Shinhan Financial Hope Foundation Opens Applications for 3rd Cohort of Youth Overseas Employment Support Program 'Shinhan GYC'

Shinhan GYC 3rd Cohort Recruiting 100 Participants, Applications Accepted from 24th to 18th Next Day via Website
Operating Japan Special Program for General Courses and Disabled Youth from Vietnam, Poland, Hungary, etc.

[Asia Economy Reporter Kwangho Lee] Shinhan Financial Hope Foundation is recruiting the 3rd cohort of the youth overseas employment support project, 'Global Young Challenger' (Shinhan GYC), from the 24th of this month until July 18th.

The Shinhan GYC program is part of Shinhan Financial Group's representative social contribution program, the 'Hope Society Project.' It is an employment support program that strengthens global capabilities through domestic and overseas training for young people aspiring to work abroad and provides various experiential opportunities by utilizing overseas networks of related organizations.

Over the past two years, Shinhan Financial has conducted the Shinhan GYC program in collaboration with Hankuk University of Foreign Studies and KOTRA, selecting about 200 trainees. More than 80% of the first cohort succeeded in employment, and despite the challenging circumstances due to COVID-19, the second cohort achieved an employment rate of over 60% through cooperation with domestic and international companies.

This year, the 3rd cohort to be selected will recruit a total of 100 participants: 38 for Vietnam, 26 for Poland, 26 for Hungary, and 10 for Japan. To support young people dreaming of the global stage in overseas employment, various educational programs will be provided, including ▲language and job competency enhancement training ▲visits to local companies ▲meetings and mentoring with senior entrepreneurs.

In particular, this cohort has established a special course for Japan to support overseas employment for young people with disabilities, who face relatively more difficulties in the job market. Through this, a systematic program including foreign language and job training, internship company matching, and more will be provided to help young people with disabilities who dream of working abroad become self-reliant locally.

Selected youths will receive training domestically and internationally over a total of 30 weeks (23 weeks for the special course), and all education expenses such as domestic and overseas tuition, accommodation, and airfare during the training period will be fully supported by the Shinhan Financial Hope Foundation.

A representative of the Shinhan Financial Hope Foundation said, “We hope the Shinhan GYC program will provide young people aspiring to work overseas with new opportunities for challenge and become a stepping stone to realizing their big dreams on the global stage.” He added, “Despite the global low employment impact caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, we will do our best to support young people in cultivating their vision and capabilities to achieve the fruit of overseas employment.”

Meanwhile, applications for this program can be submitted on the Shinhan GYC website.

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