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In an aging society, jobs are the best form of welfare.

Jung-gu, Seoul (Mayor Kim Gil-seong) opened the ‘Jung-gu Senior Club’ on the 8th to provide quality jobs for the elderly.

The Senior Club is an institution that offers employment education and counseling to seniors to provide stable jobs. The Senior Club offers 572 diverse jobs so that seniors can find the work they want and live a second life even after retirement.

The ‘Jung-gu Senior Club’ is located in a three-story building at 52 Toegye-ro 80-gil. The basement floor houses the senior education center (Baeumnuriter) and a market-type business site (Saeroyirumter) that promotes Jung-gu distribution projects. The second floor includes offices, counseling rooms, meeting rooms, and waiting areas. The third floor has a multipurpose room (Pureunaeumter) used for various program operations, senior club meetings, and as a space for urban smart farms.

Jung-gu has already entered a super-aged society. The elderly population ratio is 21.1%, the third highest among Seoul’s 25 districts. The number of seniors wishing to work after retirement is gradually increasing.

The district plans to expand the number of senior jobs from 2,053 in 2023 to 2,615 in 2024, adding 562 positions. New projects reflecting the demands of the baby boomer generation seniors, such as media specialized services, coffee grounds recycling, and senior elevator safety teams, will also be introduced. The Senior Club is currently recruiting for 10 of its own job positions.

The types of senior jobs operated by the Senior Club include public interest activities, social services, and market-type jobs.

Public interest activity jobs refer to roles that contribute to the community through social activities. There are 329 jobs available, including ▲Illegal Camera Zero (checking for illegal cameras in public restrooms and conducting prevention campaigns) ▲Coffee Aroma (collecting coffee grounds and making air fresheners) ▲Traditional Market Love Group (cleaning traditional markets).

Social service jobs utilize experience to provide services in areas needing social assistance. There are 183 jobs such as ▲Dodam Caregivers (supporting child welfare facilities) ▲Senior Friends (companionship for elderly in long-term care facilities) ▲Youth Star Storytelling Group (children’s puppet shows) ▲Senior Administrative Assistants (supporting public institutions, museums, and small business associations).

The Seoul Jung-gu Senior Club also promotes 60 differentiated market-type jobs.

Jung-gu is the commercial and distribution hub with over 40 traditional markets including Namdaemun Market, Dongdaemun Market, and Jungbu Market. Utilizing this, Jung-gu plans to operate the Jung-gu Distribution Business Group where seniors sell agricultural products, dried seafood, promotional items, and generate profits.

Seniors will be responsible for purchasing, packaging, consumer sales, phone orders, complaint management, and direct delivery, with profits shared among participating seniors. After market research and securing distribution channels, the project is expected to launch around July. Initially, it will operate through an online smart store and phone orders, with plans to expand to small-scale stores later.

A smart farm project enabling easy crop cultivation in the city is also underway. The district plans to establish a smart farm equipped with an artificial cultivation system through various supports and investments, including applying for the Seoul city urban smart farm support project. Seniors will be hired to manage the smart farm and run family experience programs. The third-floor unused space, previously used as a boiler room, will be remodeled into a cultivation area.

Mayor Kim Gil-seong said, “Providing good jobs so that seniors can enjoy a vibrant old age is the best welfare,” and added, “We will actively support seniors’ second lives by offering diverse and abundant jobs at the newly opened Senior Club.”

Job applications can be made by visiting the Seoul Jung-gu Senior Club or online through the Bokjiro and Senior Job Here websites. Details on job duties and qualifications can be found in the recruitment announcements on the Jung-gu Office website.

For more information, please contact the Seoul Jung-gu Senior Club.

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