Achieved 115% of Public Job Creation Goal in Gwanak-gu during the 7th Elected Term

Creation of 4,070 Public Jobs in the 7th Civilian Administration, Exceeding Target in 2.5 Years...Significant Expansion of Public Jobs Amid Prolonged COVID-19 Employment Crisis

Park Jun-hee, Mayor of Gwanak-gu, who joined the quarantine efforts together with local quarantine job participants

[Asia Economy Reporter Jongil Park] Gwanak-gu (Mayor Park Junhee) announced that it has early exceeded its target for public job creation, a representative pledge of the 7th local government, by 115% as of last year.

Since the launch of the 7th local government, the district has accelerated the creation of public jobs to provide public employment opportunities to low-income vulnerable groups with working ability and unemployed youth, thereby boosting their motivation to work, stabilizing residents' lives, and contributing to revitalizing the local economy.

As a result, the goal of providing 3,539 jobs including public work, local community, and New Deal jobs over four years was early exceeded with 4,070 jobs provided as of the end of December 2020, achieving this in two years and six months.

In particular, the number of public jobs created last year was a total of 2,534, exceeding the annual target of 690 by 367%.

This was the result of providing a large number of jobs for disinfection work at multi-use facilities such as schools and subway stations to residents suffering from business closures and unemployment due to COVID-19.

Amid difficult employment conditions and relatively shrinking private sector jobs, public jobs were provided to residents facing difficulties in their livelihoods, contributing to stabilizing the lives of ordinary citizens and thoroughly promoting COVID-19 local quarantine without gaps.

Meanwhile, the district plans to continuously provide public jobs such as local quarantine jobs, Seoul citizen safety jobs, and local community jobs this year as well, and it is expected that about 5,500 jobs will be created during the 7th local government term if jobs are provided at an average level for the remaining period.

Park Junhee, Mayor of Gwanak-gu, said, “The active efforts for residents suffering economic difficulties due to COVID-19 were the driving force behind the early achievement of the job creation goal,” adding, “We will continue to do our best to create local jobs that can help stabilize residents' lives and revitalize the local economy stagnated by COVID-19.”

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