Preliminary Candidate Lee Seok-hyung Holds Meeting with Honam University Student Council

Seokhyung Lee, Preliminary Candidate for the National Assembly, Gwangsan-gu Gap, Gwangju Metropolitan City, Democratic Party of Korea

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Seon-gang] Lee Seok-hyung, a preliminary candidate for the National Assembly representing Gwangsan-gu Gap, Gwangju Metropolitan City from the Democratic Party of Korea, held a meeting with the executive members of Honam University’s student council on the 9th and stated, “Instead of investing time to acquire excessive qualifications, young people should consider what jobs suit their aptitudes and choose sustainable, high-quality jobs to enter the employment market.”

Lee said, “The structural problem in our country’s current job market is underemployment. This occurs because people fail to commit to the jobs they choose or do not strive to improve their skills,” and explained, “The average job tenure of 4.8 years as of 2018 (Statistics Korea’s December 2019 report ‘2018 Job Administrative Statistics’) is presumed to be due to mismatched aptitudes or lack of capabilities.”

He added, “We will make every effort to actively attract government projects linked to youth, such as the ‘Region-led Youth Job Project’ led by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety, so that young people can settle and grow in the region.”

Meanwhile, according to the ‘2018 Job Administrative Statistics’ analyzed by Statistics Korea in December last year, the average job tenure for all jobs was 4.8 years, and the proportion of employees with more than five years of tenure was 26.6%. The average job tenure by company size was 7.5 years for large companies, 3.1 years for small and medium enterprises, and 7.9 years for non-profit organizations. The average age was 40.3 years for large companies, 46.4 years for small and medium enterprises, and 45.4 years for non-profit organizations.

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