Gwangju University Conducts Customized Program from Admission to Post-Graduation Employment

Gwangju University Career Development Center held the '2021 Successful Employment Special Lecture: Meeting with Senior and Junior Alumni'.

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Cho Hyung-joo] Gwangju University (President Kim Hyuk-jong) is strengthening students' employment capabilities through customized programs that support them step-by-step from admission to graduation and employment.

According to Gwangju University on the 13th, among 286 students who requested employment and career guidance through the 2021 Employment Capability Enhancement Program (VIPS) operated by the University Job Center, 33 succeeded in finding jobs. Including graduates as of August last year, 630 out of 1,426 employment candidates have entered society.

Gwangju University's ‘VIPS’ is a customized employment and career guidance program that builds a roadmap in five stages: common competencies and career design (V), self-development (I), practical skills (P), and employment support (S), providing support from admission. In particular, dedicated employment professors and professional consultants directly guide students to increase efficiency.

First, in the career design (V) stage, there are 11 programs including ‘Successful Employment Meetings with Seniors and Juniors,’ which all grades participate in, as well as ‘How to Make a Career Plan?’ and ‘Find the Compass’ for first- and second-year students, and ‘Self-esteem UP GO!, Career Job Go!’ for first- to third-year students.

The self-development (I) stage offers major-customized certification preparation classes and employment club study groups, while the capability cultivation (P) stage includes special lectures on job and company analysis and company visit programs.

For successful employment, the employment support (S) stage, mainly for third- and fourth-year students, implements 15 programs such as interview preparation, application writing, and employment capability enhancement.

Additionally, programs for female students include ▲Employment Capability Enhancement Program for Female Students ▲Leadership Lectures for Female Students ▲Gender and Communication ▲Beauty Speech for Female Students.

In particular, Gwangju University’s University Job Center increases efficiency by having dedicated employment professors and professional consultants directly guide students.

Currently, Gwangju University has signed agreements with about 1,700 family companies to support employment connections through students’ field training. The Department of Food and Nutrition, which operates a total of eight family companies, achieved the result of employing 16 students last year and this year through industry-academic cooperation agreements with family companies.

In the employment market frozen by COVID-19, this program has a positive effect by enhancing the social adaptability and employment competitiveness of enrolled students and securing prepared talents in family companies that have signed industry-academic cooperation agreements.

Through these programs, Gwangju University recently ranked first in average employment rate among four-year private universities in the Gwangju area in the ‘Da’ group (with 1,000 to less than 2,000 graduates) based on information disclosure for the past two years (2019 and 2020).

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