Gwangju City Launches Full-Scale Operation of the 9th Work Experience Dream Project

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Seon-gang] Gwangju Metropolitan City announced on the 31st that it will recruit 585 Dream Youth participants for the 9th term of the ‘Gwangju Youth Work Experience Dream Project’ from the 1st to the 10th of next month.

Anyone unemployed aged 19 to 34 residing in Gwangju is eligible to apply.

Applicants wishing to participate can apply online through the official Gwangju Youth Dream website and submit the final application after counseling and interviews during the ‘Non-face-to-face Dream Meeting Day’ held from the 15th to the 19th of next month.

The finally selected Dream Youth will be able to gain work experience by working flexibly for 25 hours a week over 5 months from March to July at 350 workplaces across five types: public institution type, corporate type, social welfare type, social value type, and youth start-up company type, receiving a wage of 1,378,120 KRW based on the living wage.

The ‘Gwangju Youth Work Experience Dream Project’ allows unemployed local youth to build job competencies at various workplaces (Dreamter) within the region.

After working, they can use their monthly salary to pursue self-development or prepare for employment, and it is a youth-tailored project that also allows direct employment at the workplace (Dreamter). It has been operated twice a year since 2017, with a total of 8 terms and over 3,000 participants to date.

Last year’s ‘Gwangju Youth Work Experience Dream’ Dream Youth satisfaction survey (out of 5 points) showed a high overall satisfaction score of 4.12.

This year, as part of seeking development plans for the ‘Gwangju Youth Work Experience Dream Project,’ the city plans to pilot a program to extend the 5-month period for willing 9th term Dream Youth after evaluation by reducing indirect project costs.

Kim Young-seon, the city’s Youth Policy Officer, said, “I hope this project will be an opportunity for the youth generation, who have been pushed to the employment cliff due to COVID-19, to have hope,” and added, “We will continue to do our best to build a social safety net for youth in various fields such as employment, housing, finance, and welfare.”

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