Pohang City to Create 33,800 Jobs... Finalizes Job Creation Plan for This Year

A Total of 609.2 Billion Won Invested Across Seven Sectors Including Employment, Vocational Training, and Startup Support
Stabilizing the Local Economy as the Top Priority, Focusing on Employment Stability and Securing Quality Jobs

Pohang City has finalized the '2025 Pohang City Job Creation Action Plan' and is accelerating the implementation of its employment policies this year.

This action plan has been prepared as an extension of the '2025 Annual Detailed Employment Countermeasure Plan,' which was established on March 31 and published on the Pohang City website.

The city has set its employment policy vision as 'Citizen-Centered Quality Jobs! Pohang, a Sustainable City of Employment!' in line with its administrative direction, which focuses on ▲future growth ▲urban vitality ▲citizen-centeredness ▲and quality of life.

To achieve this vision, the city has proposed four major action strategies: ▲jobs based on future new industries ▲jobs through advanced urban infrastructure ▲demand-supply customized jobs ▲and jobs that enhance quality of life and happiness.

The city plans to invest a total of 609.2 billion won across seven sectors, including direct employment, vocational training, and startup support, to create 33,800 jobs?600 more than last year.

In particular, Pohang City is prioritizing the stabilization of the local economy amid uncertain economic conditions such as the downturn in the steel industry and stagnant demand in the secondary battery sector. The city will focus on employment stability and securing quality jobs.

In the youth employment sector, the city will actively utilize existing infrastructure such as the Youth Startup LAB, Pohang Youth Center, and Startup Platform, while strengthening customized support for employment and entrepreneurship at each stage through initiatives such as the University Job Plus Center, Local Solution Project, and Job Empathy Pay.

Additionally, the city will expand specialized jobs for different groups, including support for skilled professionals in response to key industries such as steel advancement and secondary battery industry competitiveness, as well as training female electrical technicians and supporting reemployment for middle-aged citizens.

Furthermore, Pohang City will establish a comprehensive online and offline employment support infrastructure.

The city will strengthen job matching between employers and job seekers through the Job Integration Center, Part-Time Hour Exchange, and job fairs held in the first and second half of the year. In addition, Pohang will enhance policy implementation by establishing a job governance system that brings together the public sector, private sector, industry, and academia.

To this end, the city will reorganize the 'Pohang-Style Job Promotion Committee' and its working-level committee, and strengthen collaboration with related organizations.

Mayor Lee Kangdeok stated, "We will create quality jobs centered on new growth industries and revitalize the local economy by providing customized job support that embraces various groups, thereby ensuring stability in people's livelihoods."

Pohang Job Fair held last October. Photo by Pohang City

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