740 Additional 'Employment Support Dedicated Officials' at Employment Centers Nationwide

Comprehensive Support from Customized Employment Assistance Using the National Employment Support System to Job-Seeking Promotion Allowance Payment

Minister Lee Jae-gap of the Ministry of Employment and Labor is speaking at the "National Employment Support System Participants Meeting" held on the 3rd at the Southern Employment Center in Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul. Photo by Kang Jin-hyung aymsdream@

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Cheol-young] The government will increase the number of employment support officers by 740 this year following the implementation of the 'National Employment Support System.'

On the 8th, the Ministry of the Interior and Safety and the Ministry of Employment and Labor announced that the 'Partial Amendment to the Organization Decree of the Ministry of Employment and Labor and Its Affiliated Agencies,' which includes the increase, will take effect on the 9th. The 'National Employment Support System' has been in operation since January, and within a month, approximately 200,000 applicants applied.

Of the 740 new hires, most?736 employment support officers?will be assigned to 99 employment centers nationwide. The personnel reflected in this organizational amendment will be recruited in the second half of the year.

The dedicated officers will provide enhanced customized employment support services to 590,000 vulnerable groups, including low-income job seekers struggling to find jobs due to COVID-19, special-type workers, and freelancers, through the 'National Employment Support System.'

Additionally, they will support the smooth processing of eligibility assessments for beneficiaries and the payment of job promotion allowances (KRW 500,000 per month for six months), which can help with living expenses during the job preparation process.

The Ministry of Employment and Labor explained that this large-scale increase of 740 personnel for a single project is unprecedented and that the 'National Employment Support System' is a representative employment support project aimed at helping low-income vulnerable groups escape poverty through work.

Meanwhile, the government plans to review the actual scale of participants and the status of service provision in the first year of implementation and continuously improve the quality of employment services based on these findings.

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