Suwon Mayor Lee Jae-jun: "Young People, Nurture Your Dreams! Suwon City Will Support You"

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Jung Jun-sung] Suwon Metropolitan City Mayor Lee Jae-jun promised young people on the 6th, "Nurture your dreams. Suwon City will work hard to help you achieve them."

The mayor attended the '2022 Youth UP Cloud Employment and Startup Mentoring Concert' held at the Suwon Convention Center that evening and said in his address, "Young people have the strength to overcome any circumstances," adding, "Suwon City will create and actively support various policies for young people."

He continued, "I dreamed of being a student activist, but in my third year of university I decided to become a scholar and achieved that dream, worked as a professor for 13 years, then worked as an administrator for 5 years before nurturing dreams as a politician," and stated, "Dreams can always change, and to pursue further challenges to achieve your dreams, you must continuously develop yourself."

Hosted by Suwon City and organized by Kyung Hee University and Ajou University LINC 3.0 Project Groups, the '2022 Youth UP Cloud Employment and Startup Mentoring Concert' brings together young people, businesses, and universities in one place like a cloud system where necessary resources can be accessed anytime and anywhere, providing young people preparing for employment and startups the opportunity to build human networks and strengthen employment competencies through customized consulting.

The event was conducted with keynote employment lectures by Kim Ji-yun, DISNEY Operations Support Manager, and Yun Duk-won, former Samsung Electronics Director, on the theme of "Global and Large Enterprise Employment Directions and Trend Analysis," employment and startup panel discussions, and small group mentoring sessions.

Kakao Manager Cho Sung-hyun (Developer), Coupang Director Lee Gyu-yeol (Data Analysis), and Jaber CEO Lee Dong-wook (Startup) participated as panelists in the panel discussion.

The 'Small Group Mentoring' session included a total of 10 mentors and 90 mentees (young people) working at LG Household & Health Care, Amorepacific, Hyundai Motor, IBM, and CPTEAM.