For 25 years, Starbucks Korea has listened to the needs of its customers and led the way to a new coffee culture. Today, Starbucks Korea is a leader in supporting diverse employment opportunities for people with disabilities, foreigners, career changers, military veterans, and others, and has grown to be a company that customers trust through its ESG management for community and win-win.

Starbucks Korea holds JOB Fair

On October 29, Starbucks successfully concluded its JOB Fair for young people who want to work as baristas. The JOB Fair was part of Starbucks’ career education program with Junior Achievement Korea (JA Korea), an international NGO that donates to education, since 2015, and was held for approximately 300 young adults between the ages of 19 and 34 who applied in advance. More than 100 young people have made connections over the past 10 years, and the fair is seen as an opportunity to expand on that. The event consisted of a variety of hands-on programs to experience the job of a barista, including barista mentoring, mock interviews, making your own drink, and coffee bean comparison tasting. 

Starbucks Korea helps young men get a job

At the event, Starbucks store and area managers, support center partners, and other employees who have undergone special training courses to help young people strengthen their employment skills and connect with jobs, such as training on how to manage their first-time salary and assistance with resume photography, served as job mentors. To date, Starbucks has mentored more than 20,000 students and hired more than 470 baristas to promote youth employment. Of those, 33 partners have been promoted to store manager. “It was a meaningful time to help young people plan for their future and prepare for employment,” said Kim Ji-young, Head of ESG at Starbucks. ”We will continue to provide practical help to young people to enjoy the joy of employment through various volunteer activities.”