Gyeongbuk Province Creates 64,386 Senior Jobs This Year, a 16% Increase from Last Year

Gyeongbuk Province will significantly expand its senior employment projects this year to support the active and healthy retirement life of the elderly, creating 64,386 senior jobs, an increase of 8,752 jobs (16%) compared to 55,634 jobs last year.

This project will invest a budget of 268.8 billion KRW, an increase of 64.4 billion KRW from the previous year, into various types of senior jobs: 49,712 public-type (public interest activities), 9,219 social service-type, 3,341 market-type, and 2,114 employment placement-type jobs.

Gyeongbuk Provincial Government Office.

This year, the project will be jointly promoted with the Ministry of Health and Welfare, 22 cities and counties within the province, and senior job implementing agencies. Along with quantitative growth in senior jobs, there are plans to actively expand social service-type and market-type jobs in addition to public interest-type jobs to provide more sustainable and stable employment.

Public interest activity jobs target basic pension recipients aged 65 and older, requiring 30 hours of monthly activity with a monthly payment of 290,000 KRW. The project will focus on care and safety activities such as Nono-care (elderly caring for the elderly) and school zone safety patrols, aiming to realize welfare for socially vulnerable groups and enhance public interest values.

Social service-type jobs involve 60 hours of monthly activity with a maximum monthly payment of 760,000 KRW. These jobs contribute to resolving social issues through collaboration with local public institutions, community care and safety projects at regional children's centers and daycare centers, and laundry services for elderly households.

Market-type jobs create employment by operating business units in small-scale stores and specialized occupations suitable for seniors. Participants receive wage support and additional pay based on market profits.

In particular, Gyeongbuk Province supports 720 million KRW in new project development funds for operating ‘market-type business unit’ stores within the senior employment projects, managing business units with diverse market competitiveness such as sesame oil, lunch boxes and side dishes, restaurants, and cafes.

Employment placement-type jobs match seniors with jobs suited to their qualifications by linking with senior-friendly private companies, supporting continued employment of the new senior generation in private enterprises.

Thanks to these efforts, Gyeongbuk Province was recognized for its achievements in creating and expanding senior jobs by winning the Minister of Health and Welfare’s Grand Prize in the nationwide evaluation of the 2023 ‘Senior Employment and Social Activity Support Project’ in the excellent local government category.

Hwang Young-ho, Director of the Welfare and Health Bureau of Gyeongbuk Province, said, “The senior employment project has greater significance in its invisible positive effects such as reducing social costs including healthcare expenses by alleviating depression among seniors through income security and continuous social activity support in old age, as well as promoting public interest in local communities.” He added, “We will do our best to provide various types of jobs suitable for seniors’ abilities and aptitudes so that they can contribute socially and live a happy and stable retirement life.”

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