[Economy 365]
This year, public institutions will hire more than 26,000 full-time employees.
We also decided to recruit more than 22,000 new hands-on internships.
The Ministry of Strategy and Finance unveiled these recruitment plans at the 2022 Public Institution Recruitment Information Fair, which is held online and non-face-to-face.
151 public institutions participated in the public institution recruitment information fair this year.
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From this year, electric vehicles are also inspected for battery safety during vehicle inspection.
Electric vehicles have only undergone visual inspection and insulation resistance inspection of the entire car body.
From this year, the electronic device diagnostics will be used to check for abnormalities such as insulation and operation of high-power electrical devices and batteries.
The Korea Transportation Safety Authority announced that it has improved the inspection system to enhance safety as more eco-friendly vehicles, including electric vehicles, increase.
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The National Pension Service, the largest shareholder, voted in favor of POSCO's conversion to a holding company.
According to the industry, the National Pension Service agreed yesterday (24th) at a meeting of the Trustee Responsibility Committee to approve the proposal of dividing POSCO into POSCO Holdings, the holding company, and POSCO, the steel business, through physical division.
The trustee made this decision considering the possibility of new growth opportunities such as secondary batteries and hydrogen energy, as well as the fact that the will of the steel subsidiary to go unlisted was reflected in the subsidiary's articles of incorporation.
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The burger franchise Shake Shack is increasing the prices of 10 products, including burgers and drinks, by an average of 3% starting today.
Previously, Lotteria raised the selling price of products by an average of 4.1% on the 1st of last month, and Burger King also raised the prices of some products by an average of 2.9% from the 7th of this month.