Jeonnam Provincial Assembly Member Shin Min-ho: Jeonnam Neglected in 'Innovation City Local Hiring'

Regional Talent Hiring Rate: Jeonnam 12%, Gwangju and Others 88%

Shin Min-ho, a member of the Jeonnam Provincial Assembly (Democratic Party of Korea·Suncheon 6), demanded measures to ensure that graduates from universities in Jeonnam are not marginalized when hiring local talent.

On the 13th, during a work report under the jurisdiction of the Planning and Coordination Office, Assemblyman Shin stated, “Although the local talent hiring system for public institutions relocated to Innovation Cities is being implemented, it is heavily concentrated on candidates from Gwangju, leaving those from Jeonnam relatively marginalized,” and pointed out, “Special measures are needed to secure Jeonnam’s share when hiring local talent.”

Shin Min-ho, Jeonnam Provincial Assembly Member

According to the “Special Act on the Creation and Development of Innovation Cities,” relocated public institutions are required to hire a certain percentage or more of local talent from the planned number of new hires. The local talent hiring rate is stipulated to increase by 3% annually from 18% in 2018, mandating at least 30% local hires from 2022 onward.

Assemblyman Shin claimed, “Half of the local talent hired by public institutions relocated to the Gwangju-Jeonnam Joint Innovation City should be allocated to Jeonnam,” but “when looking at the local talent hiring rates, 88% are from Gwangju and only 12% are from universities in Jeonnam.”

He continued, “The local talent hiring system was introduced to secure the competitiveness of universities in declining areas and to prevent youth from leaving their hometowns, but there has been a concentration of hires from Gwangju,” adding, “Jeonnam is experiencing a relative marginalization due to institutional blind spots, so Jeonnam Province must prepare measures to ensure the system operates according to its original purpose.”

He emphasized, “If universities collapse, youth will collapse, and if youth collapse, the region will inevitably collapse,” and stressed, “Institutional support is necessary to enable young people to settle in Jeonnam.”

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