Ordinary Job Seeker Kim Jae-woon from Dongmyeong University Receives 'Youth Employment Supporters' Commendation

Busan Employment and Labor Office Chief Recognized for On-Tact Promotion of Employment and Labor Policies Including 'Youth Tomorrow Filling Deduction'

Kim Jae-woon from Dongmyung University participating in youth employment supporters activities.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yong-woo] A government agency in charge of employment policy gave a ‘gift’ to a university student about to graduate.

Kim Jae-woon, a senior in the Department of Management Information Systems at Dongmyung University, recently received a commendation from the Busan Regional Employment and Labor Office chief.

Kim Jae-woon had been active for eight months as a member of the 5th Youth Employment Supporters organized by the Busan Employment and Labor Office. His diligent efforts and contributions were recognized with this award.

Those most desperate for employment helped with the government’s youth employment policy, so he must have deeply understood the situation from a shared perspective.

Together with Kim, consultant Je Min-hee from the university’s Career Development Center also received a letter of appreciation from the Busan Employment and Labor Office.

The government acknowledged the university’s Career Development Center ‘two-tops’ who played a ‘trigger’ role in promoting government policies and employment activities for Dongmyung University students.

Kim Jae-woon’s mission was to share information with ‘job seekers.’ From April to November 2020, he tirelessly informed students on campus and local youth about youth employment policies and comforted them by listening to their employment concerns.

He also gave several special lectures introducing employment information and employment policies to junior students. Kim said, “Through the Youth Supporters, I encountered a lot of employment and labor policy information and learned about various employment-related news and benefits.”

Receiving a meaningful award in his final external activity before graduation, he credited “the diverse extracurricular employment and start-up programs at Dongmyung University and the support of the consultant teachers.”

Kim said, “Due to the impact of COVID-19, we focused on online promotion and worked hard for eight months to easily create and share policy information from the Ministry of Employment and Labor through card news, posters, and more.”

Kim had previously received an award for external activities as a Busan University Student Small Business Supporter. That experience also served as a stepping stone. With the rapid rise of untact (contactless) promotion, the ability and experience in creating promotional materials became important.

He said that anxiety about a task comes from not knowing it. While working as an employment policy supporter, he was exposed to numerous youth employment policies he had not known before. Through this, he became a ‘doctor’ of this work.

Kim Jae-woon, student at Dongmyung University.

His perception of companies that employ people also changed a lot. He also learned about the ‘Youth Tomorrow Filling Deduction’ policy that supports youth asset formation.

Kim explained, “It is a youth employment support project that helps young people employed as regular workers in small and medium-sized enterprises and mid-sized companies to build assets, promotes regular employment for unemployed youth, and encourages long-term employment. It is an effective policy that also helps reduce the wage gap between large corporations and small businesses.”

Through this supporter activity, Kim operated a blog posting for the first time. When he received messages of thanks and encouragement on his posts, he felt proud as if he had helped someone. Additionally, it was a bonus to learn about employment and labor policies he had not known before.

Kim is also about to start his own employment soon. As advice for junior job seekers, he offered passion and confidence. He recommended actively utilizing on-campus extracurricular programs. He said that through various extracurricular programs, students can improve their lacking competencies.

“There are still many juniors who do not know about extracurricular programs. If they discover information on their own and participate, university life will become a time to polish the gems of their future,” he said.

Tips shared from the passionate life of an ordinary person are often as precious as polishing gems.

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