Chungnam Creates 260,000 Jobs Focused on Employment-Vulnerable Groups

[Asia Economy (Hongseong) Reporter Jeong Il-woong] Chungnam Province plans to create 260,000 jobs over four years from this year through 2026, focusing on employment-vulnerable groups.

Above all, the province's plan emphasizes establishing a virtuous cycle system that combines corporate attraction and employment rate improvement rather than creating jobs through short-term financial support.

On the 12th, the province announced that it has established and publicly disclosed the "Comprehensive Job Policy Plan for the 8th Elected Administration" reflecting these details.

The comprehensive plan includes reflecting job demand by groups such as youth, women, and the elderly, with maintaining and expanding employment for vulnerable groups as one of the main execution goals.

Strategies to maintain and expand employment for vulnerable groups include building job infrastructure for middle-aged and elderly people, strengthening youth job infrastructure and capabilities, preventing career interruptions for women, and supporting persons with disabilities.

The goal is to create 165,000 jobs by 2026 through 13 projects, including middle-aged re-challenge startup support, elderly job and social activity support, region-led and industry-specialized youth support projects, career-interrupted women employment support, and direct job support for persons with disabilities.

The province focuses on ensuring that the comprehensive plan is executed in a way that job creation through corporate attraction and employment rate improvement are interconnected, aiming to discover and provide 68,000 quality jobs linked to corporate recruitment and employment.

Detailed action tasks for this include attracting domestic and foreign companies, operating a comprehensive job center, supporting Chungnam employment certification acquisition projects, and improving treatment and manpower support for social welfare workers.

Additionally, the province will create 11,200 jobs through 17 detailed action tasks such as building infrastructure for next-generation display innovation, supporting the future mobility industry, establishing the Korea Marine Bio Cluster, building infrastructure for digital transformation response, and fostering specialized personnel.

Furthermore, the plan includes creating 23,000 jobs by implementing 13 detailed action tasks such as establishing a hydrogen energy convergence industry belt, creating a Korean version of the Gold Coast, support projects for regional balanced development, region-customized job support, and projects to strengthen regional agricultural competitiveness.

Other detailed information about the comprehensive plan can be found on the province's website and the regional employment information network.

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