Haenam-gun Launches Customized Job Project Worth 30 Billion Won

Providing Jobs for 5,000 Low-Income and Young to Middle-Aged Adults

Haenam-gun Office Building Exterior (Photo by Haenam-gun)

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Hyun] Haenam-gun, Jeollanam-do, is promoting a customized job project worth 30 billion KRW to overcome COVID-19 and restore the livelihood economy.

According to Haenam-gun on the 8th, the job project plans to provide jobs to 5,000 residents from various groups, including low-income vulnerable employment groups, unemployed people with work ability, youth, middle-aged, and new middle-aged groups.

First, to improve income necessary for the livelihood of low-income vulnerable groups, direct jobs will be provided through Haenam-type public work job projects, local community job projects, jobs for the disabled, jobs for the elderly, self-support work job projects, forestry sector job projects, and marine sector job projects.

In addition, for youth and middle-aged groups, on-site practical training opportunities will be provided to create quality jobs, and during the training period, wages will be supported so that they can gain work experience, build careers, and be hired as regular employees in related fields. Also, when companies hire youth or middle-aged workers as regular employees, incentives will be provided to help workers maintain long-term employment.

Details by project include the Haenam-type public work job project field, which invests a total of 2.765 billion KRW in youth work experience dreams, operation of youth managers for the Hope Flower Garden (flower bed) creation, roadside flower bed creation and roadside environment security, local quarantine job projects, etc., with 329 participants in the first half and 133 in the second half, totaling 462 people.

Local quarantine jobs will prioritize selecting 154 people under 60 years old in the first half in response to COVID-19, and the local community job project will provide jobs to a total of 34 people.

In particular, the senior job and social activity support project to support continuous social participation activities of the elderly will be promoted with a scale of 6.842 billion KRW, with a total of 2,072 people participating in jobs over 11 months. The self-support work job project operates 85 people to cultivate self-support ability, support skill acquisition, and provide work opportunities for low-income people with work ability to become self-reliant.

The job project for the disabled includes general jobs and welfare-type jobs, totaling 41 people with a scale of 570 million KRW. The forestry job project provides jobs to 79 people, including public forest maintenance, specialized wildfire prevention and suppression teams, landslide site prevention teams, and forest pest monitoring and control teams. The marine job project involves 14 people participating as sea environment guardians.

Youth jobs target youth aged 18 to 49 and are promoted in three fields: youth employment and start-up support, youth private company employment linkage support, and youth employment capacity enhancement support.

The youth employment and start-up field includes six projects such as the Dodream Youth Start-up Support Project, Haenam-type Youth Start-up Support, and Youth Agricultural and Fishery Distribution Activist Development Project, supporting 88 people with wages for 10 months up to a maximum of 2 years per project.

The youth employment capacity enhancement field supports 310 people through three projects: Youth Job Cafe operation, Jeonnam Youth Job-Seeking Activity Allowance Support Project, and Jeonnam Youth Long-Term Employment Incentive Support Project.

For the middle-aged group, the Jeonnam-type 4050 Hope Job Incentive Support Project provides 500,000 KRW per month for 10 months (total 5 million KRW) to small and medium-sized enterprises with 5 to less than 300 employees in the region that hire unemployed people aged 40 to 59 as regular employees, and supports workers with 300,000 KRW per month for 10 months (total 3 million KRW).

Various job projects for reemployment of the new middle-aged group are also promoted. The new middle-aged career-type job project hires 24 professionals for social contribution-type public jobs, including the Corner-to-Corner Tourism Photo Team, Forest Storytelling Team, and New Middle-aged Ilsacheonri Employment Support.

Other job fields include job creation in social enterprises with four fields and 145 people, quarantine management at tourist sites, public transportation disinfection, rural bus happiness helpers, Ttangkkeutnuri Neulchan Delivery Lectures, lifelong learning center regular lecture program operation, local autonomous investment service projects, placement of sports instructors, and public work assistance jobs.

A military official said, "We are concentrating all our capabilities to solve employment and job problems for various groups suffering from COVID-19," and added, "Following last year, we will actively apply for various job contest projects this year to create jobs."

Various job projects supported by Haenam-gun are posted on the Haenam-gun Job Support Center online platform on the Haenam-gun website under the Haenam-gun job search and recruitment announcement sections.

In addition, detailed information can be obtained by contacting the Haenam-gun Job Support Center installed within the Haenam Employment Welfare Plus Center.

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