'Youth-Friendly' SME Job Platform to Be Created... Launching This October

Korea Federation of SMEs Project Launch
Purpose: Discovering Smart Jobs
Optimizing Two-Way Communication and Information Provision

Headquarters of the Korea Federation of SMEs

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Daeseop] The Korea Federation of Small and Medium Business (KSMB) plans to establish a platform for "healthy SME jobs" as early as October this year. The platform will integrate SME job information held by the government, local governments, and public institutions and visualize it in a youth-friendly manner.

KSMB announced on the 21st that it recently issued a bid notice for the service to build the SME job platform and has entered the contractor selection process.

This SME job platform project was initiated in response to voices from the field, reflecting the serious information mismatch between youth and SMEs, which makes it difficult for SMEs to secure excellent talent. The goal is to discover smart jobs that the younger generation values.

According to a survey conducted by KSMB this month targeting 300 members of the youth network, 88.16% of respondents said they are willing to work for SMEs if the conditions are satisfactory. However, 60.53% responded that they have difficulty collecting SME job information.

Last April, KSMB held a smart job declaration ceremony to discover the "Top 100 SMEs" where young people want to work. The current healthy SME job platform construction is also being promoted as part of the smart job discovery activities.

At the smart job declaration ceremony, Kim Ki-moon, chairman of KSMB, stated, "The SME sector itself will create smart jobs that young people want to work in and can be proud of, thereby solving the youth job mismatch problem."

This SME job platform project is led by the Ministry of SMEs and Startups and overseen by KSMB. KSMB plans to receive business proposals until the 4th of next month. The service period is six months from the contract signing date.

KSMB will apply the latest technology and management systems to build a communication-oriented job platform that can meet various user demands. It will optimize two-way communication and information provision for smartphones, mobile devices, and establish a customer-centered job platform operation and management system.

Additionally, it plans to provide intuitive, image-centered information through job self-diagnosis, mentor services, and map and album formats. In particular, it will strive to eliminate prejudices against SMEs and improve awareness by conveying on-site experiences of current employees.

KSMB expects this to increase the creation and accessibility of SME job information preferred by youth and contribute to revitalizing workforce inflow by resolving information and perception mismatches regarding SME jobs.

A KSMB official said, "This healthy SME job platform will provide job information preferred by youth for 20,000 to 30,000 excellent SMEs certified by government, local governments, and public institutions."

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