School of Mechanical Engineering senior Lee Dong-hoon wins 'Local small and medium company R&D industry interns' award
Most interns land employment while earning practical work experience
High satisfaction in 'employment linked field work' for companies, universities and students
[December 23, 2016]
The employment-linked field work program pursued by local universities and companies is receiving huge attention from students preparing to graduate. The 'local small and medium company R&D industrial intern project' joined by YU students satisfied both students and companies searching for outstanding human resources and is being evaluated as a successful industry-academic cooperation program.
The local small and medium R&D industry intern project' supports industry-academic cooperation between outstanding small and medium companies with universities in order to resolve the mismatch of R&D human resource supply & demand by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy and the Korea Institute for Advancement of Technology. It is an employment-linked long-term field work program that selects industry interns among engineering school students to carry out R&D operations at a company for six months, which can lead to employment. This program is being operated through six consortiums around the nation such as the Daegu-Gyeongbuk region, Seoul-Incheon region, Gyeonggi-Gangwon region, Chungcheong-Sejong region, Honam-Jeju region, and Southeastern region.
In the Daegu-Gyeongbuk region, the Gyeongbuk Techno Park and Gyeongbuk Creative Economy Innovation Center, four local universities, Kumoh National Institute of Technology, Catholic University of Daegu), and local outstanding small and medium companies are participating. A total of 55 students are participating as industry interns in 30 companies in the Daegu-Gyeongbuk region. From YU, a total of 11 students are gaining field experience in the second half of 2016 at Korea Powertrain, Sewon Corporation, Sewon ENC, Avaco, Ena Industry, and Samkang.
At a recent progress report meeting for this project, YU School of Mechanical Engineering senior Lee Dong-hoon (24, photo, left) took the grand prize after being recognized for his excellent work during his internship at Korea Powertrain. YU students won the grand prize for two consecutive years and most students go on to becoming employed at their respective company, and thus, there is a high level of satisfaction among program participants. Most of the YU student interns this year including Lee Dong-hoon recently confirmed their employment.
Lee Dong-hoon said, "I am happy that I received the grand prize and confirmed employment. I am confident that my experience as an intern will help me adapt to the company as a new employee." He added, "The industry intern program is a program where students can learn and gain actual job experience not available for most students. I would recommend other students to also participate in such field-work programs."
YU Student Capacity Development Office Director Yoon Sang-heum said, "Rather than just blindly looking to gain employment at conglomerates, it will be more helpful to pick a company you want to go to and gain internship experience to find the company and occupation that fits you." He added, "I hope that students will take full advantage of the various field work programs offered by the school."
