Kookmin University’s (President Jeong Seung Ryul) University Job Plus Center hosted the “2026 Academic Year Summer Break Career & Job-Up Day” for current students and alumni from July 6 to August 19. Although the program was originally scheduled to run through August 7, it was extended to August 19 due to a steady stream of counseling requests from students.

This program was designed in line with the University Job Plus Center’s youth employment support initiative to enable students to explore career paths and continue their job search preparations even during the summer break. It focused on leveraging the university’s employment support infrastructure to assist students in setting career goals and preparing for employment, while enhancing the accessibility and utilization of employment support services through one-on-one counseling tailored to each student’s individual stage of preparation.

Counseling sessions were tailored to students’ career and job preparation stages as well as their individual needs. The program provided counseling essential to the actual job preparation process, including one-on-one career counseling, psychological assessments for career exploration, interview preparation, and editing of personal statements and resumes. Events were also held to encourage greater student participation in the counseling sessions. Students who completed the counseling sessions received a “MR.DR plush keychain” featuring Kookmin University’s mascot as a souvenir.

A consultant who conducted the sessions stated, “Students who wanted to use the break to assess their career direction or seek advice on specific job-hunting strategies participated,” adding, “We provided information tailored to each student’s stage of preparation and conducted counseling to help them clarify their future job-hunting plans.”

Meanwhile, Kookmin University’s University Job Plus Center operates various employment support programs—including career and job counseling, resume editing, and interview coaching—to help current students, alumni, and local youth smoothly enter the labor market.

△ Photo: Ribbon-cutting ceremony at the opening of the Kookmin University Career Plus Center Job Fair last November (file photo)