Korea Citi Bank Donates Sponsorship Funds to Foster Young Talent

On the 7th, at the Impact Career Y (Youth) sponsorship agreement ceremony held at Heyground Seoul Forest branch in Seongdong-gu, Seoul, Jin-Hoe Park, President of Citibank Korea (left), is taking a commemorative photo with Jae-Hyung Heo, CEO of Root Impact. Photo by Citibank Korea

[Asia Economy Reporter Minyoung Kim] Citibank Korea announced on the 8th that it has provided sponsorship funds to nurture young talent.

On the afternoon of the previous day, Citibank signed a sponsorship agreement for ‘Impact Career Y (Youth)’ with Root Impact at Heyground Seoul Forest branch in Seongdong-gu, Seoul, and delivered approximately 230 million KRW (USD 200,000) in sponsorship funds from the Citi Foundation.

Impact Career Y is a program designed to support young talents’ successful employment and overall work life through continuous networking with social ventures. Last year, it provided direct support for job training and recruitment through job competency enhancement education, career forums, and job fairs. This year, practical training was added to offer more substantial help to participants.

Starting in March, a new industry-academia cooperation program called ‘Impact Project,’ which connects social venture organizations with universities, will be launched. The social venture ‘Doctor Noah,’ which promotes eco-friendly businesses, will participate in this project. Additionally, plans include organizing the ‘Changemaker Career Conference’ to discuss specific jobs in the social venture and social impact fields, as well as various training programs to help new employees of social venture organizations adapt.

At the signing ceremony, Jinhoe Park, President of Citibank, stated, “We will not hesitate to provide long-term support so that social ventures aiming to solve various societal problems with innovative solutions can attract excellent talent, and capable young people interested in these activities can demonstrate their abilities.”

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