Why KoreaGapYear

 

We are Korea Gapyear, a South Korean gap year agency based in Seoul, South Korea.

Our company was founded in 2012 by a young and passionate team that thoroughly understands the struggles that youths deal with. In South Korea many students and young people feel lost when it comes to their career, wandering with no real goal. We as a Social Enterprise aim to help these people. We do this by offering gap year opportunities, holding informative talks about the benefits of taking a gap year, workshops, volunteer opportunities, and more.

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We do not only offer our services to South Koreans however, as we believe everyone should have to opportunity to grow as a person and as a professional. 

For students outside of Korea, we offer internships in South Korea at social enterprises. We primarily focus on working with Social Enterprises as we believe that by doing an internship there, you not only gain experience but also give back to society while doing so.

Our mission is for society to accept and embrace gap year culture. We believe that taking a gap year truly helps a person later on in their life. Nowadays many students feel a lot of stress and societal pressure to succeed. As a result, many students don't pursue their dreams and make rushed mistakes concerning their career paths. 

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We believe that by taking a gap year, a person can take the time to think about who they want to be and what they truly want to do with their life. We help these students by offering gap year programs that help them with their prospected careers. These programs are not just a fun getaway but encourage the participants to learn something that they can use later in their life. This can be by getting to know different cultures, learning or mastering a skill, taking interesting courses, and much more. 

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We also try to further spread gap year culture by holding public talks to inform students about the benefits of taking a gap year. In part due to our efforts, the concept of a gap year has gained more traction in South Korea, with media attention increasing and Korea Gapyear slowly becoming a well-known name. 

 

As a South Korean company, our team primarily consists of Koreans. As a Social Enterprise, we are very active in the Social Enterprise community. Because of this, we have access to more special and diverse internship opportunities at Social Enterprises than other agencies that are not originally South Korean.

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Furthermore, Korea Gapyear is slowly becoming a well-known name in South Korea. Our business places a very big emphasis on trust. We want our applicants to trust us and in turn, we trust our applicants. Traveling to another country alone can be a scary thing, so we place a big focus on making sure the participant is as prepared as possible when they set off on their journey. 

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In South Korea, we have been featured as a representative gap year company in multiple major online and offline press outlets.