Gyeonggi-do Job Foundation Holds Meeting to Expand Employment and Job Opportunities for Soon-to-be Discharged Soldiers

On the 24th, the Gyeonggi-do Job Foundation held the "Gyeonggi Northern Region Defense Transition Support Technical Vocational Training Institution Establishment Meeting" at the 7th Conference Room of the National Assembly Members' Office Building in Yeouido, Seoul. Participants at the meeting are taking a commemorative photo.

The Gyeonggi-do Job Foundation held a meeting to discuss measures to expand employment and job opportunities for soldiers scheduled to be discharged.

On the 24th, the Gyeonggi-do Job Foundation held the "Northern Gyeonggi Defense Transition Support Technical Vocational Training Institution Establishment Meeting" at the 7th Conference Room of the National Assembly Members' Office Building in Yeouido, Seoul, and announced on the 25th that they discussed support measures for employment and jobs for soldiers scheduled to be discharged.

The meeting was co-hosted by the Gyeonggi-do Job Foundation and National Assembly members Jeong Seong-ho and Kim Seong-won.

At the meeting, Assemblyman Jeong Seong-ho emphasized, "There is a need for systematic support through personalized and specialized program support and the establishment of professional vocational training institutions to improve the quality of defense transition support services."

Assemblyman Kim Seong-won expressed expectations, saying, "It is our duty to support and encourage discharged soldiers who have devoted themselves to national security to shine again in society," and added, "The establishment of vocational training institutions will greatly contribute not only to job creation for discharged soldiers and residents of northern Gyeonggi but also to revitalizing the commercial districts in northern Gyeonggi through population inflow."

Anna Yang, a research fellow at Chainji Co., Ltd., emphasized the necessity of establishing technical vocational training institutions to improve the quality of defense transition support services in the northern Gyeonggi region during her keynote presentation.

The comprehensive discussion included panelists such as Lim Hee-jung, senior research fellow at the Gyeonggi-do Job Foundation; Pyo Seong-il, CEO of Life & Career Design School; Ahn Chi-kwon, head of the Gyeonggi-do Job and Economic Policy Division; and Lieutenant Colonel Lee Beom-jae from the Ministry of National Defense's Defense Job Policy Division, who engaged in an in-depth discussion.

Chae I-bae, CEO of the Gyeonggi-do Job Foundation, stated, "The promotion of establishing a vocational training institution in Dongducheon will be a practical policy for balanced development in northern Gyeonggi and support for discharged soldiers," and added, "Through multilateral cooperation among the central government, local governments, and regional universities, we will create timely and flexible training courses to meet the job demands of the times."

The Gyeonggi-do Job Foundation plans to use the expert opinions gathered at the meeting as basic data for establishing vocational training institutions to enhance defense transition support services and for providing beneficiary-centered services.

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