BUSAN — A youth support event aimed at building practical job-seeking skills among university students and young people in Busan, along with teaching sound personal finance habits, will open this week.
Busan Metropolitan City said it will hold the Industry-Academia Field Training Bridge Week from the 29th through Oct. 1. The program is part of the Industry-Academia Field Training Bridge Project, funded entirely by the city budget, and is designed to expand field training semesters between local universities and companies while helping young people prepare for employment.
On the first day, the Industry-Academia Field Training Career Bridge Day will take place at BEXCO Exhibition Center 2. Twenty public institutions and local companies will take part, including the Korea Environment Corporation, the Korea Credit Guarantee Fund, Samsung Electro-Mechanics (009150), Renault Korea Motors, Nexen Tire and Samjin Fish Cake. Corporate recruiters and current employees will hold small-group job mentoring sessions with students, sharing details on hiring processes and job roles.
The event will also expand hands-on support for job preparation. On-site programs will include consulting on application documents and interviews, as well as ID photo sessions with retouching, makeup and personal color analysis.
Starting on the 30th, a two-day Smart Campus Life Finance Academy will follow to strengthen students' financial knowledge. At Pusan National University's 10·16 Memorial Hall on the 30th, Lee Jin-woo, vice president of 3PROTV, and Oh Gun-young, head of Shinhan Premier Pathfinder, will speak on the basic principles of income and wealth building and on macroeconomic trends and shifts in asset markets, respectively.
On Oct. 1, at the university theater of Pukyong National University, Son Hee-ae, chief executive of Don't Worry Be Rich, and Ahn Seung-chan, chief executive of Understanding, will speak on the basic rules of saving and investing and on the essence of investing in an uncertain economic environment.
The city said it will collect participants' field training experiences and suggestions through a QR code survey, share the results with related agencies and reflect them in future youth support policies.
"This will be an opportunity to build job-seeking skills through direct contact with employees at strong local companies," said Kim Ki-hwan, head of the city's Economic Policy Office. "We will strengthen support so that local talent can settle in Busan for the long term."
