The result of The Dong-A Ilbo National University Evaluation of Employment Support Capacities and Infrastructure
[May 22, 2013]
YU (president Noh, Seok Kyun) was judged to be first place in the provision of information for employment preparation and sixth place in the provision of employment opportunity information among all the universities in Korea. These were the results of The Dong-A Ilbo's evaluation on national university employment support capacities and infrastructure.
The Dong-A Ilbo announced the analysis result of the support capacities that reflected the efforts of universities, while ignoring employment rates (performance index) in an article on the 22nd.
According to this, YU came in first place in information on employment preparation and sixth place in information on employment opportunities. There were a total of 13 evaluation items such as △self-search support △vision-establishment support △career-development planning △job-opportunity information △employment information suitable for oneself △employment preparation information, and △job experience opportunities.
<YU DNA Program for Young Students> YU pursues customized employment support programs taking into consideration the grade and individual features of students to select and present practical strategies and assignments per goal so that students can systematically develop their capacities.
In particular, YU became the first university in the nation to develop a career aptitude test called YAT (Yeungnam university type Aptitude Test) and a career management program called YU CAN (YU Career Advancement Nurture) and is offering it to all students. Furthermore, YU offers employment-related classes and extra-curricular programs all year round as well. In the past year, 23 employment-related classes that 9,886 students (annual total) took were offered, and 176 employment-related programs in which 38,033 (annual total) participated were offered.
'Employment study groups', which are operated in preparation for actual employment, have also achieved good results. YU provides study rooms and funds for activities, while also inviting consulting experts so that students can receive free counseling. In 2012 alone, 501 students in 50 employment study groups received support. In result, the employment rates in large conglomerates for those in the employment study groups have reached close to 90%.
Song, Bong Jeong (27), a senior at the YU School of Business who participated in the employment study group 'New Employee' since April of last year and is preparing to find employment in the finance sector, said, "When I was preparing alone, I did not know how ready I was so I felt worried. But while participating in the employment study group, I was able to exchange feedback and evaluate myself more objectively, which was very helpful to me in preparing for employment. The biggest merit is that students of various majors gather to offer less biased perspectives, while also receiving advice from seniors who successfully landed jobs they wanted." He added, "The school provides a study room, funding for textbooks and activities, and even invites consulting experts so that we can receive free counseling and instructions, so it helps us a lot for preparing to land jobs."
<Students participating in the Leadership Camp are introducing their dreams through a musical> In addition, YU is offering regular consulting by hiring employment support officers and venture startup support officers, while also operating industry-university-government connected cooperation projects, employment professor programs, staff team for employment consulting, and employment frontier press corps webzines to provide full support to students designing their future careers and preparing for employment. Instead of consigning the employment capacity strengthening camps to outside organizations, YU is utilizing the staff employment consulting team (35 members) and employment seniors (18 members) to plan and operate various employment capacity strengthening programs such as career counseling and practical interview processes. This was selected as an exemplary case for enhancing the university's employment support capacities and was also selected as an outstanding university for the 'university employment support capacity certification program' pilot project (2011) by the Ministry of Employment and Labor.
In addition, YU offers employment information through its employment information homepage, holds job fairs and campus recruiting sessions year round, installs DID bulletins for employment information, operates online employment education systems, constructs a DB for interview post-scripts and employment application forms, and constructs DB for alumni to provide students with abundant employment information.
Based on such achievements, the Office of Student Career Development that is in charge of employment related operations is planning to sub-categorize and strengthen the range of employment support by planning and pursuing department-specialized career development programs, fostering new student study groups and increasing study groups in connection with their departments, conduct mock aptitude tests for sophomores and juniors, and construct an on-site training integrated management system.
<Students who participate in the Leadership Camp cheer each other on holding hands>
