Hwaseong City Offers Free Employment Training for Career-Interrupted Women

Hwaseong City announced that it will operate the Hwaseong Women's Back-to-Work Center within the U&I; Center (Women's Vision Center) in partnership with the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family and the Ministry of Employment and Labor. The city will conduct a total of 17 sessions of the free employment preparation education program "Happy Together With Job Group Counseling Program" from February to November.

The program consists of the following components: ▲Finding Yourself - MBTI Aptitude Test (Session 1) ▲Overcoming Employment Barriers (Session 2) ▲Finding a Happy Career (Session 3) ▲How to Write Resumes and Cover Letters (Session 4) ▲Self Marketing (Session 5) and more.

Classes are held Monday through Friday, five days a week, for four hours per day, totaling 20 hours. In particular, this year the center has prepared afternoon program scheduling and class sessions at the Hwaseong General Sports Park to accommodate participants' convenience.

Participants include not only general women but also women with disabilities and women from multicultural families who have strong employment intentions and are career-interrupted. After completion, the center provides employment placement and vocational training information services through individual counseling.

Applications are accepted year-round through November. For more information, contact the Hwaseong Women's Vision Center Back-to-Work Center (031-267-8793~8) or visit the website (http://www.unicenter.hcf.or.kr/).

Meanwhile, 222 people completed the group counseling program last year, with 109 of them finding employment, recording an employment rate of 49%.