Lotte Department Store said on the 9th that it will secure talent to lead the future retail industry through hiring new employees for the first half of 2026.
Applications for this hiring round can be submitted on the Lotte Group recruitment website through the 27th, with a double-digit number of hires planned. Candidates who pass the document screening and on-site audition will go through an internship in May–June and then officially join in July after a final interview. The openings are in two roles: sales/MD and marketing.
Lotte Department Store is emphasizing an organizational culture with "challenge" and "immersion" as core values and is strengthening its recruitment branding based on that. For this hiring round, it introduced a new slogan, "Make your NEXT [ ]," with the subtitle "Your Vision, Our Stage." It conveys that individuals design their own future (NEXT), realize their vision on the stage of Lotte Department Store, and grow to the next level.
This message reflects the direction of a expertise-based HR system in which evaluation and compensation are determined by professional expertise, difficulty, and level of responsibility rather than years of service or rank. Hiring also selects talent through the practical-skills-focused "IM screening," emphasizing job competence and growth potential over credentials. Educational background and GPA are handled blind, and a portfolio review of job-related experience and an on-site audition comprehensively verify actual job performance ability and vision.
Lotte Department Store is also strengthening the institutional foundation so that anyone with capability and expertise can grow. In particular, starting this year, it introduced an "immediate reward" system that swiftly compensates innovative results and further strengthened a performance-based compensation framework by expanding individual reward amounts. This is a measure to establish an organizational culture that encourages challenges and the creation of results.
A Lotte Department Store official said, "We look forward to active applications from talent seeking to grow into future retail experts spanning department stores, shopping malls, and outlets."