S-ONE, ‘Campus saladents’ running in competitive job market
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- 2013-11-25
S-ONE, ‘Campus saladents’ running in a competitive job market
Six staff members of S-ONE, the Administrative Strategy Association at Sungkyunkwan University, pose from left Soon-Myung Lee (25), Seon-Hwa Park (21), Hoon Heo (25), Seon-Kyung Hag Lee (23), Eun-ji Lee (21), and Seung-Yeon Huh (22). They are the so called campus saladents, meaning half student and half salaried worker.
Hoon Heo, S-ONE president, gave a presentation on Lotte Confectionery’s new product development at the end of last month. “Recently premium snacks have been gaining popularity over snacks in a bag. So, I focused my presentation to Lotte’s marketing team on that point. Even though they don’t accept 100% of our ideas, it seems that they rate students’ fresh ideas highly,” he said.
S-ONE carries out industry-academia cooperation projects and internships at various corporations. In the fall semester, the group’s members developed an idea for an energy beverage which has been selling since the spring.
During the last semester, S-ONE’s twenty-five members typically gathered together for three hours every night. As campus saladents they carry the burden of studying by day and working by night. Originally saladents referred to students who worked during the daytime and studied at nighttime in a graduate school or other academic institute, although now the trend has shifted. This is due to higher tuition fees and the severe unemployment rate. Students no longer wait to get a job but rather actively knock on the doors of conglomerates to obtain opportunities for participating on projects or to hold events in order to promote themselves.
『Source – excerpt from JoongAng Ilbo July 27th, 2010』