[종합] Hyundai Motor Company’s big investment “Creating 46,000 jobs for young people”

Hyundai Motor Group will create 46,000 youth jobs over the next three years. It is the largest among the six large companies that have participated in the government’s youth employment project.

On the 22nd, Hyundai Motor Group Chairman Chung Eui-sun met with Prime Minister Kim Bu-gyeom and signed a ‘Youth Hope ON’ agreement based on such content.

Chairman Jung said in a meeting held at the Hyundai Motor Studio Goyang in Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do on the morning of the same day, “I will directly hire 30,000 people over the next three years.”

▲ Hyundai Motor Group Chairman Chung Eui-sun delivers a greeting at Youth Hope ON held at Hyundai Motor Studio in Ilsan, Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do on the morning of the 22nd. (yunhap news)

In particular, the group decided to hire a large number of young talents in new business fields such as robotics, urban air mobility (UAM), hydrogen energy, and autonomous driving, which the group is focusing on.

Of the total 46,000 jobs, the remaining 16,000, excluding direct employment (30,000), will be prepared through human resource development and start-up support.

Specifically, 15,000 people will benefit from talent development programs such as △group company internships (3,400 people), △industry-university cooperation (5,600 people), and future technology job training (6,000 people).

The remaining 1,000 jobs are invested in start-ups. It plans to support 1,000 young entrepreneurs through the △Zero One program, which fosters and invests in new businesses, and the △H-OnDream program, which discovers and nurtures social enterprises.

▲ Chairman Chung Eui-sun promised to create a total of 46,000 youth jobs, including 30,000 directly employed over the next three years. It is the largest scale among companies that participated in the government’s ‘Youth Hope ON’ project. (Reporter Go Iran photoeran@)

Hyundai Motor Group emphasized, “We will fulfill our social responsibility for expanding youth jobs by actively recruiting and nurturing outstanding young talent, and will spare no effort to make preemptive investments for the future of Korea.”

Prime Minister Kim said at the meeting that day, “I am especially grateful to the Hyundai Motor Group for promising to create the largest number of jobs among the companies that have participated.”

He continued, “It reminds me of the spirit of challenge for youth of the late Chairman Ju-Young Chung, who said, ‘Hey, have you tried it?’”

“At the end of the day, young people should lead this country,” said Chairman Chung. I think it is an important opportunity to set the direction for what we need to do hard.” He replied, “It is our natural duty to create jobs.”

Hyundai Motor Group’s last project, ‘Youth Hope ON’, which is a youth employment project supported by companies and supported by the government to expand youth jobs, will end on this day. Through this, the government secured 179,000 jobs from six large corporations.

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Previously, among major conglomerates, KT, Samsung, LG, SK, and POSCO participated in this agreement in turn. First, △KT promised to create 12,000 youth jobs, △Samsung Electronics (30,000) and △LG Group (39,000) △SK Group (27,000) △Posco (25,000) participated, etc.

At the meeting, Prime Minister Kim said, “After the agreement with the Hyundai Motor Group, ‘Youth Hope ON’ with large companies will come to an end.

He continued, “I was also misunderstood, saying, ‘Why is the government telling me to shut up and let go of the boat when companies are doing well?’

He continued, “Thank you again to Hyundai Motor Group for participating in the Youth Hope ON project.”

▲Prime Minister Kim Bu-gyeom (center) bowed his head to express his gratitude to Minister of Employment and Labor Ahn Gyeong-deok (left) and Chairman Chung, who attended the event together. (Reporter Go Iran photoeran@)