SKT is recruiting talent suitable for the 2.0 era through new hires in the second half of the year using a revamped recruitment process.

SK Telecom announced on the 22nd that it has begun recruiting new talent for the second half of the year. The number of people to be selected through this recruitment process will be in the double digits, and applications are open from the 22nd until 5 PM on the 30th.

SKT announced that it plans to revamp its existing recruitment process to select talent based on a challenging spirit, perseverance, passion, and growth potential, rather than job experience and career history. To this end, the company stated that it has made changes to the entire recruitment process, including application criteria and methods, evaluation methods and interview procedures, and post-employment training programs.

SKT will consolidate its existing job-specific recruitment into five job groups: Service, Development, Customer, Infrastructure, and Staff. It will also restrict eligibility to less than one year of experience, down from the previous requirement of less than three years.

In addition, we break away from the traditional recruitment process and conduct the written exam first. You do not need to write a self-introduction letter to apply for the written exam; you must write it after passing the exam. SKT hoped that by changing the order of the selection process, it could reduce the burden of writing self-introduction essays for applicants and expand opportunities to participate in the written exam.

The written exam is conducted online; development positions will take the coding test and the SKCT (SK Comprehensive Competency Test) in-depth competency test, while non-development positions will take the SKCT cognitive and in-depth competency tests.

The interview process is a two-day, one-night group interview. SKT anticipated that, moving away from standardized interview formats, a comprehensive evaluation would be conducted over the two days through various interview formats that considered job competencies and knowledge, as well as challenge, collaboration, creativity, and passion.

Meanwhile, SKT announced that it has also strengthened its initial training process to help new employees explore their desired roles and organizations within the job categories they were accepted into. Previously, basic training took about three weeks; now, it will span up to 20 weeks to provide comprehensive company training and help them explore which specific job duties they wish to perform.

Heo Jun, Head of SKT Talent, stated, "We hope that outstanding young talents who enjoy challenges and are full of passion will apply to SK Telecom, which is innovating into an AI company, and grow into members who will lead the company's future."