Gyeonggi Province to Recruit Additional 1,660 Local Government Officials in Second Half of 2017

Gyeonggi Province will recruit an additional 1,660 local government officials in the second half of this year.

On the 18th, Gyeonggi Province announced on its website (http://www.gg.go.kr/sihum) the implementation plans for the "2017 4th Round of Open Competitive Employment Examination" and "2017 3rd and 4th Round of Career-Based Competitive Employment Examination" containing the recruitment plan for 1,660 new civil servants.

The second-half recruitment examination will recruit additional civil servants in field administration positions directly linked to public services such as social welfare and public safety as part of the new government's job creation initiative in the public sector.

The main recruitment numbers by occupational category are as follows: ▲Administrative Grade 9: 518 positions ▲Social Welfare Grade 9: 419 positions ▲Facilities Grade 9: 222 positions ▲Veterinary Grade 7: 57 positions, and others. The province plans to recruit 1,382 positions for Grades 8 and 9 through open competition, and a total of 278 positions including research officers and instructors through career-based competition.

For the 4th Round Open Competitive Employment Examination (Grades 8 and 9), the province plans to separately recruit 93 people with disabilities, 82 people from low-income backgrounds, and 17 people for part-time positions to expand public service opportunities for socially disadvantaged groups.

Additionally, the province will reduce the public competitive employment examination period (from application submission to final successful candidate announcement), which took 176 days in the first half of this year, to 118 days, cutting it by 58 days. This measure aims to resolve applicants' uncertain situations early through shortened examination periods and to reduce social costs such as economic burdens on applicants and their families.

Accordingly, the final successful candidates for the open competitive employment examination, for which applications are scheduled from October 20-24, will be announced on February 14 of next year.

For detailed information regarding the Gyeonggi Province local government official employment examination, applicants can refer to announcements on the Gyeonggi Province and city/county websites or contact the Gyeonggi Province Personnel Division, Human Resources Recruitment Team at 031-8008-4040, 4045-4047.