Dongshin University, 13 Hired Last Year at Public Enterprises in Innovation City

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yoon Jamin] Dongshin University has attracted attention by employing 13 current students and graduates at public enterprises in the Innovation City over the past year.

Dongshin University is fostering customized talents for companies through the Gwangju-Jeonnam Innovation City public enterprise employment special class and the IPP long-term field training program.

According to Dongshin University on the 11th, from January to December last year, 13 Dongshin University alumni were hired as regular employees at Innovation City public enterprises: 3 at Korea Electric Power Corporation, 7 at KEPCO KDN, 2 at KEPCO KPS, and 1 at Korea Internet & Security Agency.

By department, 2 students majoring in Electrical Engineering and 1 in Renewable Energy passed the Korea Electric Power Corporation, while 3 from Convergence Information Security, 2 from Digital Contents, 1 from Computer Science, and 1 from Herbal Medicine Industry were employed at KEPCO KDN.

At KEPCO KPS, 2 students majoring in Renewable Energy, and at Korea Internet & Security Agency, 1 student from the Department of Information and Communication Engineering joined as regular employees.

To commemorate these achievements, Dongshin University held the ‘2019 Innovation City Outstanding Employment Award Ceremony’ on the 10th at the second-floor conference room of the university central library.

Among students expected to graduate in February 2020, Digital Contents majors Kim Minyoung (26) and Kim Sugwang (26), and Convergence Information Security major Kim Dong-eon (26), who were employed as regular employees at KEPCO KDN last year, received the president’s commendation.

Among them, Kim Minyoung participated in Dongshin University’s Innovation City public enterprise employment special class called the Daejeong Program, achieving goals such as TOEIC target scores, certification acquisition, and employment success, and received a special scholarship of 3 million won.

Dongshin University is operating the Employment Academy Project, promoting the ‘DS STAR’ and ‘Daejeong Program’.

Students participating in the programs receive up to 2 million won per semester in performance scholarships and 1 million won annually for study expenses through TOEIC scores, department rankings, achievement of learning goals, and certification acquisition.

Kim Minyoung and Kim Sugwang completed the IPP long-term field training at KEPCO KDN through Dongshin University’s IPP Center during the second semester of last year (4 months), and were immediately hired through the public recruitment on December 30 last year.

The long-term field training allows students to work at companies while receiving a training support fund of at least 1.74 million won per month (based on the 2019 minimum wage) and earn 18 credits. Fourth-year second-semester IPP participants can be officially hired by the company if their abilities are recognized, as in the case of these two students.

Including them, Dongshin University, which employed 13 current students and graduates at Innovation City public enterprises throughout 2019, plans to further improve the quantitative and qualitative levels of employment through the Employment Academy Project.

Choi Il, president of Dongshin University, said, “In line with the policy of mandatory employment of local university graduates, we will do our best to support more students in securing jobs at public enterprises within Innovation City.”

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