LH to Hire 250 Regular Employees This Year... Efforts by Gyeongnam Province and Local Universities Bear Fruit

Gyeongsangnam-do Provincial Government Building.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Sang-hyun] Gyeongsangnam-do announced on the 30th that at the Ministry of Strategy and Finance's Public Institution Management Committee held on the 29th, a plan was decided for LH to newly hire 250 regular general employees who were not hired this year.

With this decision, LH will resume new hires in 2021, which had been suspended due to staff reductions under the government's innovation measures, and will hire 250 regular general employees as a separate quota.

Even applying exceptions such as excluding hires of five or fewer under the Innovation City Act, about 50 local talents will be hired, and the hiring target system will be applied in the order of 30% for former local (Gyeongnam) talents, 35% for non-metropolitan area talents, and 25% for gender equality.

Since the first media report of LH real estate speculation allegations in March, the province has continuously made proposals to government ministries including the Blue House, the Prime Minister, the Ministry of Strategy and Finance, and the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, along with local political circles, the Gyeongnam Provincial Council, and Jinju City, to prepare innovation plans and win-win measures linked to Gyeongnam Innovation City.

After the government confirmed the first phase of LH innovation implementation plan in October, focused proposals were made to ensure that new hires could be made within this year.

In particular, on the 1st, Acting Governor Ha Byeong-pil led a visit to the Prime Minister with three local university presidents and the president of the student council of Gyeongsang National University to make proposals, which accelerated the process and led to this outcome.

Also, since November, LH has hired 497 experiential interns who are working for four months at local headquarters, and about 600 experiential interns who will start working from March next year are currently undergoing the hiring process.

Acting Governor Ha said, "We will strengthen cooperation with local political circles to ensure continuous new hires at LH, actively propose to the government, and do our best to minimize the damage to Gyeongnam Innovation City caused by the innovation measures."

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