‘Happy Junggi-ssi’ 10th Anniversary... Small Business Supporters OB Gathering

From the photo, starting from the fifth person on the left in the first row, Lee Tae-hee, Head of the Smart Job Division at the Korea Federation of SMEs, and Seo Seung-won, Executive Vice President of the Korea Federation of SMEs. Photo by Korea Federation of SMEs

[Asia Economy Reporter Moon Hyewon] The Korea Federation of Small and Medium Business (Kbiz) announced on the 30th that it held a reunion meeting for the 'Happy Junggi-ssi' alumni supporters to celebrate the 10th anniversary of its founding.

At the meeting held on the 29th at the Kbiz office in Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul, about 20 alumni executives who completed Happy Junggi-ssi and Seo Seungwon, full-time vice chairman of Kbiz, and Lee Taehee, head of the Smart Job Headquarters, attended.

Happy Junggi-ssi started with its first class in 2010 and continued through the 18th class in 2020, with a total of about 220 university students participating. Through various activities such as supporting on-site interviews for excellent job promotion and providing information on support systems, it has worked to improve awareness of jobs in small and medium enterprises.

A significant number of participating university students have grown into young experts on SME jobs and support systems, and are currently continuing their work supporting SMEs by working at SME support organizations such as the Ministry of SMEs and Startups, Small and Medium Business Corporation, Korea International Trade Association, Korea Institute of Startup & Entrepreneurship Development, Korea Credit Guarantee Fund, and IBK Industrial Bank of Korea.

Going forward, Kbiz plans to form a youth policy advisory group for SMEs based on the Happy Junggi-ssi alumni meeting and expand collaboration among related SME organizations.

Vice Chairman Seo said, “The activities of Happy Junggi-ssi have greatly contributed to changing the wrong prejudices and negative perceptions about SMEs,” adding, “We will develop it into a policy advisory group where young experts can voice their opinions on SME jobs through continuous meetings.”

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