Yeungjin College Opens Employment Opportunities in Japan Despite COVID-19 ... 200 Graduates Depart

Choi Jae-young, President of Yeungjin College (center), is cheering with students who have secured employment in Japan.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yeo Jong-gu] Daegu Yeungjin College has opened the blocked path to overseas employment caused by COVID-19.

Recently, with the reopening of air routes to Japan, two graduates from the Computer Information Department have been employed by local Japanese companies and have departed for Japan.

Earlier, on the 11th, three graduates from the AI Convergence Mechanical Department, February 2022 graduates, also departed for Japan. Including them, 42 graduates who have recently completed visa issuance are scheduled to join Japanese companies within this month.

Yeungjin College, which had been stuck in expanding to Japan due to the spread of COVID-19, expects about 220 graduates from 2020 to 2022 to join Japanese companies in the first half of this year.

Japanese companies have a culture of selecting new employees before university graduation and issuing employment offers in advance to successful candidates, who then join the company around April to May of the following year.

Accordingly, Yeungjin College has enabled those who were waiting for employment in Japanese companies to depart as soon as possible. In addition to April and May, 158 more people are expected to join Japanese companies in the first half of this year.

Also, the number of employees who joined Japanese companies in the first half of this year alone reaches 200. This has resulted in a record of being ranked first in overseas employment for three consecutive years (based on Ministry of Education information disclosure from 2020 to 2022) among all domestic 2- and 4-year universities.

This year, the Japan Employment Program (Computer Information Department, AI Convergence Mechanical Department, Electronic Information Department, New Renewable Energy Electrical Department, Hotel Aviation Tourism Department) will be operated.

The university actively supports overseas employment of current students by operating the Overseas Employment Support (GET) Center on campus, opening a Tokyo office in Japan, running the Japan Customized Education Council, and holding an annual university-hosted overseas employment fair.

President Choi Jae-young said, “Taking this opportunity of reopening the door to overseas employment that was closed due to COVID-19, we will build close networks with overseas companies so that students can freely pursue their dreams and soar in a wider world.”

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