Minister of Employment and Labor: "Government Plan to Train Software Workforce in June"

Visited Megazone Cloud on the 2nd... "Grew 280,000 users but demand outpaced supply... Additional measures needed"

Minister of Employment and Labor, An Kyung-duk. / Photo by Moon Ho-nam munonam@

[Sejong=Asia Economy Reporter Moon Chaeseok] An Kyung-duk, Minister of Employment and Labor, announced on the 2nd, "We will prepare a joint ministry software (SW) workforce training plan that industrial sites can feel within this month."

Minister An made this statement during a visit to Megazone Cloud, a cloud system consulting company. At the meeting, he listened to opinions from industry representatives including Megazone Cloud, CJ OliveNetworks, Deepnoid, BigsData, Mesh Korea, and the Korea Cloud Industry Association.

Industry representatives presented various opinions on workforce training. Cho Seong-beom, CEO of Megazone Cloud, appealed, "The speed of technology development is so fast and there is a shortage of personnel, so companies cannot afford to wait." Lee Chang-gil, head of the Cloud Industry Association, emphasized, "There are even voices saying 'securing personnel is a matter of survival for small and venture companies'." CEOs such as Choi Woo-sik of Deepnoid and Kang Dae-jun, Chief Information Officer (CIO) of Mesh Korea, mentioned, "Specialized training courses should be developed for each field such as medical and platform sectors."

Minister An acknowledged that government policies have not kept up with the explosive demand in the SW sector. He especially noted the severe manpower shortage in small and venture companies. While revealing additional government plans, he emphasized the need for companies themselves to strive to develop their workforce.

Minister An said, "So far, the government has implemented core talent training policies such as 100,000 SW personnel and 180,000 digital personnel, but it is insufficient to respond to the explosively increasing demand for SW personnel. Above all, it is important for companies to proactively teach and immediately utilize the technologies needed on-site." He added, "The government will actively support leading companies or SW-related associations in each field such as big data and games to directly design and operate training courses and link them to recruitment, moving away from supplier-centered training. In particular, we plan to strengthen support for small companies facing increasing manpower shortages."

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