Jongno-gu Supports Youth Career Planning with Visiting Professional Lectures

Sharing Expertise and Information from Professional Mentors to Foster Proper Work and Career Values... Comprising 'Professional Lectures' and 'Career Lectures' with Both In-Person and Real-Time Online Classes

[Asia Economy Reporter Jongil Park] Jongno-gu (Mayor Kim Young-jong) will operate the '2021 Visiting Career Concert' from June to December to support youth career planning and provide indirect experience opportunities for various occupational groups.

This career concert program was prepared to invite professional mentors to share experiences and information for each occupation, as well as to contribute to the formation of correct values about work and careers.

It consists of 'Professional Lectures' and 'Career Lectures,' and to prevent the spread of COVID-19, both face-to-face and real-time non-face-to-face classes will be conducted simultaneously. Before the full-scale start, a survey was conducted in May, and the program is being held at middle schools in the area that applied in advance.

First, the Professional Lectures have been conducted since last month at nine local schools including Deoksung Girls' Middle School. Experts from various occupational groups such as ▲brand marketers ▲broadcast PDs ▲voice actors ▲reporters ▲special effects makeup artists ▲food therapists serve as instructors, providing students with practical content in their respective fields, receiving positive responses.

The Career Lectures will be held from the 1st of this month until December at seven local schools including Baehwa Girls' Middle School. The program is planned with useful content for finding one's identity and making the right career choices, such as ▲drawing dreams and finding the true self ▲understanding core competencies of future talents and making proper career choices ▲identifying one's strengths and weaknesses through the Enneagram.

After the conclusion of the 2021 Career Concert in December this year, lecture monitoring and satisfaction surveys will be conducted, and the results will be reflected in next year's program.

In addition, Jongno-gu operates the 'Jongno-gu Career and Job Experience Support Center' to help students discover their aptitudes and wisely plan their futures. It supports organic connections between schools and workplaces (job experience sites) and contributes to the activation of career education by utilizing local community infrastructure.

Thus, it actively promotes projects such as conducting customized programs linked to the curriculum for local youth, meetings with professionals, and support for student clubs with common interests.

It also operates related programs for parents to assist their children's career planning, provide understanding of future job changes, and strengthen competencies.

Mayor Kim Young-jong said, “We have been operating the Career and Job Experience Support Center and holding related fairs to help youth nurture their dreams and choose jobs suited to their aptitudes,” adding, “We will continue to prepare detailed policy projects that help youth make concrete career choices and form sound occupational values.”

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