Korea Minting and Security Printing Corporation, Bioneer, Seven-Eleven also take part

Companies present hiring plans and job roles, offer one-on-one consultations

Youth job budget set to expand from 2.6 trillion won to 3.3 trillion won

More events planned for youth in Gyeongsang, Honam regions in October

[Courtesy of the Ministry of Employment and Labor]
[Courtesy of the Ministry of Employment and Labor]

Five companies — Sempio, Kolmar Korea, Korea Minting and Security Printing Corporation, Bioneer and Seven-Eleven — met with young jobseekers in Daejeon. They presented their hiring plans and job roles and offered one-on-one consultations with human resources staff.

The Ministry of Employment and Labor said Thursday it held an outreach job briefing for local youth at the Daejeon Employment Welfare Plus Center.

Each of the five participating companies explained its future hiring plans and key job roles to the young attendees, and HR staff took part directly in one-on-one consultations.

The event also featured programs to help participants prepare for job hunting. Attendees tried out JobCare, an AI-based employment service that helps design career paths, and received personal color diagnoses along with hair and makeup consulting to manage their interview image.

The briefing was organized as part of the Youth Leap Membership project, which seeks out and expands internship, job training and work-experience programs run by private companies for young people. The project is a public-private initiative that the Ministry of Employment and Labor and the Korea Enterprises Federation launched after signing an MOU in 2021.

The ministry recruited participants through the Daejeon Employment Welfare Plus Center and five university job-plus centers in the Daejeon area. Those centers are at Hanbat National University, Hannam University, Paichai University, Chungnam National University and Mokwon University. The ministry also used a database of unemployed youth to promote the event.

The government plans to raise the youth job budget by about 700 billion won, from 2.6 trillion won ($1.94 billion) this year to 3.3 trillion won next year. The increase comes as the government addresses the ongoing youth employment crunch. Next year's government budget bill sets aside 489.5 billion won for the K-New Deal Academy and 379.3 billion won for the youth first-job support system. It also allocates 20.1 billion won for the Youth Playground project.

The ministry said it plans to hold similar hiring and job-support events for local youth in the Gyeongsang and Honam regions in October.

"I hope this helps young people in the region get information directly from company staff and plan their futures," said Ha Chang-yong, director general for youth employment policy at the Ministry of Employment and Labor. "We will expand fiscal support for companies as well as work-experience and job-training opportunities for young people."


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