Gyeongbuk Vocational Education Expo Opens... 40 Companies, About 1,000 Students On-site Hiring

From the 12th to the 13th, the Gyeongbuk Office of Education will hold the ‘2023 Gyeongsangbuk-do Office of Education Vocational Education Expo’ at the Gyeongju Hwabaek Convention Center using a blended (online and offline mixed) method combined with digital technology.

The Vocational Education Expo aims to present the vision of vocational education for the future industrial society, provide employment information, improve the employment rate of vocational high school students through on-site interviews, and offer career guidance and improve awareness of vocational high schools among middle school students.

Promotion of Gyeongbuk Vocational Education Fair.

In 2020, the Gyeongbuk Office of Education held the nation’s first blended expo combining online and offline formats and received the Minister of the Interior and Safety Award at the ‘2020 Government Innovation Best Practice Competition’.

From 2020 to 2021, it was held as a ‘Blended Expo,’ in 2022 as ‘Blended Expo with Metaverse,’ and this year it is held as ‘Blended Expo with Digital.’

Especially, in this expo, facing the era of digital transformation, various digital new technologies were incorporated, including AI robots (nationwide first! Providing vocational high school information with generative AI), guide robots (expo promotion and navigation), App stamp tours and treasure hunts (developed by Gyeongbuk Software High School), recruitment interview systems (interview order guidance), and metaverse platforms (expo hall implementation, events, media art, and various digital new technologies applied to each program).

At the opening ceremony, 25 representatives from various institutions and associations, including Lim Jong-sik, Superintendent of Gyeongbuk Office of Education, vocational high school students, the Ministry of Education, Gyeongsangbuk-do Council, Korea Industrial Human Resources Corporation, NH Nonghyup Bank Gyeongbuk Headquarters, Samyang Comtech, Aju Steel, IQ Lab, Gyeongbuk Provincial School Operation Committee, Gyeongbuk Provincial Parents’ Association, Gyeongbuk Green Mothers’ Association, and Korea Productivity Center, gathered to announce the grand opening of the vocational education expo utilizing digital new technologies.

The opening event was decorated with a performance combining digital technology and art, featuring media art and calligraphy that conveys the message of vocational education through human skills, expressing a collaboration of digital and human elements.

Following the opening ceremony, various programs such as a talk concert, global employment launch ceremony, school (Startup Biz Cool) promotional hall, vocational education promotional hall (Exciting Vocational Education Exploration), and on-site recruitment hall (over 40 companies, 1,052 hires) will be operated.

In particular, those who succeed in the App stamp tour and treasure hunt missions can participate in various events such as photo-taking and Goodjabi doll claw machines.

This expo allows not only on-site participation but also broadcasting viewing through live interview video streaming by reporters on site.

Lim Jong-sik, Superintendent of Gyeongbuk Office of Education, said, “Through this vocational education expo operated with diverse and substantial programs incorporating digital new technologies, we ask for active participation so that companies can have opportunities to hire talented individuals and students can find hope for a better future through employment, enabling Gyeongbuk education and local industries to develop together.”

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