Employment Information Service Develops Job Program to Help 40s Career Changers... "Starting Fresh from Business Cards"

[Sejong=Asia Economy Reporter Moon Chaeseok] A customized employment program for people in their 40s, which teaches everything from creating new business cards to interview skills and encourages implementation, has been developed.

On the 29th, the Korea Employment Information Service announced that the employment rate for people in their 40s is declining faster than other age groups, and thus created the "40s Customized Employment Program (4U)." The employment rate for people in their 40s decreased from 79.3% in 2016 to 77.1% last year.

The decline in employment among people in their 40s is diagnosed as a complex phenomenon caused not only by job losses in retail, manufacturing, and accommodation industries due to COVID-19 but also by employment insecurity unique to people in their 40s, the burden of switching to career positions, and difficulties adapting to changing industrial structures.

Source=Korea Employment Information Service

4U is a program for job seekers aged 35 to 49 that teaches ▲ psychological capacity strengthening for adapting to job changes ▲ analysis of work experience and new career planning for successful job transitions ▲ enhancement of job-seeking skills for career positions. The program is structured into three stages?'intervention-diagnosis-execution'?with eight modules to enable successful career transitions.

It is operated at Employment Welfare Plus Centers nationwide. Any job seeker aged 35 to 49 can apply through employment centers or Worknet.

Lee Hyonam, Team Leader of the Life Career Development Team at the Information Service, said, "We hope that through the dissemination of this program, middle-aged job seekers will be able to prepare for changes in the new employment environment and enhance their capabilities for successful job transitions."

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