Jul 26 2008
POSCO was placed 1st as the "most desired company to work in" by Korea"s company employees and job seekers.
On the 21st Korea Management Association Consulting (KMAC) presented the rankings from the "2008 the most desired company in Korea to work in" which was a survey on 4246 company workers and 4th grade university students preparing for employment. This study targeted 323 Korean companies and selected the "best 30 companies" (each 15 in the manufacturing and service industries), as well as the top companies for each industry." (refer to the table below)
In the classification of key factors of attraction for workers in the viewpoint of HR according to the survey results, POSCO was highly appraised in four sections including the degree of "vision attractiveness," "HR management attractiveness," "Corporate culture attractiveness," and "Overall attractiveness," by which it was placed 1st in the manufacturing sector out of the "best 30 companies."
2nd place in the manufacturing sector was taken by Samsung Electronics followed by Hyundai Heavy Industries, CJ CheilJedang, and SK Energy which all made up the top 5 companies. In the service sector surveyed together with the manufacturing sector, SK Telecom took 1st place followed by Korean Air, Kookmin Bank, Asiana Airlines, and Shinhan Bank.
Along with this, the "top companies for each industry" were selected in 43 sectors including steel, textiles, petroleum & chemicals, shipbuilding, home appliances, automobiles, telecommunications, etc. POSCO was also selected as the no.1 company in the steel sector revealing that POSCO is being recognized throughout the wider community and appraised favorably.
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