'Gyeonggi Women's Employment Support Allowance' to Pay 900,000 Won to Approximately 3,400 Recipients This Year

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Park No-hun] Gyeonggi Province announced on the 23rd that it is recruiting first-round participants for the 'Gyeonggi Women's Employment Support Allowance Program 2022' to help career-interrupted women in the province secure successful employment.

The 'Gyeonggi Women's Employment Support Allowance' is a Gyeonggi Province project that provides job-seeking activity support funds along with various employment support services to women in the province who face significant challenges in job-seeking activities for re-employment following career interruption.

This year, the province plans to select approximately 3,400 recipients through two rounds of recruitment and provide the employment support allowance. The planned number of first-round recruits is approximately 1,700 people.

Eligible applicants are women aged 35 to 59 with active job-seeking intentions, including career-interrupted women and unemployed women from households with a median income of 100% or less, who have resided in Gyeonggi Province for at least one year.

Selected program participants can receive job-seeking activity support funds that can be used for interview expenses, job/startup training academy fees, qualification examination fees, textbook purchase costs, and similar purposes.

Recipients will receive a total of 900,000 won in Gyeonggi regional currency for each municipality, paid monthly at 300,000 won over three months.

In addition, participants can also receive various employment support services including ▲employment competency assessment ▲dedicated counselor matching ▲employment consulting ▲employment competency enhancement training.

Applicants who meet the eligibility requirements can apply online through the 'Gyeonggi Jobs Foundation Integrated Application System (apply.jobaba.net)' from March 25 to April 11.

The second-round recruitment for the remaining approximately 1,700 applicants is scheduled to begin in late May.

For details on eligibility and selection methods, please refer to the announcements on the Gyeonggi Province website (www.gg.go.kr) or the Gyeonggi Jobs Foundation website (www.gjf.or.kr), or contact the Jobs Foundation hotline at 1522-3582.