Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy

The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE) held the Global Talent Supporters (“Supporters”) kick-off ceremony today at the Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA) in Seoul as part of an aim to enhance support for foreign-invested firms’ talent recruitment.

Now in its second year, the Supporters program for 2025 has chosen 20 university students with the aspiration to grow into global talents by gaining work experience at foreign-invested companies, each of whom beat 22 other competitors in the nationwide selection process. 

Over the next two months, the Supporters will be promoting foreign-invested firms’ recruitment activities by visiting and reporting on leading global companies through YouTube and other media platforms. Leveraging their digital fluency and ability to create original content, the Supporters can act as a bridge between companies and youth by bringing quality recruitment information to young job-seekers.

MOTIE will also be increasing year-round online hiring. Since 2019, the ministry has been running an online platform for the exclusive promotion of foreign-invested firms’ year-round recruitment at Job Korea (www.jobkorea.co.kr/Theme/kotra), a private career portal. Starting this year, MOTIE plans to strengthen support for the year-round online hiring of businesses in advanced industries by adding special sections introducing some of their high-performing companies and featuring interviews with HR managers. Among foreign-invested companies participating in the year-round hiring platform, additional support will go towards the development of a special webpage dedicated to those with plans for large-scale recruitment.

The Korean government intends to make smooth progress in preparing for the Global Talent Fair 2025 slated for this May to actively assist job-seekers’ efforts for employment at global companies. Preregistration for the Global Talent Fair is open from March 20 to May 2 and those who are interested can preregister at the official website (globaltalentfair.kotra.biz) to take part in a variety of employment support programs.