Recruitment for Samsung Youth SW Academy 8th Class... Cumulative Employment Rate Surpasses 80%

Recruitment of 1,150 8th Batch Trainees from May 2 to 16

On April 8th, a SSAFY 6th batch trainee is presenting a software development project assignment at the 'Samsung Youth SW Academy' Seoul campus in Gangnam-gu, Seoul.

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Sun-mi] Samsung announced on the 18th that it will recruit the 8th batch of trainees for the 'Samsung Youth SW Academy (SSAFY)' from the 2nd to the 16th of next month. SSAFY 8th batch, selecting a total of 1,150 people, will start a one-year training course from July at five campuses nationwide.

SSAFY, which recruits trainees twice a year, started with 500 people in the 1st batch in December 2018 and has steadily increased the number of trainees. From the 7th batch, which began training in January this year, the recruitment scale was expanded to 1,150 people per batch. Combining the 7th and 8th batches, a total of 2,300 young people will newly participate in SSAFY training this year.

SSAFY is a CSR program implemented by Samsung as part of the 'Economic Revitalization and Job Creation Plan' announced in August 2018 to expand the domestic IT ecosystem base and enhance youth employment competitiveness. Samsung organizes it, and the Ministry of Employment and Labor sponsors it.

Unemployed individuals under the age of 29 who are graduates or expected graduates of four-year universities can apply for SSAFY regardless of their major. They can receive training at any of the five campuses nationwide: Seoul, Daejeon, Gwangju, Gumi, and Bu-Ul-Gyeong (located in Busan).

SSAFY provides intensive software training totaling 1,600 hours over one year, eight hours daily, and fosters software developers equipped with the ability to be immediately deployed in companies through practical projects involving collaboration among trainees.

The first semester training is designed to strengthen coding skills based on algorithms, laying a solid foundation as software developers, and the second semester enhances practical skills by carrying out software projects in an environment similar to the industry. Trainees are also given opportunities such as company-linked practical projects and participation in domestic software conferences to improve their software skills and aid employment.

All training courses are free of charge, and all trainees receive a monthly training support fund of 1 million KRW. Trainees at the Daejeon, Gwangju, Gumi, and Bu-Ul-Gyeong campuses can apply for the 'National Tomorrow Learning Card' and receive government training incentives supported by the Ministry of Employment and Labor.

Since the 1st batch entered in December 2018, a total of 2,785 people have graduated through the 5th batch of 'SSAFY,' and among them, a total of 2,326 people have been employed at about 700 companies, achieving an employment rate of 84%.

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