Why Park Seong-su, Mayor of Songpa-gu, Supports 5060 Middle-aged Job Seekers?

Providing Reemployment Mentoring for Middle-Aged Adults, Operating 'Hope Job Consultants'...Promoting Social Contribution Activities Utilizing Experience, Recruiting Consignment Agencies Until January 21...Offering Education Support for Reemployment, Training 'Professional Organizers' and 'General Security Guards'

Park Seong-su, Mayor of Songpa District

[Asia Economy Reporter Jongil Park] Songpa-gu (Mayor Park Seong-su) is actively promoting the ‘Job Support Project for New Middle-aged’ to create jobs and strengthen the role of the community for new middle-aged individuals aged 50 to under 70.

Songpa-gu has the largest new middle-aged population among Seoul’s autonomous districts, with 190,000 people, accounting for 38% of the working-age population.

Mayor Park Seong-su explained the background of the project, saying, “We have prepared the ‘Job Support Project for New Middle-aged’ to provide customized education so that new middle-aged people with professional skills and experience can be re-employed, and to solve job issues and realize social value for the 50s and 60s generation.”

Providing Re-employment Mentoring for New Middle-aged... Operating ‘Hope Job Consultant’

First, the district operates the ‘Hope Job Consultant,’ which provides employment mentoring specialized for the new middle-aged. This project, which started in 2019, provided employment consulting to 7,934 people in one year, connected 6,002 people to jobs, and produced 346 employed individuals.

The ‘Hope Job Consultant’ is open to any unemployed new middle-aged person with a job counselor certificate and is responsible for ▲re-employment consulting and placement ▲discovering job openings and job seekers ▲operating visiting job counseling desks.

Applicants for consultants are being recruited until the 14th. After document and interview screening, six new middle-aged consultants will be selected, and mentoring services will begin in February.

Operating New Middle-aged Social Contribution Support Project... Recruiting Entrusted Institutions until January 21

Additionally, the district is promoting a project to support social contribution activities for the new middle-aged.

The ‘New Middle-aged Social Contribution Support Project’ aims to strengthen the role of new middle-aged people in the community by supporting retired personnel with expertise and experience to engage in social contribution activities at public institutions and organizations. Entrusted institutions are being recruited until the 21st.

Last year, as part of social contribution activities, the district operated a ‘Companion Activity Group,’ which received favorable reviews for alleviating welfare blind spots for the elderly and expanding care from physical health to mental health despite difficulties in face-to-face activities due to COVID-19.

This year, the scope of new middle-aged social contribution activities will be expanded to 13 fields including ▲administrative support ▲culture and arts ▲education and research, and the number of participants will be organized to 110 people.

Re-employment Support Education... Training Programs for ‘Professional Organizer’ and ‘General Security Guard’

Furthermore, educational programs for designing a second career for the new middle-aged will also be operated.

The district plans to operate education programs supporting re-employment such as ▲Professional Organizer ▲General Security Guard starting from March, in line with changing job market demands.

Mayor Park Seong-su of Songpa-gu said, “The new middle-aged are an important human resource that can resolve the productivity crisis caused by low birth rates and aging. We will explore various ways to socially utilize the careers and expertise of the new middle-aged and provide customized support for life redesign without hesitation.”

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