Cheongam University Holds Family Company Network Performance Sharing Workshop This Year

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Hyung-kwon] Cheongam University (President Seo Hyung-won) held a family company network performance sharing workshop on the 3rd floor seminar room of the Health and Welfare Center on the 4th as part of this year’s Junior College Innovation Support Project and Jeollanam-do Industry-Academia Cooperation Employment Package Project. The workshop was conducted through a live broadcast on Google MEET to provide employment-related information from the government and local governments to participating industry officials and students, and to share excellent cases of industry-government-academia cooperation, aiming to activate continuous exchanges between the university and family companies.

President Seo Hyung-won stated at the performance sharing workshop, “Since the business agreement (MOU) for establishing a regional cartoon culture industry cooperation system among Suncheon City, Cheongam University, and Suncheon National University in August, and the business agreement with Mr. Blue Co., Ltd. in September, the webtoon specialized platform Blue Comics Co., Ltd. has relocated its headquarters to Suncheon and moved into Cheongam University’s Health and Welfare Center, where about 30 employees are working.” He added, “Based on the industry-academia cooperation with Blue Comics Co., Ltd., a representative excellent case of this year’s industry-academia cooperation innovation, I hope that industry-government-academia cooperation will continue to proceed smoothly.”

In the first part of the event, appreciation plaques were awarded to Eunhye Nursing Hospital, CEO Lee Hyung-kwon of Sejong D&C Co., Ltd., and CEO Shin Kwang-sik of Mirae Industrial Safety Technology Institute, representing 18 family companies including Suncheon Hana Hospital.

Also, on behalf of 28 scholarship recipients from the Jeonnam Talent Development Foundation, scholarship certificates were awarded to Yoo Hak-yoon of the Fire Safety Management Department and one other, and the Excellent Talent Award for the Jeollanam-do Industry-Academia Cooperation Employment Package Project was presented to Jo Yu-ri of the Dental Hygiene Department and one other.

In the second part of the event, Choi Jong-min, team leader of the Jeollanam-do Job Policy Division, introduced new projects related to youth jobs in Jeonnam aimed at establishing a creation structure centered on future convergence industries related to next year’s Korean New Deal (government) and Blue Economy (Jeonnam) through the announcement of Jeollanam-do policies for next year.

Following this, two officials from the Suncheon Employment Welfare Plus Center provided project explanations on this year’s Youth Digital Job Project and Youth Work Experience Support Project of the Ministry of Employment and Labor to participating students and industry companies.

Jung Chan-joo, director of the Industry-Academia Cooperation Office, presented major project reports based on this year’s approximately 8 billion KRW operating budget for the Junior College Innovation Support Project’s industry-academia cooperation innovation area and the Industry-Academia Cooperation Foundation, and announced excellent success cases of selecting and employing future innovative talents through family companies.

Additionally, there was a report on the results of curriculum reform reflecting industry-customized education course demands from Blue Comics Co., Ltd., which signed an industry-academia cooperation agreement, and the Webtoon Content Department and Computer Information Department, as well as the employment agreement.

Next, Kim Jae-su, director of the Yulchon-Haeryong Industrial Complex Council, which signed an industry-academia cooperation MOU with Cheongam University in July, gave a special lecture on successful employment in the Yulchon-Haeryong Industrial Complex. Finally, Kang So-hee, a student from the Optometry Department, concluded the family company network workshop with a presentation on excellent cases of start-up clubs.

Cheongam University expects to realize a Jeonnam where youth return by continuously managing the family company network and revitalizing the Jeonnam Industry-Academia Cooperation Employment Package Project, enhancing students’ job competency in industrial sites, strengthening employment connections with local industries, and resolving manpower supply-demand imbalances caused by employment mismatches.

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