizes the educational infrastructure of large corporations to provide on-site customized training for employees of small and medium-sized enterprises.

Seoul Posco Center exterior view. Photo by Posco

The Ministry of Employment and Labor designates participating companies in the consortium as joint training centers and provides support for facility and equipment purchases, development of educational programs, operating expenses, and training costs. It conducts a comprehensive evaluation of training performance, the expertise of dedicated staff, and educational satisfaction, and designates the top 20% of institutions as autonomous joint training centers.

Since 2013, Posco has been selected as an autonomous joint training center for 13 consecutive years, and has maintained the highest rating every year in the evaluation of outstanding joint training centers, which was introduced in 2019. Last year, Posco provided job training and ESG competency education-including welding, overhead crane operation, machinery maintenance, and electrical facility management-to 23,458 employees from 563 partner companies, subcontractors, and service providers.

Since launching the program in 2005, Posco has signed agreements with over 500 companies and provided training to a cumulative total of 710,000 people. On this day, Posco donated the entire incentive of 15 million won, awarded for being selected as an outstanding institution, to the Posco 1% Sharing Foundation. The company’s cumulative donations now amount to 185 million won.

A Posco representative stated, "For 20 years, we have consistently participated in the consortium program, driving mutual growth with our partners and local small and medium-sized enterprises, and contributing to the development of the steel industry ecosystem. We will continue to actively participate in government-supported programs to support the human resource development of our partners and small and medium-sized enterprises."

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