Lotte will hire a three-digit number of new employees at 15 affiliates through September rolling recruitment.
Lotte said on the 31st that it will start "predictable rolling recruitment" on the 1st of next month. Predictable rolling recruitment sets each affiliate's recruiting periods for March, June, September, and December so applicants can anticipate and prepare for the hiring schedule in advance.
Fifteen affiliates, including Lotte Department Store, Lotte Wellfood, Lotte Construction, and Lotte Innovate, will take part in this hiring round. It will conduct three-digit-scale new hiring across more than 50 roles, including sales, marketing, research and development (R&D), and artificial intelligence (AI).
In particular, it will move to secure experts for the group's AI transformation (AX). Lotte Innovate and Lotte Construction plan to actively hire AI specialists in natural language and vision/speech processing, research, and development.
From the 1st to the 8th of next month, Lotte will hold job fairs at 12 universities nationwide, including Seoul National University, Sungkyunkwan University, Yonsei University, Sogang University, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), and Korea University. Twenty affiliates, including Lotte Wellfood, Lotte Mart/Super, Lotte Property & Development, Lotte Hotels, Lotte Biologics, and Lotte Construction, will participate to introduce the companies and roles and provide recruiting consultations.
It will also organize hiring events to secure regional talent. Lotte Energy Materials and Lotte Fine Chemical will host job fairs at UNIST and Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST) to recruit STEM talent. Lotte Department Store plans to hold recruiting briefings at universities in the Chungcheong, Honam, and Yeongnam regions.
A Lotte official said, "We will secure talent across various fields, including AI, sales, and marketing," adding, "We will widen contact points with young talent nationwide and discover people who will lead the group."