KEPCO joined efforts with the Ministry of Education in order to create numerous employment opportunities for high school graduates through their cooperation. The program collaborates between KEPCO and the Ministry of Education to develop job-oriented independence programs which build youth success while promoting South Korean self-sufficiency. The South Korean event took place at Dongdaemun Novotel when KEPCO and the Ministry of Education signed their business agreement on March 26, 2025. The partnership became official through their announcement on March 31, 2025.
The business agreement made progress with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education Lee Ju-ho alongside KEPCO Vice President Ahn Jung-eun and Bae Byung-il who leads the Korea Scholarship Foundation. This agreement includes plans to expand high school graduate employment and develop their careers. The vocational high school students who numbered about 200 participated in this event.
The new KEPCO recruiting program targets the expansion of high school graduate recruitment through which the company aims to establish 300 new job positions for young people from 2020 to 2023. Through this initiative KEPCO creates 170 limited positions and 130 internship opportunities. KEPCO will increase its annual graduate recruitment this year to 87 positions surpassing the 2024 figure and exceeding the previous yearly total of 10 graduates.
The South Korean youth employment crisis is improving through this strategic move because job openings per job seeker reached their lowest point in 26 years. More than fifty percent of young individuals who are neither studying nor employed possess high school diplomas or less. KEPCO's partnership with the Ministry of Education through their agreement works to resolve these issues through programs that enhance job availability pathways for career-based roles for high school graduates.
The partnership between KEPCO and the Ministry of Education consists of launching career development programs which will assist high school graduates from their first professional step onward. Vocational high school graduates can access preferential employment through specially designed training programs under the partnership terms. The Ministry of Education recommends vocational high school students who will receive energy sector employment education from KEPCO. KEPCO offers students trained through this program recruitment preference points that strengthen their hiring potential.
KEPCO operates the Human Resources Development Institute as a training center which delivers energy-specific programs to equip high school graduates for energy-industry positions. The energy-related training at The Human Resources Development Institute aims to provide specialized skills needed for energy-sector work during a duration of about one month.
KEPCO implements a self-reliance framework that offers new job possibilities to graduates while establishing sustainable energy sector professions. KEPCO works toward providing young people financial independence through its educational programs while supporting family stability by decreasing their economic responsibilities.
KEPCO pursues employment development initiatives that target workers at every level including those who have finished high school. The hiring expansion at the company consists of 700 new full-time positions which the organization plans to add throughout this year. The new workforce comes to a total of 3500 employees which stands as the biggest hiring growth since 2022 compared to last year's figure of 2900 recruits. KEPCO has deployed a plan to use 80% of its recruited staff within the technology field where they will work on building large transmission networks while executing the Special Act on Distributed Energy system.
KEPCO supports its recruitment strategy with an experiential internship program that supplies 900 annual positions to young employees interested in energy sector experience.
KEPCO has noticed the primary importance of youth job opportunities thus began offering increased career development programs for secondary school graduates. KEPCO teams up with the Ministry of Education to establish a workforce where skill competence matters more than educational achievements and benefits everyone inclusively.
The initiatives of KEPCO receive praise from Vice President Ahn Jung-eun because they reduce parental expenses through early employment and lead to stable social conditions by enhancing marriage and childbirth statistics. Ahn announced that KEPCO will sustain its backing of educational reform changes and aim to give opportunities to young people of different academic levels.
The partnership between KEPCO and the Ministry of Education signifies an enduring strategic vision for KEPCO to handle South Korea's youth employment needs together with developing future energy sector talents.
