Samsung and SK Join Youth Work Experience Program... "8 out of 10 Companies Satisfied"

KCCI Conducts Survey Targeting 321 Participating Companies

The satisfaction rate of companies participating in the ‘Youth Work Experience Project,’ jointly supported by the government and businesses, has reached 82%.

The Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry conducted a ‘Youth Job Satisfaction Survey’ targeting about 320 companies that participated in this year’s Youth Work Experience Support Project. As a result, 82.0% of the responding companies answered that they were ‘satisfied,’ 12.6% responded ‘neutral,’ and 5.4% responded ‘dissatisfied.’

The Youth Work Experience Support Project provides young people with opportunities to gain job experience before employment or starting a business. It supports work experience opportunities for youth aged 15 to 34. Participating youth can join programs based on type, such as the project type (support including a monthly team allowance of 1.8 million KRW) or the internship type (support of up to 1.3 million KRW per month per individual).

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Companies responded that they participated in this project ‘to recruit excellent future talent’ (66.3%, multiple answers allowed). This was followed by responses such as ‘to increase awareness of the company’ (35.3%) and ‘social contribution’ (20.9%). In the case of small and medium-sized enterprises, the reason ‘to recruit excellent future talent’ was 73%, exceeding the average.

The Youth Work Experience Project includes participation from large companies such as SK Hynix, Samsung Electronics, and Coupang, as well as small and medium-sized enterprises, mid-sized companies, and public institutions.

A representative from ‘Marketit,’ an advertising platform developer that participated in the project, said, “We hired interns starting in August and placed them in the marketing department. Initially, we joined to enhance the company’s image, but we were impressed by the passion of the youth involved in the project and hired those who wished to become full-time employees.”

Lee Jong-seung, a junior at university who participated in the internship program at OneVecGoEast, a small business operated by the Gangwon Medical Device Industry Association, expressed satisfaction, saying, “Gaining practical experience at the company helped me a lot in planning my remaining academic schedule. Although it is a small company with low recognition, I now have the image of a company I want to work for after graduation.”

Areas identified for improvement to continue participation in the project were ‘financial support such as subsidies and tax benefits (60.9%),’ ‘administrative simplification (36.5%),’ ‘expansion of incentives such as awards (34.3%),’ and ‘expansion of consulting such as sharing success stories (27.9%),’ in that order.

The Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s Youth Work Experience Integrated Support Center plans to support continuous discovery of participating companies and operation of quality programs so that young people can settle in desired companies through job experience. Kim Wang, head of the Human Resources Development Project Group at the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry, said, “We hope that capable associations and large companies will actively participate as operating organizations in the project. We plan to identify needs and provide support so that work experience can have a positive effect not only on youth but also on companies.”

Companies can participate in the project without any separate contribution fees. Applications can be made through the ‘Youth Work Experience Project Integrated Support Center.’ Youth can apply for each program through the project website. In the second half of the year, the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry plans to accept applications by job category?such as management and office work, finance and accounting, sales, advertising marketing, IT, research and development, production manufacturing, and public administration?from youth wishing to participate in work experience and match them with participating companies.

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