Ministry of the Interior and Safety: "This Year, 18,819 Local Public Officials to Be Recruited"

New Recruitment Plans by Each Province and City Announcement

The Ministry of the Interior and Safety announced on the 27th that, based on the 2023 local government employee recruitment plans collected from 17 cities and provinces, a total of 18,819 local government employees will be newly hired.

The scale of new recruitment by each city and province was reviewed and finalized by each local government personnel committee and announced on the respective local government websites. The specific number of recruits by city/province, job category, and job series is as follows.

The number of recruits by city and province is as follows: Gyeonggi-do 3,562, Seoul 3,244, Gyeongbuk 1,750, Jeonnam 1,472, Gyeongnam 1,233, Chungnam 1,162, and so on.

By job category, 18,806 general service employees and 13 appointed service employees will be selected. Among the general service employees, 571 are grade 7 or higher, 14,690 are grades 8 and 9, 389 are research and guidance positions, 3,139 are term-based positions, and 17 are professional career positions.

By job series, there are 6,141 administrative positions, 2,634 facility positions, 1,311 social welfare positions, and 572 health and nursing positions.

New hires will be selected through open competitive recruitment exams for 13,787 people (73.3%) and career competitive recruitment exams for 5,032 people (26.7%).

Additionally, to realize social integration and secure diversity within public service, persons with disabilities, low-income individuals, and high school graduates (or expected graduates) will be actively recruited. For persons with disabilities, separate recruitment will be conducted for the grade 7 and 9 exams with 1,116 people (5.9%), which exceeds the legally mandated employment rate of 3.6%. For low-income individuals, 496 people (3.6%) will be selected for the grade 9 exam, exceeding the legal employment rate of 2%.

Furthermore, 309 people will be recruited this year through career competitive recruitment exams targeting graduates (or expected graduates) of specialized high schools and Meister high schools.

The local government employee open and career competitive written exams, conducted simultaneously nationwide in 2023, will be held on June 10 for grades 8 and 9, and on October 28 for grade 7. Detailed information can be found on the websites of each local government and the local government internet application centers.

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