Changwon City’s Thumb-Up for Customized Local Job Projects Responding to Employment Shocks

Changwon City achieved various results this year in the 'Regional Customized Job Project' aimed at responding to employment shocks caused by COVID-19 and restructuring of key industries. (Photo by Changwon City)

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Hwang Choi Hyun-joo] Changwon City in Gyeongnam was evaluated to have achieved various results in the ‘region-customized job projects’ this year in response to employment shocks caused by the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) and restructuring of key industries.

This job project was a result of the Ministry of Employment and Labor’s regional industry-customized job creation support project, which was a job training and employment linkage program reflecting the characteristics of local industries.

The city is receiving recognition for contributing to job creation by promoting seven projects, including region-industry-customized job projects such as ▲Soldering Specialist Skill Training Course ▲Advanced Defense Industry Specialist Training Project, which are employment-linked vocational training projects considering the main industries and labor market characteristics of Changwon City.

In addition, remarkable achievements were made in the Ministry of the Interior and Safety’s region-led youth job projects that help young people settle in the region through comprehensive support for jobs, housing, and welfare. So far, a total of seven projects have been promoted.

Among these, ▲Changwon Youth Shipbuilding Workforce Training Project ▲Changwon City Strategic Industry Revival Project ▲Changwon National Industrial Complex Youth Technology Startup Specialization Project attracted attention as exemplary cases that secure future talents linked to Changwon’s strategic industries such as shipbuilding, hydrogen, and defense industries, and help local youth settle.

As a life-cycle type job measure, various support policies such as the city’s own projects ▲Changwon Middle-aged Customized Vocational Ability Training Project ▲Youth Employment Incentive ▲Technical Trainee Employment Incentive were provided, receiving high responses from both recruiting companies seeking middle-aged and youth local talents and job seekers.

Park Sang-seok, head of the Job Creation Division, said, “At the end of 2020, we will do our best to operate Changwon City’s job creation projects solidly so that training leads to employment,” and added, “Next year, we will provide jobs to more Changwon citizens through well-prepared public contest projects and city-run projects.”

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