Geoje City Supports Job Training for Career-Interrupted Women with 250 Million KRW in National Funding

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Sang-hyun] Geoje City, Gyeongnam Province, announced on the 21st that it will support the employment of career-interrupted women in the region with 250 million KRW of national funds secured after being selected for the Ministry of Employment and Labor's 'Regional and Industry Customized Job Creation Support Project' contest.

The support project is a job cooperation project in which local governments collaborate with local employment-related non-profit corporations and organizations to discover and propose job projects suitable for regional characteristics, and then support them after screening and selection.

The city is collaborating with the Geoje Women's New Work Center to carry out the 'Convergence Industry Women Experts Training Project.'

The training project provides six courses of employment and start-up consulting and vocational training education from June to December for about 140 career-interrupted women in the Geoje area.

The courses include training for female urban agriculture experts, training for female entrepreneurs of Geoje flower tea social economy enterprises, clean coordinator training, traditional rice cake dessert expert training, child organization meal cook training, and vocational counselor training.

The target participants are career-interrupted women in their 30s to 50s who wish to find employment. After screening and interviews, selected participants will receive education support and employment linkage.

More detailed information can be found from the 24th on the city hall website and the Geoje Women's Workforce Development Center announcement.

A Geoje city official stated, "After training career-interrupted women as regionally customized professionals, we will connect them with local companies for employment," adding, "We will do our best to build a virtuous economic ecosystem that leads to revitalization of the local economy and creation of quality jobs."

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