Gwangyang Women's New Work Center Selected as 'Excellent' for 2 Consecutive Years

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Hyung-kwon] Gwangyang Women's New Work Center (hereinafter referred to as ‘Sa-il Center’) announced on the 27th that it received an incentive of 18.3 million won this year after achieving excellent results for two consecutive years in the performance-based pay evaluation conducted by the Central Women's New Work Support Center.

The Sa-il Center opened in January 2011 and is directly operated by Gwangyang City. It conducts vocational education and training programs to support the economic participation of women whose careers have been interrupted due to marriage, pregnancy, childbirth, and childcare.

The center promotes the creation of customized jobs and employment for career-interrupted women by operating group counseling programs to support job preparation, supporting employment retention through follow-up management of career-interrupted women, and implementing corporate environment improvement projects, providing high-quality employment services to job-seeking women.

In addition, the center does not stop at employment linkage and job placement but visits about 150 hiring companies three times a year to encourage employed individuals by giving small gifts. It also conducts continuous follow-up management by operating programs with children to prevent career interruptions due to burdens such as housework and childcare.

This year, the Sa-il Center plans to operate four vocational education and training courses, including an online marketing specialist office worker course, two employment and start-up classes, and group counseling programs, as well as implement corporate environment improvement projects to enhance women's working conditions.

Im Jin Lee, director of the Sa-il Center, said, “We are exploring various measures to support the employment and start-up of career-interrupted women and the employment stability of employed women,” adding, “We will continue to implement substantial programs to help many women work stably.”

Meanwhile, last year, the Sa-il Center helped register 1,283 job openings and 2,752 job seekers, facilitated 955 employment connections, and operated group counseling and vocational education and training for career-interrupted women, producing 56 employed individuals.

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