LS Electric Rides the 'Power Supercycle', Expands Recruitment... Over 10% New Office Hires Annually

Expansion of Recruitment and Enhanced Compensation
Chairman Ja-kyun Koo: "People Are the Key to Future Competitiveness"
Securing Global Talent in the Power Market Becomes Crucial

LS Electric is positioning talent acquisition as a key strategy for securing global market leadership during the ongoing power supercycle and is embarking on an aggressive expansion of recruitment.

On March 30, LS Electric announced that it aims to secure talent by recruiting more than 10% of new office workers annually. In line with Chairman Ja-kyun Koo’s people-centered management philosophy, the company plans to continuously increase the scale of recruitment and enhance its competitiveness in compensation.

Since 2006, LS Electric has maintained a stable recruitment system by operating an open recruitment program for nearly 20 years, which has also enabled the company to consistently bring in young talent.

Additionally, since 2023, LS Electric has implemented a global internship program linked to recruitment, allowing the company to identify outstanding talent early. The program selects candidates with language proficiency, provides them with product knowledge at business sites, and then assigns them to overseas business units. By offering job experience and an understanding of corporate culture during the internship, the company ensures a smooth transition to full-time employment.

To secure research and development (R&D) specialists, LS Electric conducts ongoing recruitment throughout both the first and second halves of the year, and operates industry-academia scholarship and internship programs to secure top researchers in advance. Since 2024, the company has also operated an on-site internship program linked to recruitment in cooperation with universities near its business locations to strengthen industry-academia collaboration. Notably, last year, all non-regular employees were converted to full-time positions, further enhancing job stability.

LS Electric announced on the 30th that it aims to secure talent by recruiting more than 10% of office workers annually. The photo shows a global intern employee at LS Electric. LS Electric. Photo by LS Electric

LS Electric is also committed to expanding employment opportunities for vulnerable groups. The company hires disabled artists for cultural and artistic activities, such as the Green Voice (choir for people with disabilities) and Green Canvas (art for people with disabilities), supporting both their artistic pursuits and stable independence. It also operates the Health Keeper program (blind massage therapists) to enhance employee welfare. In addition, LS Electric continuously recruits veterans and patriotic personnel to support their stable transition into society.

This talent acquisition strategy of LS Electric is grounded in the philosophy that, during a period of structural growth in the power industry, people are ultimately the key factor in determining technological and business competitiveness. Chairman Koo has consistently emphasized, “Now, as the paradigm of the power industry is rapidly changing, is a decisive moment to prepare for future competitiveness. The most important asset driving corporate growth is people, and securing outstanding talent to lead the business is synonymous with corporate competitiveness.”

Recently, global investment in power infrastructure has surged due to the expansion of data centers, the spread of renewable energy, and the replacement of aging power grids, resulting in the formation of a large-scale investment cycle across the power industry.

In particular, as business opportunities in power infrastructure expand in overseas markets, including North America, securing talent with global capabilities for local sales and business development has become increasingly important.

An LS Electric representative stated, “As the power infrastructure market enters a phase of structural growth, global business opportunities are expanding rapidly. By proactively securing top talent, we will simultaneously strengthen our global business, technological competitiveness, and production capacity, and grow into a company that leads the future power industry.”

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