COVER STORY

Upskilling or Reskilling?

The importance of upskilling and reskilling within organizations is being highlighted more than ever. With acceleration of digital transformation, new technologies are mushrooming. During the transition of Covid 19 pandemic into endemic, the labor market structure and way of working have radically changed, resulting in changes in expected skills and capabilities required from talents.

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AI Talent Development Model in
Digital Transformation Era

Park Kuichan, President of Korea Institute of Human Resources Development in Science and Technology.

UPSKILLING PROGRAM

AI Training Courses for researchers in Government-funded Research Institutes

As a part of reskilling education for the researchers in government-funded research institutes, KIRD has planned AI training courses under the request of National Research Council of Science & Technology.

RESKILLING PROGRAM

Life-100 Design Academy for principal researchers

KIRD has launched and operated “LIFE-100 Design Academy” for principal scientists and engineers’ continuous career development so that they are prepared for happy and satisfactory life after retirement. The program is designed for the researchers at industry-university-research institute who are to retire within next three years. KIRD offers a systematic curriculum which allows people to explore various social participation activities and life after retirement.

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KIRD News

Awards_NationalReceived the Presidential Citation in the Human Resources Development category of the Korea National Quality Innovation Award
Awards_InternationalRanked in the Top 100 Great Place to Work (GPTW) in Korea
ATD ICE 2022Presenting the KIRD Training Performance Evaluation Model
AwardsReceived the Presidential Citation in the Human Resources Development category of the Korea National Quality Innovation Award
MOUsNew MOUs

Awards_National

Received the Presidential Citation in the Human Resources Development category of the Korea National Quality Innovation Award

Last year, the KIRD won the presidential citation in the human resources development category of the National Quality Innovation Award at the 47th National Quality Management Convention organized by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy.

Awards_International

Ranked in the Top 100 Great Place to Work (GPTW) in Korea

The KIRD was awarded the grand prize in the public sector at the 2020 Top 100 Great Place to Work Korea and was ranked 33rd on the list of Best Workplaces in Asia. Particularly, the KIRD was well recognized for its young and dynamic organizational culture and various policies which enabled the employees to satisfied with their work.

ATD ICE 2022

Presenting the KIRD Training Performance Evaluation Model

The Korea Institute of Human Resources Development in Science and Technology (KIRD) recently showcased a new evaluation model for training performance to the world. At the ATD International Conference & Exposition (ICE) 2022 held from May 15 to 18, 2022, KIRD presented its「KIRD Training Performance Evaluation Model」under the theme of the Next Paradigm of Evaluation.

MOUs

New MOUs

Understanding the growing importance of international cooperation in science technologies, the Korea Institute of Human Resources Development in Science and Technology (KIRD) has established the groundwork to expand the boundaries for its cooperation projects.

MOUs