Gyeonggi Province Provides 900,000 Won Employment Support for Women, Recruiting 2,000 Participants

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Park No-hun] The Gyeonggi Employment Foundation is recruiting first-round participants for the "Gyeonggi Women Employment Support Fund" aimed at helping unemployed women in the province find employment by the 30th of this month.

The "Gyeonggi Women Employment Support Fund" is available to women aged 35-59 from households with income at or below 100% of the median income who have active job-seeking intentions and have been unemployed and residing in Gyeonggi Province for at least one year. The number of selected individuals for this first-round recruitment is approximately 2,000.

Those selected as program participants can receive a total of 900,000 won in support funds through local currency, paid 300,000 won per month for three months.

The support funds can be used for interview expenses, vocational training fees, academy tuition, and certification acquisition costs for employment preparation. In addition, participants can also receive various employment support services including ▲dedicated counselor assignment from the Women's New Jobs Center ▲employment consulting ▲employment capacity enhancement training ▲follow-up management and more. In particular, this year, for job seekers who succeed in early employment or startup during the period of fund disbursement, an additional 300,000 won in "employment and startup success bonus" will be provided.

According to Gyeonggi employment trend data (as of the end of February), the female employment rate in the province stands at 48.3% (down 1.7% from the same month last year), which is 21.7 percentage points lower than the male employment rate of 70%.

Je Yun-kyung, CEO of the Gyeonggi Employment Foundation, stated, "The decline in women's employment in the job market due to the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic is a serious situation," and added, "We will actively support vulnerable employment groups of women so they can succeed in finding employment through the Gyeonggi Women Employment Support Fund."

Applications for the Gyeonggi Women Employment Support Fund are available through the Gyeonggi Employment Foundation's integrated reception system website (https://apply.jobaba.net).