Kia AutoLand Gwangju Sponsors Youth Dream Planning Program

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Jin-hyung] Kia AutoLand Gwangju sponsored a youth dream design program on the 11th to help teenagers from local community childcare facilities plan their future careers.

Kia AutoLand Gwangju prepared this program in collaboration with the Green Umbrella Children’s Foundation, Korea Career Aptitude Center, and Nadaum Career Counseling Research Institute to provide practical support to youth. Through career exploration consulting, the program aims to help teenagers discover their dreams and visions, design their futures, and take small steps toward achieving them.

The youth dream design program was held over three sessions from the 10th to the 12th, with 60 teenagers from local community childcare facilities selected through the Green Umbrella Children’s Foundation participating.

The first session on the 10th was a job experience program, where 30 elementary school students participated in a baker job experience program selected based on a prior preference survey.

At the Farming House located in Damyang-gun, the baker experience program involved the children listening to explanations about the profession and engaging in hands-on activities such as making cakes, cookies, and pizzas, allowing them to experience the baker occupation firsthand.

On the same day, a career exploration program was conducted for 15 middle school students, and the following day, 15 high school students were scheduled to participate in the career exploration program.

The career exploration program took place at the Kia Gwangju Education Center. Participating teenagers comprehensively understood themselves based on the results of an online aptitude test conducted by the Korea Career Aptitude Center, a leading institution in career aptitude research, and spent time designing careers suited to their aptitudes.

Kia AutoLand Gwangju sponsored 5 million KRW for this dream design program. Additionally, they provided lectures on future automobiles and participated as assistant instructors in career and personality analysis to support teenagers in exploring their careers and designing their dreams.

A Kia official stated, “We expect that this job experience and career design program will serve as a foundation for teenagers to prepare for the future and become independent and grow as members of society.” He added, “Kia AutoLand Gwangju will continue to carry out ongoing social contribution activities to support neighbors in need within the local community.”

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