Gwangju Chamber of Commerce Holds 5th Gwangju Employment Expert Academy Completion Ceremony

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Gwan-woo] The Gwangju Chamber of Commerce and Industry announced on the 10th that it held the ‘5th Gwangju Employment Experts Academy 7th Training and Completion Ceremony’ at the Kim Dae-jung Convention Center.

About 50 people attended the completion ceremony, including job officers from local basic local governments, employment support officers from university-industry cooperation groups of local universities, corporate support organizations, and HR and labor officers of companies.

The academy, held seven times from June to December this year, organized and operated a curriculum centered on recent employment and labor issues, including job policies and issues, excellent job projects, future promising occupations and workforce development plans, and post-COVID-19 job policies and regional challenges, receiving great responses from participants.

Chae Hwa-seok, Executive Director of Gwangju Chamber of Commerce, said, “With recent changes in the industrial paradigm and economic environment such as COVID-19, the employment and labor market is also rapidly changing. As policy employment services for the unemployed continue to increase accordingly, the importance of the Employment Academy to strengthen the capabilities of local employment stakeholders is growing even more.” He added, “We will continue to communicate actively with participants to create a demand-oriented curriculum and make every effort to become a practical learning space where information can be shared and benchmarking can be done.”

The Gwangju Employment Experts Academy is part of the Gwangju Regional Innovation Project hosted by the Gwangju Regional Employment and Labor Office and Gwangju Metropolitan City. It was planned to cultivate employment experts through theoretical learning and case sharing on the employment and labor market status and job policies, and to improve the employment rate in the region by providing better employment services.

Now in its fifth year, the ‘Gwangju Employment Experts Academy’ has had about 300 local employment experts complete the course so far, contributing to strengthening the capabilities of employment experts and revitalizing local employment.

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