Gyeonggi Province Launches Second-Life Reemployment Support Service for Retiring Non-Permanent Civil Servants

[Suwon Ilbo=Park No-hun Reporter] Gyeonggi Province announced on the 24th that it will implement the 'Non-Permanent Civil Servant Mandatory Retirement Reemployment Support Service' four times this year to help non-permanent civil servants facing mandatory retirement plan their second life.

The province's 'Reemployment Support Service' is a program that conducts various reemployment and startup capacity-building training under the theme of 'Career planning after retirement and building reemployment and startup competencies' so that non-permanent civil servants facing mandatory retirement can achieve successful employment and startup ventures.

This year's target includes 75 non-permanent civil servants belonging to Gyeonggi Province facing mandatory retirement.

This year's program will first conduct an occupational preference assessment, then based on the results, provide training in establishing future plans, preparing career design documents, and acquiring skills for occupational information search and application.

In particular, working with the Gyeonggi Province Job Foundation, the implementing agency for the province's non-permanent civil servant reemployment support service, a distinctive feature is the provision of post-management services including one-on-one consultations with private specialized counselors and customized job placement by occupational counselors even after reemployment training.

Additionally, in consideration of the COVID-19 situation, a 'healing program' will be jointly operated to overcome 'COVID blues,' a sense of depression.

Kim Kyou-sik, Director of the Department of Labor, said, "I hope the reemployment support service provided to non-permanent civil servants will contribute to career planning for civil servants embarking on their second chapter of life and help alleviate depression caused by COVID-19," and added, "In addition to reemployment and startup training, we will make efforts to enable practical reemployment and startup ventures through post-management services with specialized counselors."