Hana Financial Group Supports Job Creation for Employment-Vulnerable Groups

Hana Financial Group announced on the 10th that it held the launch event for the "Hana Power On Innovation Company Internship," a social value creation program that connects internships for vulnerable employment groups such as people with disabilities, women with career experience, and youth with social innovation companies to solve corporate growth and employment issues, at its Myeongdong headquarters in Seoul on the afternoon of the 9th.

The event was attended by about 100 people, including Ham Young-joo, Chairman of Hana Financial Group, Lee Sung-hee, Vice Minister of Employment and Labor, Jung Hyun-gon, President of the Korea Social Enterprise Promotion Agency, and interns participating from social innovation companies.

Hana Financial Group held the launch event for the social value creation program "Hana Power On Innovation Company Internship," which connects internships at social innovation companies with vulnerable employment groups such as people with disabilities, women with career experience, and youth to address corporate growth and employment issues, on the afternoon of the 9th at the Myeongdong building. At the launch event, Ham Young-joo, Chairman of Hana Financial Group (third from the left), and Lee Sung-hee, Vice Minister of Employment and Labor (second from the left), visited the social innovation company exhibition booth set up at the venue and received explanations about the companies.

At the event, there was an introduction to the internship program and a tour of exhibition booths of social innovation companies participating in the internship, providing an opportunity to promote social innovation companies. There was also a session to hear video messages from seniors who transitioned to full-time positions through the internship and pledges from new interns.

Hana Financial Group has been steadily conducting the innovation company internship program for job creation since 2018. Since last year, the program has been expanded in earnest, supporting connections between 230 social innovation companies and young people to provide internship experience opportunities.

Among the 230 interns who participated in last year’s internship, 169 (73.5%) were converted to full-time positions. Hana Financial Group plans to strengthen both quantitative and qualitative support for the internship program this year, aiming for an 80% full-time employment conversion rate.

Social innovation companies participating in this internship will receive internship salaries for three months, and if converted to full-time positions later, an additional two months’ salary will be supported to continue efforts for sustainable and stable job creation.

Additionally, support for internship participants will be enhanced this year, including ▲ a monthly 100,000 KRW online education voucher for all internship participants ▲ 300,000 KRW monthly support for women with career experience in multi-child families ▲ 100,000 KRW monthly support for participants from small business families ▲ and follow-up employment counseling for participants who are not converted to full-time positions.

Ham Young-joo, Chairman of Hana Financial Group, stated, “A sustainable future exists when youth preparing for the future through jobs and innovative companies grow together. By connecting vulnerable employment groups, social enterprises, and finance, we will realize the group’s vision of ‘Finance Connected as One for Everyone’ and take the lead in creating a society where everyone is happy and dreams of the future.”

Lee Sung-hee, Vice Minister of Employment and Labor, said, “We appreciate Hana Financial Group’s efforts to create jobs for youth and promote the growth of innovative companies, and we will continue to support all participants in the internship program to achieve their desired employment goals.”