'Our Neighborhood Public Enterprises' Join In... Joint Recruitment Briefing for Local Talent to Be Held

2020 Online Local Talent Joint Recruitment Fair Poster (Provided by Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport)

[Asia Economy Reporter Chunhee Lee] An online job fair will be held for new employees of public institutions relocated to local areas, among whom 24% are required to be hired as local talents.

The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport and the National Balanced Development Committee announced on the 6th that they will hold the "2020 Online Joint Job Fair for Local Talents" for 8 weeks from the 7th of this month until the 30th of next month.

Local talents refer to those who have graduated (or are expected to graduate) from universities or high schools located in the metropolitan local governments to which the public institutions have relocated. A total of 102 public institutions, including those relocated to 10 innovation cities nationwide and additionally designated as local talent hiring public institutions in June·and publicly announced institutions, will participate in this job fair.

The local talent job fair has been held annually since 2012 to provide employment information of public institutions relocated to innovation cities to local talents, promote related systems such as local education programs (Open Campus), increase hiring opportunities for local talents, and promote youth employment.

Last year, eight sessions were held by city and province, attracting about 13,500 job seekers and achieving great success. This year, due to the outbreak of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), it was decided to proceed in a non-face-to-face manner. Instead, the duration of the fair has been significantly extended to 8 weeks to provide more information to job seekers.

Participation applications can be made on the job fair website, where participants can also check recruitment information by institution and inquire about any questions. Participants will be offered opportunities to join various employment support programs such as vlogs (VLOG) by senior employees sharing their job know-how and daily life, self-introduction letter consulting, National Competency Standards (NCS) strategic lectures, and career aptitude tests.

Meanwhile, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport plans to gradually increase the mandatory local talent hiring rate stipulated by the "Special Act on the Creation and Development of Innovation Cities," implemented since 2018, from 24% this year to 30% by 2022. The mandatory hiring system requires additional successful candidates to be selected if the local talent hiring falls short of the target ratio. Furthermore, the hiring performance of each public institution will be announced annually and reflected in management evaluations.

Along with this, plans will be promoted for active cooperation between relocated public institutions and local universities to nurture talents. As a representative example, the local education programs (Open Campus) operated by relocated public institutions reflecting their characteristics will be expanded.

The Open Campus refers to job and field practice-centered educational programs operated by relocated public institutions in cooperation with local universities for local university students.

Kim Kyuhyun, Deputy Director of the Innovation City Development Promotion Team at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, said, "To create youth jobs in the region, we will faithfully implement related policies such as the mandatory local talent hiring system and Open Campus operation, along with providing opportunities on-site like this joint job fair."

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