Hanwha Systems to Hire 100+ for Space Business Amid 20 Trillion Won Bet

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1. Hanwha Systems to Hire More Than 100 Experienced Workers for Space Business Division

Key Summary: Hanwha Systems announced on the 4th that it will recruit experienced workers for its space business division in triple-digit numbers in the second half. Recruitment fields span its core advanced businesses, including SAR satellites, space AI data centers, low-Earth-orbit satellite communications, satellite solar cells, and satellite service operations, and also include space business strategic planning and marketing managers. Applicants must have five or more years of practical experience in relevant fields (including periods spent in domestic or overseas master's or doctoral programs), and work locations include the Seoul business site, the Pangyo research center, and the Jeju Space Center. As Hanwha Group begins in earnest a major investment injecting approximately 20 trillion won into the space sector alone, demand for talent in related fields is expected to continue over the long term.

2. Polytechnics Launch Record Hiring of 120 AI and Semiconductor Professors

Key Summary: Korea Polytechnics announced on the 4th that it will recruit 120 professors across 19 fields, with applications accepted from the 11th to the 20th of this month. By field, it will select 26 in liberal arts, 22 in electricity, 10 in semiconductors, nine in industrial facilities, eight each in machinery and automation, and seven in information and communications technology. In connection with the government's three mega-projects, the recruitment emphasizes expanding faculty in advanced strategic industries such as AI, semiconductors, and electricity. Applicants who meet the faculty qualification standards under the Higher Education Act and have three or more years of field experience may apply, and the recruitment actively encourages applications from field experts such as Korea Masters, professional engineers, and master craftsmen.

3. flex Expands Beyond HR into AI Agent Platform

Key Summary: HR tech company flex has accelerated its push into the enterprise software market by expanding its payroll and attendance management platform into a company-wide AI agent platform. Its core competitiveness lies in 'relationship data,' a method by which AI identifies the flow of relationships within an organization formed through employees' affiliations, positions, electronic approvals, and work collaboration to boost work productivity. Its ARR surpassed 40 billion won in the first half of this year and is projected to exceed 100 billion won next year. As demand for enterprise AI transformation (AX) expands, opportunities in the B2B SaaS and HR tech sectors are broadening for job seekers with relevant skills.

4. Government to Designate Mega Special Zones This Year, Create 10 Trillion Won Industrial Growth Fund

Key Summary: The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy is pushing to enact a Mega Special Zone Act and designate the first mega special zone within the year, accelerating region-led growth. It will create a 10 trillion won public-private joint industrial growth fund co-invested by the government and large corporations to support partner companies in the materials, parts, and equipment sectors, and will build seven M.AX clusters by 2030. Procedures are underway for semiconductor industrial complexes, targeting fab operations in Yongin in 2029 and in the southwestern region in 2030-2031. Once industry-specific clusters in semiconductors, shipbuilding, automobiles, and other sectors are built in earnest, direct changes are expected in the employment landscape for job seekers in related fields.

5. SMEs Ministry to Support Innovative Firms With 40 Billion Won, Select 10,000 Startups

Key Summary: The Ministry of SMEs and Startups will provide intensive support of more than 40 billion won per company for up to five years to innovative firms in five new growth sectors: new security, pharmaceuticals and biotech, climate tech, K-consumer goods, and manufacturing AI. It also announced a plan to nurture "3,000 national champion leap companies" by building a growth ladder from small enterprises to mid-sized enterprises. In startup support, it will select 10,000 innovative entrepreneurs in the second round of 'Startup for All,' and the re-startup application criterion will be expanded from within three years to within seven years. For job seekers preparing to start businesses or find jobs in the five new growth sectors, a concrete entry path linking policy funds and R&D support has opened.

6. K-Beauty 3.0 Expands Export Base to Hair, Devices, and Derma

Key Summary: K-hair care exports surged approximately 31% year-on-year to $681.62 million last year, and reached $412.1 million in the first half of this year alone, making it likely to surpass 1 trillion won for the full year. Home beauty device exports also continued their growth, reaching $165.67 million last year, and among the 6 million cumulative units sold of AGE-R by APR's Medicube, the overseas share has exceeded 60%. CJ Olive Young's dermacosmetic category 'Advanced Derma' expanded to 650 stores just four months after launch, with June sales surging 260% compared to April. As the K-beauty industry broadens its portfolio from a skincare focus to hair, devices, and derma, demand for global marketing, product planning, and overseas sales roles is expanding as well.