Gangbuk-gu and Korea Job World Join Hands to Foster Future Talent in Gangbuk Style

District Signs MOU with Korea Job World to Provide Career Experience Opportunities... Supporting Korea Job World Experiences from April to November

Gangbuk-gu, Seoul (Mayor Lee Soon-hee) signed a business agreement with Korea Job World (Chairman Lee Byung-gyun) on the 29th of last month to foster future talents and provide various career exploration opportunities, including job experiences, for elementary school students in Gangbuk-gu.

Korea Job World, located in Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, is the largest comprehensive job experience center in Korea under the Ministry of Employment and Labor. It is equipped with facilities such as the Children's Experience Center, Youth Experience Center, Career Design Center, and Skilled Technology Experience Center, attracting 700,000 visitors annually, with youth from all over the country visiting every year.

Utilizing this facility, the district supported 172 elementary school students in Gangbuk-gu to experience Korea Job World last November to establish a foundation for career design through various job explorations and the formation of a proper occupational perspective. A satisfaction survey conducted among participating students showed an 88% satisfaction rate with the experience center and a 90% willingness to participate again.

Accordingly, to continuously provide career and job experience opportunities to local youth, the district signed a business agreement with Korea Job World on the 29th of last month to actively promote career projects.

According to the agreement, from this day forward, the two organizations will actively cooperate on matters agreed upon by both parties, including ▲cooperation in booking Korea Job World usage for schools in Gangbuk-gu ▲support for career and job experience education for underprivileged youth ▲joint promotion and cooperation of exhibitions and events ▲other social contribution activities.

Meanwhile, starting in April, the district plans to support 1,600 students to experience Korea Job World, about nine times more than last year, targeting elementary school students from 14 schools in the area.

Lee Soon-hee, Mayor of Gangbuk-gu, said, “Since the satisfaction of students who participated in the experience was high, we will provide a more substantial career experience program together with Korea Job World through this agreement,” adding, “We hope this experience will empower our youth to confidently live in the future era that lies ahead.”

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