Gwangju City Additional Recruitment of Companies Participating in the 'Youth Naeillo Internship'

Gwangju City Hall

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Seon-gang] Gwangju Metropolitan City announced on the 17th that it will additionally recruit local small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to participate in the ‘Youth Tomorrow Internship’ project, which supports wages and employment retention subsidies for unemployed youth to expand and maintain youth employment.

The ‘Youth Tomorrow Internship’ is a new project this year aimed at enhancing the employment skills and work ethics of unemployed youth through internship experience at SMEs, and then converting them to regular employees to maintain employment.

Unemployed youth are employed at SMEs located in Gwangju and gain practical experience as interns for three months. Afterward, they can be converted to regular employees with support for wages and training to strengthen practical skills and stabilize employment, thereby promoting regional settlement. The city recruited a total of 57 companies (96 people) in February.

Participating companies will receive wage support of up to 1.68 million KRW per month during the three months of youth intern employment and up to 1.8 million KRW per month for three months after conversion to regular employment.

Participating youth will receive job training, networking (including support for certification acquisition), consulting, and other support during the project period, and 1 million KRW once as an employment retention subsidy three months after conversion to regular employment.

SMEs wishing to participate can refer to the announcements posted on the 18th on ▲the city’s website under Notices and Sector Information > Economy & Jobs > Jobs > Job Board ▲and the Gwangju Metropolitan City Economic and Employment Promotion Agency website under Information Resources > Notices > Job Support, and apply from the 2nd of next month.

Gu Jong-cheon, the city’s Job Policy Officer, said, “We will do our best to discover youth jobs so that young people can settle in the region and play a role as a driving force for community development.”

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