Gwangju City Recruiting Participants for 'Community-Led Youth Job Project'

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yoon Jamin] Gwangju Metropolitan City announced on the 10th that it will additionally recruit companies and youth to participate in the second half of the ‘Community-Led Youth Job Project.’

This project was prepared to overcome the COVID-19 crisis and provide region-customized jobs to youth to support stable regional settlement.

With 1.4 billion KRW of national funds secured in the government’s second supplementary budget, 413 additional quality jobs have been created.

Gwangju City will invest a total project cost of 2.3 billion KRW to actively promote a total of nine projects, including eight city projects and one project in Seo-gu, starting from the 1st of next month.

If companies hire unemployed local youth under the age of 39, participating companies will receive 80% of the labor cost per person, and participating youth will receive practical income guarantees along with support for certification acquisition and education expenses for two years.

You can search for the ‘2021 Community-Led Youth Job Project Additional Recruitment Announcement’ in the notice section on the city’s website, and detailed information such as eligibility and application by project entity can be found on the respective project implementing agencies’ websites.

Kim Youngseon, the city’s Youth Policy Officer, said, “We hope that local companies and youth will actively participate in the community-led youth job projects additionally selected in the second half of the year,” and added, “We will strive to discover quality jobs suitable for youth so that they do not leave the region.”

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