Wanted: SK Battery job candidates to brave COVID-19

“I do miss the in-person interviews. It’s a lot better in person, of course. Usually in those live interactions, I can gauge the chemistry.” Jade Park, human resources manager, SK Battery America

Lindsay Chappell

November 16, 2020 05:00 AM

It's time for SK Battery America in Commerce, Ga., to hire the first 1,000 workers it will need to start making electric vehicle batteries in 2021. But SK has a special challenge: How do you hire and train a new work force in the middle of a deadly pandemic?

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