00:00job seekers in korea samsung's 2026 entry-level hiring is open right now and it's the only one
00:05of the four major conglomerates still running open recruitment before you apply here's what
00:10that really means samsung is recruiting about 12 000 people a year targeting 60 000 over five
00:16years meanwhile a security skills shortage is opening doors for white hat hackers it's monday
00:20october 26th let's look at what this means for job seekers and graduates in korea samsung ran
00:25its samsung aptitude test known as gsat on october 24th and 25th final interviews and health checks
00:32follow next month the company has run open recruitment since 1957 so this year marks 70
00:37years it's samsung sw and ai academy sophie has graduated more than 11 000 people since 2018
00:44and about 9 400 of them have found jobs here's what the numbers show security hiring is accelerating
00:50banks it firms and game companies are recruiting penetration testers and vulnerability analysts
00:56the share of security staff among it workers at disclosed companies rose from 6.19 percent in
01:012024 to 6.67 percent last year and 6.8 percent this year worry bank sk shieldus and hyundai auto
01:09ever
01:09are all hiring red team professionals and national intelligence service is recruiting specialists to
01:14test ai systems experts say the skills that matter most now combine security knowledge with an
01:19understanding of how a business uses its data students who spend more than 1 million won a
01:24month on tutoring rose to 11.6 percent nationally and in soul that figure reaches 24.6 percent
01:30researchers link the strength of degree-based hiring to a tough job market where a recognized
01:34university name carries more weight when openings are scarce so what does this mean for job seekers
01:38weighing applications this year samsung's hiring window is real but it's tightly scheduled so check the
01:44next recruitment round early security and ai adjacent roles are growing fastest and they reward
01:49hands-on experience not just a degree and if you're comparing offers remember what the soul
01:53numbers show competition for stable well-regarded positions is intense so build a skill set that
01:59stands on its own earlier we said samsung was the only major conglomerate still running open
02:04recruitment here's what that actually means for you it means a single predictable entry point and it
02:09rewards candidates who prepare for the aptitude test well in advance that's today's ai prism students and
02:14grads this episode was produced with ai assistance based on soul economic daily reporting
02:19ai prism is a juan ifra award-winning series we'll be back tomorrow
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