Boosting Korean University Students Into Private Industry Employment

• 발행기관: 한국교양교육학회
• 저자명: Stephen E. Ronto
• 간행물 정보: 『한국교양교육학회 학술대회 자료집』2013년 춘계전국학술대회 발표집, 602~615쪽, 전체 14쪽
• 주제분류: 복합학 > 학제간연구
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2013.06.30

영문 초록

Korea’s number of unemployed youth as a share of Korea’s total workforce has hovered around 10% in the past decade. Factoring inthe number of unemployed college graduates age 30 and under, but who are not enrolled in education, and are not engaged in a training program, the so-called“ NEETs” (no employment, education, or training), Korea’s unofficial youth unemployment rate rockets to a Eurozonelevel of 22%. One contributing factor for Korea having 1 out of 5 of its youths in the NEET category is the lack of workplace skills among Korean college graduates. This paper forwards a partial solution on how to narrow the workplace skills gaps between entry-level workplace Korean university graduates and private industry. One critical factor that determines employment in a business enterprise is the job-competency match between the supply of labor (Korea education and training) and the demand for labor (Korean industry). This paper focuses on the supply of labor, specifically the workplace entry-level job competencies of Korean university students. I conducted a survey-questionnaire targeted to 200 undergraduate business majors to gather their responses on the types of entry-level job-competencies they feel they need to learn. From the survey analysis results I developedan workplace entry-level job-competencies training and education program. In order to leverage the learning efficiency of the program, the program adopts an instructional design system having 5 core areas: learning needs analysis, training design, content development, training delivery, and program evaluation. Such an job-competencies training and education program could provide Korean university graduates with certain skills required for entry-level work within private industry.Therefore, the implementation of such program is aimed at narrowing the academic-corporate skills gaps while giving participants of the program a competitive edge in the hiring process of the Korean industry.

목차

Abstract

Status of Korea’s Unemployed Youth

Root Causes of Korea’s Unemployed Youth

Possible Solutions for Employing Korea’s Unemployed Youth Into the Workplace

Survey Analysis of Job Competencies Needed By Korean University Students

Survey Methodology

Survey Results

Implementing a Work-Place Job Competency Training & Education Program

Program Operational Parameters

Instructional System Design

Critical Path Flow

Conclusion and Suggestions

References

키워드

Korea workplace skill gap entry-level job-competencies training Korea corporate training & education