Hong Nam-ki "Focus on Providing 1.56 Million Public Sector Jobs" (Update)

Civil Servants and Public Institutions Resume Hiring This Month... 48,000 Positions Available

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[Asia Economy Reporter Jang Sehee] Hong Nam-ki, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Finance, said on the 14th, "We will focus on providing 1.56 million jobs centered on the public sector."

At the 2nd Emergency Economic Central Countermeasures Headquarters meeting held at the Government Seoul Office on the same day, Deputy Prime Minister Hong announced that an urgent job plan would be introduced to respond to quantitative and qualitative changes in the employment market.

He explained, "Out of the 945,000 direct public sector jobs funded by the existing budget, about 600,000 jobs, including elderly jobs and self-support work projects that have not been properly implemented due to COVID-19, will be converted to non-face-to-face and outdoor work as much as possible," adding, "We plan to promptly resume these by allowing maximum flexibility in execution, such as simplifying business procedures."

He also stated, "We will additionally create 550,000+α direct jobs, including 100,000 non-face-to-face digital jobs in the public sector that help youth career development, 50,000 youth digital jobs in the private sector, 50,000 youth work experience jobs, 300,000 jobs for vulnerable groups, and 50,000 hiring subsidies for small and medium-sized enterprises and mid-sized companies."

He announced plans to resume the recruitment process for public officials and public institutions, which had been suspended due to COVID-19. He said, "We will immediately resume the recruitment process for public officials and public institutions from this month under the guidelines of the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters and plan to hire 48,000 people as soon as possible," emphasizing, "Since the main role of maintaining and creating jobs lies with the private sector, we will focus all our efforts on stimulating domestic demand, revitalizing investment, deregulation, and resolving management difficulties to ensure continuous job creation in the private sector."

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