Samil Accounting Corporation, AmorePacific and Other Current Mentors Conduct 'Online Job Mentoring' with 200 Youths... Seoul City-Yongsan Dragons Collaboration

Samil Accounting Corporation, AmorePacific, CJ CGV, HDC Shilla Duty Free, HDC Hyundai Development Company and 5 other companies with 35 employees and 204 youths participating
Online job mentoring is held 1-2 times a month with various companies, organizations, and government offices

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Cheol-young] The Seoul Volunteer Center announced on the 21st that it conducted an online job mentoring program called ‘Ranseonjab(job)dam(talk)’ on the 20th, targeting 204 young people, together with 35 employees from five companies of Yongsan Dragons, to help youth prepare and plan for their future through meetings with current professionals as mentors.

Since 2019, the Seoul Volunteer Center has been operating online and offline job mentoring programs that connect young people preparing to enter society with employee pro bono volunteers from various companies and public offices.

Yongsan Dragons is a coalition volunteer group formed in 2018 by private, public, and academic sectors located in Yongsan-gu, actively working on community problem-solving through joint volunteer activities for four years. This time, to support the youth generation facing even greater difficulties preparing for the future due to COVID-19, five companies?Samil Accounting Corporation, Amorepacific, CJ CGV, HDC Shilla Duty Free, and HDC Hyundai Development Company?joined forces.

The mentoring was conducted in small groups, matching one employee volunteer with 3 to 6 young participants across a total of 17 job fields for 90 minutes. The youth chose their interested job fields among business planning, MD, public relations, marketing, sales, sales management, human resources, accounting, legal affairs, and IT planning. The mentoring session included self-introductions sharing motivations and expectations, job introductions, work environment and vision, preparation methods, sharing of employees’ knowledge and experiences, pre-submitted and open Q&A, messages to youth, and mutual sharing of participation impressions.

In particular, this program was conducted as a joint mentoring by five companies, providing youth with an opportunity to experience the world of jobs in a variety of industries. Seoyeon Lim (24), a university student who applied for the business planning field, said, “While preparing to enter society, I realized that the jobs I knew so far were very narrow-minded. Amid growing anxiety and limited information, I thought this was an opportunity I could not miss,” adding, “Just by thinking about what job suits me and resolving my questions through stories from current professionals will be a great help.”

Sua Choi (21), who applied for the sales management field, said, “After entering university last year, I hardly attended classes due to COVID-19 and had no seniors to ask, so I didn’t even have a chance to inquire about anything,” and added, “Through this opportunity, I want to hear vivid stories from mentors working in the field and learn what I need to do to find my career path and grow.”

An employee volunteer who participated in the mentoring said, “I went through many trials and errors before choosing my current profession. I participated hoping that young people would not experience the same trials and errors when deciding their career paths,” and added, “By sharing my experience, I hope it can help youth relieve vague anxieties and plan their futures.”

Kim Euikwook, director of the Seoul Volunteer Center, said, “Meeting someone in life can be the beginning of change. The special experience of connecting current professionals and youth, who could not meet due to different paths, will become a new driving force for both to move forward,” he said.

The online job mentoring will be held once or twice a month with various companies, organizations, and public offices, and can be checked on the Seoul Donghaeng website’s notice board. For more details, contact the Youth Project Team at the Seoul Volunteer Center.

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