KUBS Career Hub holds the 2^nd Career Week

Hosted by KUBS (Dean = Bae, Johngseok), the 2^nd Career Week was held on November 20^th(Fri) by the KUBS Career Development Center. The 2^nd Career Week was composed of two sessions – a special lecture on employment and another on corporations, the same way as the 1^st Career Week.

The special lecture on employment is a time to get practical assistance from job consulting experts regarding the strategies of preparing for employment, writing self-introduction letters, and how to respond in interviews; while the special lecture on corporations is a time to mainly focus on introducing industries and jobs as well as dealing with recent issues by inviting corporate personnel who are working in various fields. Due to the COVID-19, both lectures were conducted as an online untact format.

In the morning, university business mentor Kim Tae-jong gave a special lecture with the subject of "Industry and Company-based Job Analysis." He presented specific methodologies for analyzing trends and prospects in certain industries and methods for analyzing the roles and positions of certain companies within the industry. He advised that industry/corporate analyses help students to shape the reason of application when they write self-introduction letters.

Mr. Kim also introduced how to gather information on job competencies and job experiences required to prepare for employment through various websites, adding that these industry/business/job analysis experiences will help answer the questions given by companies. He then stressed that employment is a "process of persuading interviewers why I am a person with competitive talent" and is part of business communication. To that end, he prepared a meaningful time by conducting practical activities with students who participated in the special lecture.

In the afternoon, CEO of Franklin Templeton Jun Yongbae gave a lecture on corporations in English. He spoke about a new industry in the 4^th industrial revolution and changes in the asset management market. CEO Jun explained that existing industries are being replaced by more simple models with a new form in the 4^th industrial revolution. Such changes have already occurred as we can see that the car-sharing industry has substituted taxi and car-rental industries, and the core of distribution has moved from markets to e-commerce like Amazon.

He concluded his lecture by emphasizing the importance of thinking what kind of changes will happen while moving towards the 2020s, just as much have changed while carrying out from the 2000s to 2010s.

Korea University Business School manages the Career Development Center to support students with their employment and career-setting. It provides practical assistance to students regarding their employment and career by holding career-related seminars, special lectures and etc. according to Business School students’ demand.

The 3^rd Career Week (planned for a total of 4 times) will be held on December 18^th(Friday). Mentor Kim Tae-jong will be providing a special lecture on employment with the subject of ‘Strategies of writing your letter of self-introduction’, and Jo Hyunsoo (HR Team Leader of L'Oreal) will be giving a lecture on corporations.