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Coupang announced on the 12th that the number of employees in their 20s and 30s at non-Seoul distribution centers, excluding daily workers, exceeded 17,000 as of March.
Coupang has invested 3 trillion won in logistics infrastructure from 2024 to this year to expand its regional distribution center. The local youth recruitment policy was also expanded by increasing the number of distribution centers.
The number of young people at Gwangju Advanced Logistics Center in Gwangju, which was completed two years ago, exceeds 1,000 as of March. The same applies to the Chungcheong area (1,160, Gyeongsang-do (1900), and Daegu (840). The number of full-time automation engineers operating and maintaining AI (artificial intelligence) automation facilities and robots has also increased significantly.
In some places, the proportion of young people in their 20s and 30s (based on regular workers) to all employees of distribution centers exceeds 80%. As of March, the proportion of young people in their 20s and 30s at the Gwangju 5th Logistics Center was 84%, up significantly from the same month (73%) last year. Many regional distribution centers, including Daejeon 1 Center (85%), Gyeongnam Gimhae 1 Center (84%), Gwangju 1 Center (83%), and Gyeongnam Yangsan 1 Center (83%) also recorded more than 80% of the youth.
Coupang plans to increase youth jobs again this year. Following large-scale recruitment fairs in Daegu and Suwon in March, the company plans to strengthen industry-academic cooperation with local universities to actively hire young talent and train them as logistics experts. Starting with Jeonju University and Gunsan University in 2021, Coupang has established industry-academic cooperation with 15 local universities, including Inje University, Korea Polytechnic University, and Wonkwang University, to increase internships and full-time employment.
An official from Coupang said, "We will continue to increase quality jobs so that local young people can achieve their dreams as they continue to settle in the local community, and through this, there will be a virtuous cycle of revitalizing the local economy."
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