Yeosu Gwangyang Port Authority Leads Regional Job Creation with Jeonnam Province

Establishment and Operation of Job Hub Center 'Job Square' to Overcome Employment Crisis

A poster providing information about Job Square, a customized regional job hub center jointly participated by Yeosu Gwangyang Port Authority, Jeollanam-do, the Ministry of Employment and Labor, and other government agencies, public institutions, and local governments.

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Hyung-kwon] The job hub center 'Job Square,' which will support job creation in the eastern region of Jeonnam, is scheduled to open next month.

On the 16th, according to Yeosu Gwangyang Port Authority (President Cha Min-sik, hereinafter referred to as the Authority), Jeonnam Province and the Authority have decided to establish and operate a customized regional job hub center called 'Job Square' to help job seekers in the Gwangyang Bay area find employment and to resolve the manpower shortage of small and medium-sized enterprises.

Job Square is planned to be located on the 4th floor of the LF Square Garden Building in Gwangyang City, covering approximately 297㎡, and will be a job culture space equipped with educational spaces, study rooms, interview support and convenience facilities, and an information sharing center.

The Authority and the province jointly planned and applied for 'Job Square' last year under the Ministry of Employment and Labor's 'Regional Employment Innovation Project,' and after project evaluation, it was finally selected last month.

The Authority expects that operating 'Job Square' will proactively respond to the employment crisis caused by COVID-19 and contribute to stabilizing regional employment by establishing and operating cooperative governance among related organizations for job creation within the region.

This project is a core regional job creation project of a broad governance type involving the Ministry of Employment and Labor, Jeonnam Province, the Authority, as well as LF Networks, Gwangyang Employment Welfare Plus Center, Yeosu Cultural Broadcasting, Yeosu City, Suncheon City, and Gwangyang City, including government, public institutions, and local governments, and is expected to serve as a job creation hub for the eastern region of Jeonnam.

In addition, the Authority explained that it plans to create a 'job culture space' that connects and supports employment for a wide range of participants such as youth, young adults, women with career interruptions, middle-aged, and new middle-aged, and that any job seeker can visit.

The job hub center 'Job Square' will operate projects such as 'finding jobs' for local job seekers through linkage between job projects and 'connecting jobs' to resolve manpower shortages of local small and medium-sized enterprises.

President Cha Min-sik stated, “We will fulfill the Authority’s role in coexisting with local residents by supporting the local job market, which has become difficult due to COVID-19, and by creating a new job culture space.”

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