We met Park Dong-wook, who is currently working at the National Agricultural Cooperative Federation. In this interview, we talked about the work of the National Agricultural Cooperative Federation, the process of joining the National Agricultural Cooperative Federation, and its strengths and weaknesses that could help students who are interested in the National Agricultural Cooperative Federation or are considering their career paths.


Q. Please introduce yourself briefly.

A. Hello, I'm 33 years old Park Dong-wook, a graduate of the Department of Agriculture, Economics and Social Affairs with a 10th degree. I am currently working at the National Agricultural Cooperative Federation for three years.


Q. What is your job at the National Agricultural Cooperative Federation?

A. The welfare service department is in charge of rural welfare. The projects currently underway include farmers' happy buses, farmers' free legal rescue and mobility counseling rooms, and movie theater businesses to agriculture. To briefly explain the project, the Farmers' Happiness Bus is a project conducted in conjunction with the Ministry of Agriculture and Food, and 70% of the total budget is funded by the government. It mainly focuses on medical support for rural areas that are vulnerable to healthcare. Next, the farmers' free legal structure and mobile counseling office is a business that provides legal education or legal services in agricultural areas. Depending on the income quintile, we even proceed with a free legal structure for farmers.


Q. Please tell us how you joined the National Agricultural Cooperative Federation.

A. I started preparing for employment late as I have been undergraduate for 10 years, so I looked into various jobs where my colleagues and seniors and juniors got jobs. At that time, I was interested in the National Agricultural Cooperative Federation when I heard that my close 11th grader had moved to the National Agricultural Cooperative Federation. The National Agricultural Cooperative Federation joined the National Agricultural Cooperative Federation because it is highly related to its major and can continue to contribute to agriculture.


Q. What are the advantages and disadvantages of attending the National Agricultural Cooperative Federation?

A. First of all, the advantage is that when I got a job in the liberal arts, my salary is quite high, except for a few professionals, and it's a very stable job. It is slightly different for each department, but most of them have a well-preserved work label. Also, even if it's a job that a newcomer does, he or she seems to be given quite a lot of decision-making power. Only the person in charge of a particular project will do the job, so you have plenty of opportunities to plan your own business and actively take charge of your work, and to improve the inefficiency you have previously felt. I joined the company in grade 5, but I feel that there is no big difference in what I do with grade 4.
On the contrary, the disadvantage of the National Agricultural Cooperative Federation is that it is a conservative company. As my immediate superior is 43, I tend not to recruit new recruits well and my average age is quite high. The National Agricultural Cooperative Federation is divided into the education support part and the mutual finance part where I currently work, and the education support department is a relatively more conservative organization. In addition, since it is a salary group, if you want to receive great rewards such as promotions and salary increases for your performance, it is likely that it is a wrong job.


Q. Please tell us about the experiences you had during your undergraduate career that helped you get into the National Agricultural Cooperative Federation.

A. The most helpful thing was studying the major itself, which was favorable for the written test. The entrance exam consists of NCS, major-related tests, abbreviations, and narrative types, and when I joined the company, the sixth industry-related contents came out in the abbreviation type, so I answered using the classes I took in the first grade.
Also, I thought that the industry of agriculture was very promising while interning at KREI using vacation during my undergraduate career. Therefore, I became more interested in studying my major and considered graduate study as one of my desired career paths.

Q. If you have any personal goals or challenges you plan to implement in the future, please feel free to tell me.

A. Recently, I've been interested in alcohol, so I'm aiming to get a license for a traditional liquor sommelier. :)


Q. Please say something to the students of Agricultural College who are currently undergraduate.

A. I hope you gain as much experience as possible as an undergraduate. I took a leave of absence for three and a half years, but if you are a student at my school, you seem to do well in your field. I hope you don't worry too much or be impatient and enjoy the rest of your life when you are in college. During my university life, including taking a leave of absence, I participated in the competition for 7 years in a club called Snubminton, and I was obsessed with one topic, so I read only related books at the government library, and I traveled a lot. I have no regrets at all when I look back on that point when I get a job now and have no free time. So I hope that undergraduate students will also take advantage of their overflowing time to do everything they want to do.