Ulsan Office of Education, vocational high school field training and meeting with hiring companies... cooperation discussion

The Ulsan Metropolitan Office of Education announced on the 12th that it held a meeting with representatives of nine companies participating in field training and recruitment of vocational high school students.

On this day, Ulsan Superintendent Cho Yong-sik and representatives and executives of nine companies attended a meeting held in the reception room of the city office of education.

The nine companies are Kemp, HIT, Koa Deung Eok Flower Fragrance, Daeheung Machinery Co., Ltd., B&D Solution, Dain Elevator Co., Ltd., Motortronics International Korea, Ananti Cove, and Yedayeontap Hair.

These companies employ 70 Ulsan vocational high school graduates, and 42 vocational high school students are participating in field training this year.

At the meeting, attendees shared corporate manpower demands and the current status of employment of high school graduates, and discussed ways to cooperate among education offices, companies, and schools to foster regional talent and promote high school graduate recruitment.

Participants agreed that growth paths should be expanded so that students can increase their expertise by working and learning in parallel even after employment.

They also shared opinions on ways to support students to build careers in local companies and settle down stably for the long term.

Superintendent Cho said, "I am grateful to the company for providing field training and employment opportunities to vocational high school students," and added, "We will work together to help students grow into core corporate talent by working and studying in parallel even after they are employed, and to settle down stably in the region."

The Ulsan Office of Education recorded an employment rate of 58.8% in the '2026 Employment Statistics Survey for Vocational High School Graduates' announced by the Korea Educational Development Institute on the 5th.

It is 3.0 percentage points higher than the national average of 55.8% and ranks 4th among 17 metropolitan and provincial offices of education.