Incheon City Launches Full-Scale Effort to Increase Jobs in Airport Economic Zone... Operating 'Air Job Center'

Selected for Regional Innovation Project Contest... Targeting Employment of 552 People
Creating Jobs in Youth-Preferred SMEs Such as Beauty and Bio Industries

Award ceremony for the 'Industry-Academia Cooperation Youth Hope Connection' team project competition, one of the detailed projects of the Small and Medium Business Job Creation Project. 2020.9.4 [Photo by Incheon City]

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Hyesook] Incheon City announced on the 28th that it will intensify job creation projects targeting local small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and the airport economic zone.

This follows the selection for the 'Regional Innovation Project' contest promoted by the Ministry of Employment and Labor as part of the 2021 job projects.

The total project cost is 2.25 billion KRW, with 1.24 billion KRW supported by the Ministry of Employment and Labor and 1.01 billion KRW borne by the city. This year's national funding has increased by about 270 million KRW (27.6%) compared to the previous year, aiming to create 552 jobs.

The Regional Innovation Project is divided into the 'Creating Jobs in SMEs' project and the 'HUB & HUG Incheon' project to overcome the job crisis in the airport economic zone.

First, the Creating Jobs in SMEs project plans to create jobs preferred by the youth by linking Incheon City's strategic industries such as beauty and bio with employment policies.

Additionally, it will solve difficulties faced by SMEs through creative ideas from local youth and expert consulting, and provide customized education and training for vocational high schools to improve perceptions of SMEs and promote youth employment.

The HUB & HUG Incheon project is a response to the job crisis in the airport economic zone caused by COVID-19, providing psychological therapy, employment and job competency enhancement programs, and career counseling services to support employment for the unemployed and others transitioning jobs.

Using 3D metal printing technology, it supports SMEs in entering the high value-added aviation industry by assisting with technology and prototype production, and fosters entry-level aviation maintenance personnel to induce employment in related industries.

In particular, the project plans to establish the 'Air Job Center,' a job center specialized for the airport economic zone, offering personalized job services for airport-related unemployed (or soon-to-be unemployed) individuals to overcome the employment crisis triggered by COVID-19.

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