Yangcheon-gu Operates 'One-Stop Employment Support Program' to Help Career-Interrupted Women Rebound

Recruiting 15 Each for Gig Worker, Digital Drawing Designer, and Insurance General Affairs Clerk Training Courses
Free Job Training Programs Reflecting Job Preference, Job Market Trends, and 4th Industrial Technology
One-Stop Support from Customized Skill Development for Job Seekers to Employment and Startup Connections

Yangcheon-gu (District Mayor Lee Gi-jae) is operating a “Free Employment Support Program for Career-Interrupted Women” that provides one-stop support from customized skill development to employment and entrepreneurship for 45 female residents who face difficulties in reemployment due to career interruptions caused by pregnancy, childbirth, and childcare, or who are starting economic activities for the first time.

The “Free Employment Support Program for Career-Interrupted Women” was established to contribute to increasing employment rates and creating an environment where work and family life coexist by providing a job-seeking environment that can be practically linked to employment and entrepreneurship through specialized training in 4th industrial revolution technologies and accounting/finance fields, reflecting the job-seeking trend of preferring entrepreneurship and freelancing due to childcare and other reasons.

The program consists of three courses: the “Gig Worker Training Course,” the “Digital Drawing Designer Training Course,” and the “Insurance General Affairs Clerk Training Course.”

First, the “Gig Worker Training Course” is a program that produces “gig workers,” a newly emerging form of labor based on digital platforms as the sharing economy expands. A “gig worker” is a worker who signs short-term contracts according to the employer’s needs and provides ultra-short-term labor by utilizing office digital skills and marketing capabilities, with the advantage of being able to adjust workload and working hours in a flexible work environment both spatially and temporally.

The curriculum includes an introduction to digital platforms, basic office programs such as Hangul, Excel, and PowerPoint, generative artificial intelligence, spreadsheet and design platform utilization skills, market research, marketing theory, and practice. Fifteen students will be recruited by June 17, and the training period is from June 25 to July 24.

The “Digital Drawing Designer Training Course” is a program that produces professional design personnel who will be active in the rapidly growing emoticon and character product market, with the advantage that even non-experts such as the general public can easily enter if they have creative ideas.

Also, as a “freelancer” type that allows telecommuting, it is expected to greatly contribute to the economic activities of female job seekers during childcare periods. Through education on SNS emoticons, characters, and smartphone theme design using digital drawing equipment and programs, it helps with obtaining Photoshop certification, creating individual portfolios, and debuting as writers on major portals. Fifteen students will be recruited in July, and education will be conducted from August to November.

The “Insurance General Affairs Clerk Training Course” is a newly established program reflecting the preferences of female job seekers in their 40s and 50s who prefer employment education in accounting, finance, and financial sectors. Due to the characteristics of the finance and insurance industries, there are low age restrictions for entry, and it is regarded as a quality job offering stable working conditions and good wage levels.

The training covers insurance contract law, daily agency office work, practical work in casualty, third-party, and life insurance planning, office computer skills, and field training. Fifteen trainees will be recruited by June 11, and training will be conducted from June 17 to August 9. As an employment-linked course, graduates will be employed as clerks at insurance general agency offices.

All courses are completely free of charge, and residents (career-interrupted women) who wish to enroll can refer to the notice on the district office website, fill out the application form, and submit it by visiting or emailing the Western Women’s Development Center, the education consignment institution.

Lee Gi-jae, Mayor of Yangcheon-gu, said, “I hope this one-stop employment support program will be a stepping stone for the re-advancement of career-interrupted women, and we will continue to actively discover and operate various support programs that can strengthen practical employment capabilities to support their social advancement.”

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