Yongin City Creates 5,451 Public Jobs

[Asia Economy (Yongin) = Reporter Lee Young-gyu] Yongin City in Gyeonggi Province is recruiting 5,451 people to participate in a temporary public job project from August to November for job seekers struggling to find employment due to the COVID-19 crisis.

This measure aims to help stabilize the livelihoods of citizens as the local economy shrinks and it becomes difficult to find jobs due to the impact of the infectious disease.

The recruitment fields include six areas and 512 projects: ▲ Youth-specialized jobs (public data construction) ▲ Public work support (arrears management, water meter inspection, library support, etc.) ▲ Living quarantine support (fever checks, disinfection, etc.) ▲ Eup/Myeon/Dong administrative welfare center work support ▲ Public property post-management (management of parks, hiking trails, sports facilities, etc.) ▲ Regional recovery support (river environment management, helping small business owners and rural labor, etc.).

Anyone aged 18 or older who is a citizen of Yongin can participate. Applications can be submitted at the relevant Eup/Myeon/Dong administrative welfare center from the 13th to the 21st.

Yongin City will prioritize the selection of vulnerable employment groups such as low-income and disabled people, job seekers who have been unemployed or on unpaid leave due to COVID-19, and small self-employed business owners who have closed or suspended operations.

Participants will work 4 to 8 hours a day for 2 to 3 months depending on the project, and will receive wages at the minimum hourly wage of 8,590 won (monthly 890,000 to 1,780,000 won).

The city plans to prioritize citizens aged 18 to 39 for projects such as national and public land surveys and database construction to help young people develop their careers.

A city official said, "We have prepared public jobs for citizens who have lost jobs or are struggling to make a living due to the COVID-19 crisis."

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