SK Telecom, Korea's No.1 mobile service provider, has appointed two foreigners as its human resources executives to help the carrier's efforts to attract global talents, its officials said yesterday.
SK Telecom said it plans to recruit more foreign executives as the company is striving to transform itself into a global firm. The company has been expanding into the United States, China and Vietnam to drive growth as the local market is nearing a saturation point.
This is the first time that SK Telecom appointed foreign executives in its Korean operation. It is also unsual that a Korean telecommunications company, which relies heavily on the local market, is recruiting foreign executives.
I think that these foreign veterans will help the company to draw more global talents and shape the corporate culture in such ways so that it is in line with that of a global company. SKT provides internship programs to the students from some American Business schools and also requires its employees to write all the reports in English as the means to transform the company into a global one.
I think SKT is stepping an important step which had not been done by any other companies in Korea. It is trying to increase the target market by being more global. This sudden change might be a stubling block for a while, however, it will soon translate into a stepping stone on which SkT would stand out among the competitors.
By Jin Hyun-joo
Source : http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/science
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