Implemented YU online mentoring program... Corporate employed alumni mentor registration line up
Check senior alumni company, duty and career information and participate in 1:1 online mentoring
Popular with over 1,000 students participate in ‘online employment senior tacit knowledge’
[September 17, 2020]
<An alumnus (first from top left) participated in the online ‘Employment Senior Tacit Knowledge’ to provide employment consulting for his juniors>
In the ‘With Corona’ age, untact has become the mainstream for employment support programs of college students as well.
The online employment support program that YU (President Sur Gil-soo) began newly this year, which has been very popular among students preparing to find jobs. The ‘online mentoring program’ implemented by YU in September is already very popular. The participation rate is not only high among students preparing to find jobs, but also among seniors participating as mentors. Approximately 140 alumni with corporate jobs registered in just two weeks since implementing the program.
Students can check the companies, duties and career information of seniors registered as mentors, and also participate in the online 1:1 mentoring program. Online Q&A are available with seniors hired at corporations or it is possible to make a mentoring appointment for real-time online consulting. Hiring trends of companies have been quickly shifting to job-centered hiring, so the most up-to-date information from current professionals is expected to help with students in their search for employment.
The 6th YU ‘Employment Senior Tacit Knowledge’ event was held online this year. The ‘Employment Senior Tacit Knowledge’ is an event where YU alumni working in different fields of society including conglomerates and public corporations after graduation provide employment consulting for their juniors at YU.
After the event in May, this will be held for three days again from September 8 to 10 online. At the ‘Employment Senior Tacit Knowledge’ event held for three days, about 80 alumni employed at various major conglomerates, public companies and medium-sized corporations such as Samsung, LG, Hyundai, CJ and POSCO participated.
Using Meet from the ‘Google G Suite for Education’ that YU implemented fully in the first semester, they opened online rooms and received employment consulting and their genuine experiences in the professional sector live in real-time. About 500 students participated in this three-day event and when including the event held in May, over 1,000 students took part in this year’s Employment Senior Tacit Knowledge event.
YU University Job Center Director Lee Seung-woo said, “The satisfaction level of students is very high in that the mentoring program with senior alumni currently working in corporations offers real and practical information.” He added, “YU will provide full support to empower students by implementing various employment support programs fitting to the untact age for students having difficulties preparing for employment due to COVID-19.”
