Incheon City Opens Doors to Public Sector Employment... 1,326 Hires Across 27 Institutions

Incheon City Hall

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Hyesook] Incheon City has confirmed the hiring scale for this year at 1,326 people as originally planned for 16 public institutions under the city and 11 public institutions under the districts and counties.

According to the city on the 21st, the number of hires by public institution is highest at Incheon Transit Corporation with 298 people under the city, followed by Incheon Environmental Corporation with 94, Incheon Facilities Corporation with 89, Incheon Medical Center with 84, Incheon Technopark with 54, Incheon Urban Corporation with 46, and Incheon Development Institute with 44.

Additionally, Incheon Credit Guarantee Foundation will hire 30 people, Incheon Tourism Organization 29, Incheon Welfare Foundation 27, Smart City 22, Incheon Cultural Foundation 15, Incheon Family Foundation 12, Global Campus 9, and Incheon Nurturing Foundation 3.

For facility management corporations under the districts and counties, Seo-gu will hire the most with 135 people, followed by Yeonsu-gu with 107, Bupyeong-gu 69, Gyeyang-gu 44, Michuhol-gu 30, Namdong-gu (Urban Management Corporation) 21, Jung-gu 19, and Ganghwa-gun 4.

The cultural foundations plan to hire 22 people in Bupyeong-gu, 12 in Yeonsu-gu, and 7 in Seo-gu.

Incheon City has notified 27 public institutions to ease application requirements such as prior submission of official language test scores and recognition of validity period exceptions to reduce the burden of submitting official English test scores for job seekers.

Accordingly, language test scores that expired between January and April of this year will be temporarily recognized until the end of June. Also, the deadline for submitting language test scores required for job applications will be extended as much as possible so that scores obtained after the resumption of official language tests can also be utilized.

If language test scores are submitted in advance before the expiration of the validity period, they will be recognized in the document screening process until the end of December this year regardless of the validity period.

An official from Incheon City stated, "Due to the impact of COVID-19, private companies have reduced or postponed their hiring plans, causing difficulties for job seekers. Incheon’s public institutions share the intention to keep the doors open for employment in the public sector as planned."