Dongduk Women's University Holds 'Career Employment and Extracurricular Joint Fair'

Dongduk Women's University (President Kim Myeong-ae) held a 'Career Employment and Extracurricular Joint Fair' to support students' career employment and competency development.

The Career and Employment Development Center and the Extracurricular Integrated Management Center under the Institute for Educational Innovation at Dongduk Women's University held the Career Employment and Extracurricular Joint Fair on the 7th at the Dongduk 100th Anniversary Hall. This event was jointly planned and operated by combining the previously held career employment fair and extracurricular fair. It is the largest-scale event ever held for students on campus at Dongduk Women's University.

At the joint fair's job consultation booths, HR representatives from industries such as public enterprises, entertainment, broadcasting media, product content planning, software development planning, aviation, foreign companies, finance and insurance, business support, overseas sales and business development, pharmaceuticals and healthcare, and fashion provided company and job consultations. Additionally, at the extracurricular consultation booths, introductions, promotions, and consultations about Dongduk Women's University's extracurricular departments and programs such as the Extracurricular Integrated Management Center, Career and Employment Development Center, Teaching and Learning Development Center, Chunggang Academic Information Center, Social Service Center, Human Rights Center, Student Support Team, Campus Town Project Group, Startup Support Group, and ARETE IPP Project Group were conducted. Furthermore, at the employment policy promotion booth, the National Employment Support System and vocational preference tests were conducted, and at the event booth, various activities such as color image making, fingerprint aptitude tests, employment tarot, job search stress counseling, and caricature drawing were held.

At the event, the SomSom-i Supporters (extracurricular ambassadors), launched in September, played a prominent role in event promotion, operation support, and SomSom-i character photo sessions. Kim Na-yeon, a student majoring in Communication Contents who participated in the event, said, "Our university has many majors with good employment rates and provides various extracurricular programs to actively support students' competency development. After attending today's fair, I am glad I participated, as I received practical help in preparing for my career and employment, and I will not miss the university's beneficial extracurricular programs in the future."

Kim Myeong-ae, President of Dongduk Women's University, stated, "Our university is well known for its high employment rate, thanks not only to the excellent curriculum taught by outstanding faculty but also to the many diverse and specialized extracurricular courses that effectively support students' competency development and career employment. This event is an important gathering of our university's student support activities, and I am pleased that many students participated. Going forward, the university will continue to focus on nurturing students' major competencies and core skills to help them grow into talents essential to society."