Samsung’s software academy supports jobseekers with training, opportunities

Samsung's Software Academy Supports Jobseekers With Training, Opportunities

Students of Samsung Software Academy for Youth program pose during their admission ceremony at the program's campus in southern Seoul's Gangnam District, Jan. 24. Courtesy of Samsung Group

College students of Samsung Software program Academy for Youth program pose throughout their admission ceremony on the program’s campus in southern Seoul’s Gangnam District, Jan. 24. Courtesy of Samsung Group

By Nam Hyun-woo

Samsung Group introduced Thursday that the variety of college students educated by its software program academy program has surpassed 11,000, supporting their efforts to safe employment as software program builders.

Samsung introduced that it held an admission ceremony for the thirteenth cohort of scholars within the Samsung Software program Academy for Youth (SSAFY) on Jan. 24, at its 5 campuses nationwide.

Round 100 college students attended the ceremony on the Seoul Campus in Gangnam District, whereas greater than 900 college students participated on-line from the campuses in Daejeon, Gwangju, Busan-Ulsan and Gumi, North Gyeongsang Province.

Vice Minister of Employment and Labor Kim Min-seok, Samsung Electronics President Park Seung-hee and a variety of lawmakers additionally attended the ceremony.

Samsung Electronics CEO Han Jong-hee said in a video message that he’s totally assured {that a} 12 months at SSAFY will unlock the total potential of the members. He additionally expressed his hope that every one members will develop into pioneers within the period of synthetic intelligence (AI).

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SSAFY was launched in December 2018 as a part of Samsung Group’s company social duty program. The academy recruits two teams of scholars yearly, offering coaching at its 5 campuses. With the addition of the newest thirteenth cohort, SSAFY has supplied coaching alternatives to roughly 11,000 younger people so far.

This system gives 1,600 hours of intensive coaching over the course of 1 12 months, together with every day classes and collaborative tasks amongst college students. The curriculum is designed to coach software program builders with abilities which are instantly relevant within the office. The coaching is freed from cost, and every scholar receives a month-to-month stipend of 1 million gained ($693).

Among the many 8,000 graduates from the primary to 10 cohorts, roughly 84 % have secured jobs at 1,700 corporations, together with Samsung Electronics, Coupang, LG Uplus, Hyundai Mobis and a number of other promising startups.

Because the variety of SSAFY graduates grows, Samsung introduced that over 170 corporations are actually formally providing benefits to jobseekers who’ve accomplished this system.

Since 2023, SSAFY has partnered with Korea’s 5 main banks — Shinhan, KB Kookmin, Hana, Woori and NH NongHyup — to collaborate on cultivating fintech software program abilities.

Over the previous two years, the banks have donated a complete of 5 billion gained to SSAFY, whereas their workers have participated as mentors in finance-specific tasks, providing steering to assist college students develop experience within the monetary sector.

Up to now, Samsung has been working the SSAFY initiative for college and faculty graduates, however has expanded this system to incorporate graduates of Korea’s Meister excessive faculties beginning with the thirteenth cohort. Meister excessive faculties are specialised vocational establishments with curricula tailor-made to particular industrial sectors.

For these college students, SSAFY gives a pre-admission program, the place software program builders who started their careers as highschool graduates present particular lectures on AI and algorithms, together with mentoring classes.

An official at Samsung Group said that the choice to broaden this system was made to align SSAFY’s aims with the federal government’s plan to broaden Meister excessive faculties and improve help for graduates of their job-seeking efforts. At the moment, there are 54 Meister excessive faculties in Korea, with the quantity anticipated to extend to 65 by 2027.

“I hope all of you’ll develop into people who not solely possess software program abilities but additionally have problem-solving talents and creativity by SSAFY,” Vice Minister Kim mentioned throughout the occasion.

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