The 2025 first semester <JOB학다식(Career Concert)> was held on Wednesday, April 30th and Thursday, May 1st in the lecture room on the basement level of the Business Administration Building. <JOB학다식(Career Concert)> is an event to strengthen networking and explore career paths between Business Administration undergraduate students and graduates, and it consisted of introductions of speakers (fields and jobs), sharing of job tips, talk shows, prize draws, and Q&A. About 90 students participated in the event, which was planned by the 25th Business Administration Student Council, Hanggwanun. In addition to graduates, professors also attended as speakers and held talk show-style lectures.

The first part of the first day event, held on Wednesday, April 30, invited external experts who are currently working in the field, and was designed to allow students to understand the various career paths in business administration from a practical perspective. External invited speakers Wonjae Lee (BNP Paribas, Headquarters Manager) and Minkyu Lee (Blend.X, CEO) gave lectures. In the second part, Professors Aram Choi (Accounting), Taeyoon Park (Human Resources), and Yongseok Kim (Management Information) from the Department of Business Administration attended, providing practical advice on career paths in specific fields within business administration and an opportunity to ask questions about their direction.

On the second day of the event held on Thursday, May 1st, five graduates of the Department of Business Administration at Sungkyunkwan University who are active in various fields were invited to share the connection between their majors and actual jobs, the process of choosing a career path, and their experiences as new graduates. A total of five graduates served as mentors: Shim Su-hyeon (Business 16, Media, Announcer at Korea Economic TV), Choi Myeong-hun (Business 16, Finance, GS E&C Finance Headquarters), Lee Jin-seok (Business 15, Human Resources, Samsung Seoul Hospital Talent Management Part), Kim San-yu (Business 18, IT Service Planning, Hyundai Motor Company Online Service Planning), and Kim Ki-yong (Business 16, Labor, POSCO Labor Cooperation Office).

Bae Yu-min (Business 24), a student who attended as a mentee, said, “On the first day, I was able to gain a deeper understanding of the job through the sincere lectures of external speakers, and it was an opportunity to break the stereotypes I had had. Also, through the real-time Q&A time with professors, I was able to reduce the psychological distance with the professors that I had found difficult, and I was able to directly hear answers to academic questions I had been curious about and resolve them. On the second day, I was able to hear practical advice for job preparation based on the vivid experiences of seniors working in the field. I was able to realistically understand the pros and cons of companies and jobs, and I had a meaningful time thinking about the direction of my future job preparation.”

Also, fellow student Kim Min-seong (Business 24) said, “I was so happy to attend the career concert and hear valuable experiences from professors and seniors. Based on the advice you gave me, I will also try to become a better business student.”

Kim Seong-jun (Business ‘21), the director of the Academic Affairs Policy Bureau who prepared this event, shared his thoughts on the operation, saying, “This career concert was planned to provide an opportunity for business school students to experience various career paths firsthand and to concretize their career direction through the experiences of speakers, seniors, and professors who are active in the field. On the first day, we were able to broaden our career paths through lectures by invited speakers and professors, and on the second day, many students were able to empathize and feel comforted by hearing the realistic job preparation experiences of graduating seniors. I sincerely thank all the speakers who participated and business school students.”

As an extension of this event, from Monday, May 12 to Friday, May 30, a Job-learning mentoring event is being held between graduates and current students, including seniors who attended the career concert. Applications for the career mentoring were accepted from Friday, May 2 to Friday, May 8 as individuals or teams. After that, alumni and current students were matched, and during the event, offline meetings were held and activity reports were submitted.

Meanwhile, JOB학다식 (career concert) is held every semester to strengthen the ‘Sungkyunkwan University Business Administration Department brand’ by expanding the network of seniors and juniors to outside of the school, and to increase department loyalty and expand the mentoring network pool in the future.