Promoting the National Employment Support System with "3 Million Won Per Person"... Nationwide Intensive Publicity in May

Ministry of Employment: "Promoting Nationwide Through Regional Offices"

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

[Sejong=Asia Economy Reporter Moon Chaeseok] The government has launched a campaign to promote the National Employment Support System, which provides vulnerable employment groups such as youth and women with career interruptions with job-seeking promotion allowances of 3 million KRW per person for six months and employment support services. May has been designated as the "Month of Intensive Promotion," and the policy will be promoted nationwide through government offices.

On the 2nd, the Ministry of Employment and Labor announced plans to strengthen promotion of the National Employment Support System through video contests, non-face-to-face briefings, and local government offices nationwide this month. Through local offices, the ministry plans to promote the system across the country by holding online and offline briefings at universities in their jurisdiction, providing visiting counseling services with commissioned agencies (mainly for youth), and conducting visiting briefings at related institutions such as welfare centers and family centers. Kim Seong-ho, Director of Employment Service Policy at the Ministry of Employment and Labor, said, "We hope that the 'Month of Intensive Promotion' will be an opportunity for those in need of employment support to learn about the system," adding, "We will continue to focus our efforts on promotion and system improvement so that the system can be a reliable employment safety net for job seekers."

The National Employment Support System is divided into Type 1, which provides both job-seeking promotion allowances and employment support services, and Type 2, which provides only employment support services. Type 2 supports up to 1,954,000 KRW per person for job search activity expenses. As of the 29th of last month, the Ministry of Employment and Labor recognized eligibility for 251,786 people out of 272,374 applications. For Type 1, which provides a job-seeking promotion allowance of 500,000 KRW per month for six months totaling 3 million KRW, 143,107 out of 173,531 people received the allowance.

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