A Study on Human Resource Development Program of the trade experts in Jeju Special Self-Governing Province

제주지역 무역인력양성 방안에 관한 연구

Purpose - Facing the FTA era, Jeju Special Self-Governing Province is focusing on the improvement and the expansion of support policies to industrial companies and trade basis systems. However, there are only few studies about human resource development for Jeju Special Self-Governing Province. Moreover, it is difficult to conduct trade-related business efficiently because Jeju is suffering from the lack of the infrastructures of human resources for trade. In this thesis, theoretical approach and empirical approach are used to study about human resource development program of trade for Jeju Special Self-Governing Province. Research design, data, and methodology - In the theoretical approach, economic trends and employment trends of Jeju special self-governing province are investigated about statistical data from 2004 to 2016. In the empirical approach, a questionnaire survey is performed to analyze the employment status of trade professionals. The questionnaire survey targets are export companies and university students in Jeju. The results of the investigations show the export companies highly require more trade professionals and the university students want the jobs which meet their conditions. The major reasons for this employment mismatch are the lack of practical business abilities and the disagreement over pay conditions. Results - The analysis on the current state of the employment and the sense of employment between the exporters and undergraduates in Jeju area shows the major key point is the awareness gap between employer and job hunter , and the political institutional problems. Conclusions - To overcome these problems, four methods for human resource development are proposed. First, Jeju local government should expand the support policies of human resource development which include educational trade programs for university students. Second, the improvement of consciousness about export mind of Jeju local government. Third, university education curriculums should be improved and practically experienced experts shoulde be invited to inspire the university students. Fourth, industry- government-university collaborations should be enhanced to maintain the human resource development program during the long-term. This study on human resource development program of the trade is expected to contribute to the growth of trade infra of Jeju special self-governing province.