Gyeonggi-do to Recruit 60 Public Officers to Support Small Business Owners

Gyeonggi Province is selecting 60 'Visiting Public Officers' to support small business owners within the province.

On the 27th, Gyeonggi Province announced that it will publicly recruit 60 public officers who will assist small business owners vulnerable to policy information and information technology (IT) in participating in government support projects until March 12.

The public officers will comprehensively support small business owners by providing information, preparing documents, and handling administrative procedures so they can benefit from government and local government support projects. To this end, Gyeonggi Province plans to train women with experience in accounting and office work as public officers.

After a pilot project in 2021, Gyeonggi Province expanded the project throughout the province last year, supporting 60 public officers to assist 2,287 small business owners in participating in 6,280 projects. This year, 60 public officers will be hired to support about 2,000 businesses.

Gyeonggi Provincial Government

Gyeonggi Province has entrusted the Korea Productivity Center, an education and consulting specialized institution, with the selection and training of public officers and the management of support activities for small business owners.

The finally selected public officers will work for six months from March to September this year. After the public officer activities end, they will receive employment linkage through employment counselors at the Women’s New Employment Center and professional employment consulting.

Yoon Hyun-ok, Director of Employment Equality at Gyeonggi Province, said, "Public officers are a public job project where both small business owners and experienced women can coexist," adding, "We will do our best to operate the project so that public officers actively work throughout the province and small business owners can receive various policy support benefits."

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