Gyeonggi Province Recruits Second Round Participants for '2021 Gyeonggi Youth Job Matchup Employment Support Project'

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Park No-hoon] Gyeonggi Province announced on the 9th that it is recruiting second-round participants for the 'Gyeonggi Youth Job Matchup Employment Support Project,' which helps young people gain work experience and transition to permanent positions.

This project matches young job seekers with outstanding small and medium-sized enterprises to encourage long-term employment among youth and improve job mismatch phenomena. The project was first introduced and implemented by the Gyeonggi Provincial Government in its seventh term of democratic administration this year.

In the first recruitment in June, a total of 30 youth from the province were matched with 16 outstanding small and medium-sized enterprises in IT, electrical, electronics, administration, quality control, and sales fields. After workplace adaptation training, they were deployed to their respective workplaces on July 1st and have been working since.

In this second recruitment, the province aims to match approximately double the number—60 people.

Additionally, beyond the companies recruited in the first round, 25 additional companies will participate to broaden the range of choices.

As a result of recruiting participating companies in early July this year, a total of 132 companies applied. Quantitative evaluation was conducted on 8 items including average number of workers, turnover rate, salary level, and presence of employee welfare programs, followed by on-site inspections of the top 30 companies.

Subsequently, 25 companies were finally selected as additional participating firms based on combined scores of quantitative and qualitative evaluations, including cosmetics company J-Forest Co., Ltd., baby products manufacturer Mother K Co., Ltd., public ICT specialist company Atech, semiconductor production equipment manufacturer FST, and dash cam and navigation manufacturer Thinkware.

The province will accept applications from August 9th through the 22nd from unemployed youth job seekers aged 18-39 in the province who wish to gain work experience and employment at these companies through the online recruitment and job matching platform 'Saramin (saramin.co.kr)'.

As in the first recruitment round, the target is unemployed persons after graduation, so university or graduate school students on leave or hiatus and expected graduates are excluded.

Those seeking to be rehired at the same workplace within 6 months are also excluded.

When participants apply to their desired companies through online registration (multiple applications possible), each company will notify participants of interview schedules and conduct interviews.

During the 3-month internship period, the province will provide wages at the level of the 2021 Gyeonggi Living Wage (10,540 won per hour).

After completing the internship, participants who are hired as permanent employees based on the company's own evaluation will receive salaries according to each company's salary level.

A Gyeonggi Province official stated, "This project aims to breathe new vitality into the employment market frozen by COVID-19," and added, "We will promote the project so that over 70 percent of participating youth can be hired as permanent employees through various support policies."

For detailed information on recruitment, applicants can check the online Gyeonggi Youth Portal (youth.gg.go.kr), Job Aba (jobaba.net), Saramin (saramin.co.kr), or contact the Gyeonggi Job Foundation (031-270-9892, 9968).