Yongin City "Helping to Find Shortage of Rural Labor"

'Rural Workforce Brokerage Center' Opens on the 10th
Supports Participants with Accident Insurance Premiums

Yongin City in Gyeonggi Province is stepping in to mediate manpower for local farms struggling with labor shortages.

On the 9th, Yongin City announced that it will open and start operating the 'Rural Manpower Mediation Center' from the 10th at the Agricultural Culture Exhibition Hall in Wonsam-myeon, Cheoin-gu. The center will provide job information in the agricultural sector and support manpower mediation for farms facing recruitment difficulties.

This project was selected in a public contest by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs this year, receiving 50% of the funding from the national government, with a total budget of 70 million KRW. The operation is entrusted to the Korea Successor Agricultural Managers Yongin Special City Federation, a local agricultural organization.

The Rural Manpower Mediation Center offers job counseling and mediation for job seekers in the agricultural field. Participants who successfully find jobs will also receive support for necessary protective gear and accident insurance premiums.

The center forms a manpower pool to connect farms in need of labor with urban job seekers willing to work in rural areas, and provides safety education and labor management training for both workers and farms. In particular, transportation and accommodation costs are supported when job seekers living in cities work in rural areas.

Within this month, the center will conduct a survey on the labor demand of each farm, and in July and August, it plans to hold 'Visiting Agricultural Job Counseling' sessions at local administrative welfare centers.

A city official said, "We expect the Rural Manpower Mediation Center to not only alleviate the severe labor shortage on farms but also help job seekers find employment opportunities in the agricultural sector."

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