Gyeonggi Province Operates 119 New Start Center Courses to Support Employment of Career-Interrupted Women

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Park Noh-hun] Gyeonggi Province announced on the 6th that it will operate a total of 119 vocational training courses through 29 Women's New Start Centers across the province to support successful employment and career planning for career-interrupted women this year.

This "New Start Center vocational training course" is a project pursued with the goal of strengthening employment competency and cultivating specialized personnel for career-interrupted women in the province, with plans to recruit and train approximately 2,340 trainees.

Specifically, the courses will be divided into ▲10 high-value-added courses, ▲20 company-customized courses, ▲17 specialized technical courses, and ▲72 competency enhancement and general courses.

Notably, the programs including "Virtual Reality (VR) and Metaverse Operations Specialist training," "Competency-based Coding & Maker Specialist Instructor training," and "Fourth Industrial Revolution Creative Convergence Instructor" demonstrate a focus on cultivating specialized personnel to meet the era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

Additionally, the province plans to operate educational courses tailored to local communities and industry demands by cultivating specialized personnel in various fields including finance, insurance, medical care, and services.

To participate, applicants should confirm detailed information such as course schedules through the Women's New Start Center hotline (1544-1199) or official website (saeil.mogef.go.kr) and then apply.

Hong Sung-ho, director of the Work-Family Balance Support Division at Gyeonggi Province, said, "Gyeonggi Province will make efforts to enable career-interrupted women to return to employment early and grow as core personnel," and added, "We will expand high-quality vocational training linked to promising occupations such as artificial intelligence and big data and regional industries."

Meanwhile, last year faced challenges in operations due to limitations of in-person training due to COVID-19. However, through rapid responses including simultaneous implementation of online and offline courses, 2,045 out of 2,118 trainees completed the courses, recording a high completion rate of 96.6%.