Hyundai Motor Heads to Silicon Valley to Recruit Future Tech Talent

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1. Hyundai Motor Group to Recruit Future Tech Talent in Silicon Valley in September

- Key Summary: Hyundai Motor Group will hold the 'HMG Tech Talent Forum' for the first time in Silicon Valley, U.S., on September 17-18, selecting talent across seven fields including AI, robotics, autonomous driving, smart manufacturing, SW/IT, batteries, and hydrogen energy. Nine group affiliates — including Hyundai Motor, Kia (000270), HATCI, Boston Dynamics, Motional, and 42dot — will jointly operate the integrated recruitment program 'HMG Global Tech Talent Recruitment,' with sessions allowing direct communication with each affiliate's working-level staff. Applicants must be STEM graduates or soon-to-be graduates from overseas universities, with the application deadline on May 22. Observers call this an unprecedented recruitment channel that allows simultaneous applications to group affiliates for STEM job seekers in global future technology fields.

2. With Rising Non-Face-to-Face Transactions and AX, 1,100 Bank Employees Packed Their Bags in One Year

- Key Summary: As of the end of last year, the number of employees at Korean commercial banks stood at 61,156, down 1,123 in one year and down 6,011 (about 9%) from 2019 (67,167) before COVID-19. KB Kookmin Bank closed 29 branches, Shinhan Bank 43, and Woori Bank also closed numerous branches over the past year, accelerating the reduction of offline channels. A commercial bank official explained that AI adoption is reducing staff roles in teller, loan review, and back-office operations, and the pace of replacement will accelerate further. Analysts say job seekers preparing for careers in finance should reorient toward specialized roles combining AI capabilities rather than general administrative positions to strengthen their competitiveness.

3. SKB Declares 'Make All Employees AI Experts'...Year One of AX Innovation

- Key Summary: SK Broadband will operate an 'AI Agent Lab' for all employees from March through October, with a goal of more than doubling the proportion of intermediate-level or higher 'AI Performers' from the current 9% to 20% (400 people). The plan is to create at least 400 in-house customized AI work tools using the latest AI tools such as Gemini and DeFi, with AI leadership training by rank — from new employees to executives — operated as a mandatory course. The system will also be strengthened through an upgraded 'AI Certification System' to separately manage a talent pool with verified AI capabilities. Analysts note that the trend of companies making AI capabilities a core criterion for hiring and internal evaluations is spreading across the telecommunications industry.

4. Top-Grade S-Rating List Disclosed...Ending 'Blind Evaluations' for Civil Servants

- Key Summary: The Ministry of Personnel Management and the Ministry of the Interior and Safety have issued a legislative notice on revisions that will require mandatory notification of civil servant performance evaluation results to the evaluated and disclose the list of top-grade S-rating performance bonus recipients to all employees. From the second half of this year, the digital performance management system 'e-Saram' will be introduced to record work processes on an ongoing basis, with joint tasks and inter-departmental collaboration contributions also reflected in evaluations. The Ministry of the Interior and Safety plans to sequentially distribute 'On-AI,' an intelligent work management system with collaborative document editing capabilities, to all central administrative agencies starting in May. For job seekers preparing for civil service, observers interpret the changes as increasing evaluation transparency while concretely defining collaboration skills and digital work capabilities as evaluation items.

5. Following HBM, 'SOCAMM2' Battle...SK hynix (000660) Begins Full-Scale Production for Vera Rubin

- Key Summary: SK hynix announced it will mass-produce the industry-first SOCAMM2 192GB product optimized for Nvidia's next-generation AI accelerator 'Vera Rubin.' SOCAMM2 is an AI-specialized memory with bandwidth more than twice that of existing server memory modules (RDIMM) and energy efficiency improved by more than 75%, produced using the 10-nanometer-class 6th-generation DRAM (1c) process. As the AI market shifts its focus from training to inference, the importance of low-power, high-performance memory solutions is growing further. For job seekers targeting the semiconductor and AI infrastructure fields, analysts project that demand for related technology roles will expand as AI memory product lines diversify from HBM to SOCAMM2.

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6. 8.7 Million Smart Glasses Sold Last Year, Korea Sold 'Zero'...Samsung Vows to 'Catch Up by Connecting 800 Million AI Devices'

- Key Summary: Global AI smart glasses shipments reached 8.7 million units last year, with Meta selling approximately 7.4 million units (85.2%) to take an overwhelming lead, while Korean-made product shipments effectively remained at 'zero.' China has accelerated its push by including AI glasses in its national subsidy program, providing up to 500 yuan (approximately 110,000 won) per product. Samsung Electronics plans to unveil Galaxy Glasses as early as July and counterattack based on a global AI device ecosystem set to expand from the current 400 million to 800 million units within the year. As the smart glasses market, projected to grow to $200 billion (approximately 300 trillion won) by 2040, emerges as a next-generation platform to replace smartphones, new job opportunities are expected to open in XR, AI content, and device hardware fields.