Hanwha Essential Selected as 'Korea Best Job Company' for Second Consecutive Year

Recognized for Efforts to Improve Employment
through Expanded Recruitment Driven by New Business,
Industry-Academia Partnerships, and Work-Life Balance Initiatives

Hanwha Essential announced on the 11th that it has been selected for the second consecutive year as a ‘2026 Korea Best Job Company,’ an honor organized by the Ministry of Employment and Labor.

Kim Younghoon, Minister of Employment and Labor (left), and Hwang Jungwook, CEO of Hanwha Essential, are taking a commemorative photo at the '2026 Korea Best Job Creator Company' certification ceremony. Hanwha Essential

The Korea Best Job Company program is a government certification system that recognizes outstanding companies every year for their contributions to job creation and improvements in employment quality, aiming to spread exemplary cases. Companies are comprehensively evaluated based on various indicators, including records of youth employment creation, work-life balance practices, support for the employment of women, people with disabilities, and seniors, reduction of working hours without wage decline, and labor-management cooperation and shared growth.

In line with its business expansion, Hanwha Essential has increased talent recruitment while also strengthening industry-academia partnerships to foster technical talent. The company jointly develops regular curricula with local educational institutions and operates practical, field-oriented training programs, with in-house engineers directly participating in the educational process.

Through these efforts, Hanwha Essential supports students in acquiring the technical skills needed in the field and links education and recruitment to secure skilled technical personnel.

The company is also committed to improving the work environment for employees at regional business sites. Considering the characteristics of locations such as Asan and Sejong, Hanwha Essential provides housing support and implements flexible work arrangements. In addition, the company operates a range of welfare and competency development programs, including sabbaticals for promoted employees, rewards for long-term service, support for professional and language education, and assistance for attending exhibitions.

Hanwha Essential is also operating systems to facilitate labor-management communication, gathering feedback from the field and reflecting it in management through various channels, such as the labor-management council and town hall meetings.

Hwang Jungwook, CEO of Hanwha Essential, stated, “Job creation and improvement of employment quality are the core drivers of a company's sustainable future. Being selected for two consecutive years, we will further strengthen our recruitment system and industry-academia cooperation, solidifying our employment model to nurture future technical talent in partnership with the local community.”

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