Gangnam-gu, Training Promising Jobs for Career-Interrupted Women

Gangnam-gu Operates Promising Job Professional Training Courses for Career-Interrupted Women

Operation of Employment and Startup Women Talent Development Academy ▲Distribution Startup Live Commerce Creator ▲Software Test Engineer Training Course

Gangnam-gu (Mayor Jo Seongmyeong) has opened professional training courses at the Employment and Startup Women Talent Development Academy starting in August to help career-interrupted and unemployed women become specialized personnel in high-growth and high value-added job sectors.

The courses offered are ▲Distribution Startup Live Commerce Creator Training Course ▲Software Test Engineer Training Course, each with a capacity of 20 students. The tuition fee is 100,000 KRW for Gangnam-gu residents and 150,000 KRW for others, with a 100,000 KRW refund upon course completion.

Applicants are selected through a first-round document screening and a second-round interview.

The ‘Distribution Startup Live Commerce Creator Training Course’ is designed to train professionals who sell products by engaging in real-time conversations with consumers via online chat. The course lasts a total of 120 hours, covering live commerce and marketing theory, and includes practical operation of live commerce.

After completing the course, continuous consulting is provided to help graduates advance as show hosts, influencers, and more.

The training institution is Leaders Media, and the course runs from August to November at the training center located in Sinsa-dong, Gangnam-gu. Applications can be submitted by July 30 via email or through the Kakao Channel ‘Leaders Media’.

The ‘Software Test Engineer Training Course’ trains experts who inspect software products just before release to verify if they have been developed according to user intentions and to identify defects through testing.

Outstanding graduates may be hired as software testers at the institution or connected to employment and startup opportunities in related industries. The training institution is STA Testing Consulting, and the course runs from September 4 to 22, from 9 AM to 6 PM, totaling 120 hours.

The training location is the STA Education Center (18, Teheran-ro 43-gil, Gangnam-gu). Applications are accepted through the STEN website until August 18.

Jo Seongmyeong, Mayor of Gangnam-gu, stated, “We operate courses that help career-interrupted women successfully return to society by developing their expertise,” and added, “We will continue to discover promising job sectors and operate field-oriented training programs to nurture female professionals.”

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