Daejeon City Creates Over 8,000 Livelihood Support Jobs

[Asia Economy (Daejeon) Reporter Jeong Il-woong] Daejeon City will create about 8,000 short-term livelihood support jobs to assist employment-vulnerable groups.

On the 15th, the city announced that it will promote the "COVID-19 Overcome Daejeon-type Hope Job Project," which provides jobs to those who lost their jobs or whose self-employed businesses were temporarily or permanently closed due to the impact of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19), including special employment workers, freelancers, and platform workers.

The jobs created through this project will be maintained from next month until December. Eligible applicants must be at least 18 years old as of the project start date and have the ability to work. Depending on the characteristics of each project, applicants aged 34 or younger, considered youth, may be given priority participation.

The work fields include ▲living quarantine support ▲emergency support for public tasks ▲recovery support for neighborhood commercial districts and small business owners ▲improvement of public rest areas ▲cultural and artistic environment improvement ▲environmental maintenance in enterprise-dense areas ▲youth support, among others.

The hourly wage for workers is 8,590 KRW, and working hours are generally between 15 and 30 hours per week, but may vary depending on the nature of the project, workplace conditions, and the age of participants. Considering this, the monthly wage per person is expected to range between 670,000 KRW and 1,800,000 KRW.

Taking into account the urgency of livelihood support, the city and autonomous districts will accept applications simultaneously from the 15th to the 24th of this month, complete selection by the end of this month, and enable the project to be fully launched from August 3.

For more detailed information on applications and required documents, please check Worknet or the city and district office websites.

Ko Hyun-deok, Director of the City’s Job Economy Bureau, said, “In this unprecedented crisis brought by COVID-19, we hope that the Hope Job Project will serve as a catalyst to stabilize the livelihoods of Daejeon citizens and revitalize the local economy. The city will continue to do its best to discover jobs to expand employment so that vulnerable groups in the region can overcome these difficult times well.”

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