Songpa-gu Employment and Startup Mentoring Platform 'Songpul' Launches Operations

Pilot Operation Starts on the 13th... Interview Mentoring for Youth... Free for Songpa Youth Aged 19-39... Mentees Now Being Recruited

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[Asia Economy Reporter Jongil Park] Songpa-gu (Mayor Park Seong-su) will start a pilot operation of the ‘Songpa Employment and Entrepreneurship Mentoring Platform Songpul’ (hereinafter ‘Songpul’) from the 13th to support youth employment and entrepreneurship, and is recruiting participating mentees.

‘Songpul’ is an online employment and entrepreneurship support platform proactively planned by young people active in the Job Division of the Songpa Youth Network. The name is a combination of the terms ‘Songpa’ and ‘Platform·Pool, Pull’.

Through ‘Songpul,’ the district aims to strengthen the employment capabilities of Songpa youth by providing demand-centered mentoring specialized in the needs of Songpa youth related to employment and entrepreneurship.

First, it is characterized by supporting mentoring specialized in the interview field. Members of the Songpa Youth Network carefully monitor private platforms such as Tal-ing and Class 101 and review user feedback to recruit a team of interview expert mentors (instructor pool). Through this, mentees can directly hear necessary stories for employment and entrepreneurship from verified mentors and strengthen their employment capabilities.

The mentoring lectures consist of ▲interview skills ▲presentation & pitching skills ▲PPT creation methods ▲interview hair & makeup, and are basically provided in a 1:4 face-to-face service. After mentees review the curriculum through Songpul, they select a mentor that suits them, and mentoring proceeds when the number of applying mentees exceeds the majority of the group.

Any youth aged 19 to 39 residing in Songpa-gu can use Songpul. Membership registration is available from September 13 on the Songpul website. The service is free of charge, and lectures can be attended using points provided upon membership registration. In addition, outstanding mentors and mentees will be selected and provided with 1:1 lecture benefits.

The district plans to collect mentees’ opinions and reflect them in service operation, and to add specialized content not only in the interview field but also in employment and entrepreneurship in the future to support a wider range of services.

Park Seong-su, Mayor of Songpa-gu, said, “Through ‘Songpul,’ we will provide lively employment and entrepreneurship mentoring services together with youth, moving away from one-sided information delivery led by the government,” and added, “We will continue to implement more practical and tangible policies to support youth social participation and employment and entrepreneurship.”

Songpa-gu formed the ‘Songpa Youth Network’ in 2019 to realize youth proposals as policies. Recently, to support youth reaching adulthood, it started providing the ‘Songpa Coming-of-Age Support Fund’ from September 1 this year.

In addition, Songpa-gu supports youth social participation through measures such as assigning youth members to various district committees and operating ‘Songpa Youth TV’ on YouTube.

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.