Employees can design their personal growth plan together with their department head and pursue a career development program accordingly. In the case of employees under the software job group, they have various opportunities, such as training for AI/data, algorithms, software architects, and code review, and special lectures by outside experts and external training programs so that any software developer can grow into an expert through continuous competency development.

Marketing employees, in addition to basic sales and marketing skills training, receive intensive training on the customer-centric mindset, business sense, and digital and collaboration capabilities to strengthen the customer experience. Employees can develop their sales and marketing competencies through the Samsung Marketing Academy, which has a curated curriculum for each career track, such as B2C sales, online sales, product marketing and integrated marketing communication.

We provide opportunities for our employees to participate in outside programs, including MBA programs and master’s courses in human resources, finance and academic training programs in Korea and abroad, based on their career level and needs. Moreover, the Samsung Institute of Technology (SSIT), originally launched in 1989 as an in-house semiconductor technology college to build on the competencies of on-site workers, was accredited as a university in 2001 to be able to offer four-year bachelor’s courses in equipment, infrastructure and display.

Also, the Semiconductor Display Engineering Department and DMC Engineering Department were established at Sungkyunkwan University in Korea, which functions as our in-house graduate school to nurture next-generation tech leaders. As of February 2022, 1,045 bachelor‘s degree holders, 769 master’s degree holders and 89* doctoral degree holders have graduated from SSIT and our in-house graduate school.

Job Posting is a system that provides Samsung Electronics employees with opportunities to switch jobs within the company. Over the past three years, 2,119 people have made internal moves, resulting in a win-win effect for both the company and individuals. In addition, we actively support soft landings for employees that changed their roles by providing change management training, mentoring and skills training.

In line with the trend of globalization, the Regional Specialists program is our unique global training program in which employees spend one year in another country. In addition to gaining international work experience, the participants have ample opportunities to explore the country’s culture, language and customs. So far, the program has trained 3,500 regional experts in 80 countries around the world.