[Student success story] Yang Ye-ran(GBA 17), student interview.
- bizskk
- Hit636
- 2022-04-14
Sungkyunkwan's University's Business School is awarding the Student Success Award by discovering creative students with comprehensive thinking rather than simple excellent grades with the aim of discovering the First Mover role and role model of student success.
She actively participated in various non-curricular programs conducted under the supervision of the department, and in particular, in 2021, she won first place in the competition held with KK FUND and industry-academic cooperation, showing excellent qualities as a preliminary consultant. Let's listen to the story of Yang Ye-ran, the favorite phrase of the expression 'connecting the dots' that appeared in Steve Jobs' speech
1. Hello, please introduce yourself first.
Hello, I'm Yang Ye-ran, who entered the Department of Global Business Administration with a class of 18 and graduated in February 2022. It is a little disappointing to spend the last two years of my five-year school life in the COVID-19 situation, but thanks to that, I am honored to gain various experiences and receive an award and have an opportunity to interview like this.
2. I heard that you won the Dean's Award for Student Success Award at the 2022 degree award ceremony. Please give us a brief acceptance speech.
I didn't expect to receive an award at the graduation ceremony, so I was very surprised and happy. I'm also very proud of the fact that I've tried a program that interests me at the time, which led to good results, and that I'm able to finish well by leaving school.
3. You actively participated in various comparative programs under the supervision of the department, what programs did you participate in? What do you remember the most?
As I frequently went to the school website, I was able to confirm that the school held programs on various topics and fields for students.
In-school programs that I participated in, Co-op field training conducted in partnership with Seoul Fintech Lab, overseas career exploration program to Singapore, I-CORE programs in connection with LG Chem, 3M, LOOKO, Startup CEO Challenge, Kelly Case Competition, and KK Fund in connection with LG Chem, as well as excellent undergraduate research credit programs, and job competency enhancement courses.
The most memorable activity among these was the excellent undergraduate research credit system, and it was really meaningful to me that I could select fields and topics that I was interested in and deal with in-depth. Although there was a limit to the research method that could be accessed as a student and the results were different from the initial target results, I think it was most memorable because I was able to fully utilize the capabilities I had learned at school for five years through this activity, and the process of putting our heads together and refining the results report under the feedback of the instructor was meaningful.
4. In 2021, you won first place in the competition with KK FUND through industry-academic cooperation. What kind of contest is it?
The contest was held through industry-academic cooperation with Singapore Venture Capital KK Fund. It was a contest in which each team researched global ESG investment trends and suggested investment proposals and directions for domestic ESG VCs or startups based on this.
Accordingly, our team divided Leader/Follower groups in major countries, and by analyzing their ESG investment market and trends, we were able to derive limitations and difficulties in ESG investment. Based on these research contents and insights, instead of suggesting a specific VC or startup that was an initial topic, we organized a checklist based on KCGS, GRI, and Fund Assessment and submitted is as a result, and we were able to achieve good results with favorable reviews from the KK Fund.
5. Were there any difficulties while preparing for the contest? How did you overcome it?
The contest, which lasted a total of a month and a half, consisted of several feedback meetings, interim reports, and final reports with the KK Fund and other participating teams, and the entire process was conducted non-face-to-face due to the COVID-19 situation.
The project was long-term, the feedback sessions at least once or twice a week made up a very tight reporting schedule, and the entire team of my team was competing with internships and other programs, so managing the schedule was the most difficult part. Accordingly, our team set up a fixed meeting time twice a week, non-face-to-face on weekdays and face-to-face on weekends, and invested time in a schedule based on WBS, and flexibly adjusted R&R among team members according to each schedule. Therefore, not only did we strengthen the harmony among the team members, but we were able to conduct the meeting in the most efficient way in the given environment.
6. What is your future career and goal?
Since I started my career in consulting, my short-term goal is to develop the skills needed in my business. I didn't set a specific goal as a long-term career path or goal, but I want to do activities that I am interested in at that time and develop insight into the world while finding my interests.
7. Lastly, please give us some advice for our business classmates.
One of the phrases I really like is the expression "connecting the dots" in Steve Jobs' speech. When I looked back on the programs I had participated in, I was worried that the direction was not visible due to the lack of connection between each activity. But I realized how to connect each of those activities, and a picture of them coming together has become one of my biggest competitive advantages now.
When I looked at the students around me, I saw that even if they spent the same time on the same campus from entrance to graduation, what kind of activities they were doing would change their picture. All the activities you went through in college can be the materials that make up the picture you make, so I hope you don't forget that each and every one of them is meaningful and valuable, no matter how trivial it is. Of course, it can be a good way to set a specific goal and choose only the activities that suit it.
However, even if it doesn't seem to have much to do with your desired goal or your tangible results are not noticeable, I recommend you to build up various experiences in this field and that field. If you devote yourself to every activity with all your heart and soul, you will be able to create your own wonderful paintings one by one at the time of graduation and at the important milestone in your life after that.