POSCO received the top rating for the seventh consecutive year in the 2025 National HRD Consortium performance evaluation hosted by the Ministry of Employment and Labor and the Human Resources Development Service of Korea (HRD Korea). The National HRD Consortium is a government-supported program that uses large corporations' strong training infrastructure to provide on-site, tailored training for employees of small and midsize companies.
According to the industry on the 30th, POSCO was named an outstanding institution after receiving the top S grade at the 2025 performance evaluation awards ceremony held on the 4th at Seoul Dragon City. POSCO received 15 million won for the top rating. POSCO plans to donate the entire amount to the POSCO 1% Sharing Foundation. The cumulative donations made so far total 185 million won.
Last year, POSCO provided technical job training such as welding, overhead cranes, mechanical maintenance, and electrical facility management, as well as ESG capacity-building courses, to 23,458 executives and employees from 563 partner companies, subcontractors, and service contractors. Since the consortium training program was introduced in 2005, POSCO has signed agreements with about 500 corporations and has trained about 710,000 people to date.
The Ministry of Employment and Labor designates corporations and institutions participating in the consortium as joint training centers and supports the purchase of facilities and equipment, development of training programs, operating expenses, and training costs. It also conducts a comprehensive evaluation of training performance, the expertise of dedicated staff, and training satisfaction to select the top 20% of institutions as autonomous joint training centers.
A POSCO official said, "As a result of consistently participating in the consortium program over the past 20 years, we have grown together with partner companies and local small and midsize companies and have been able to develop the steel ecosystem," adding, "We will continue to actively take part in government-supported programs to promote human resources development at partner companies and small and midsize companies."