Daegu City Launches Full Support for '3-Pronged Set' to Create Jobs for Middle-Aged and Older Adults

Job Communication Community Hosts 3-Person 3-Color Job Talk Concert and Middle-Aged Creative Job School

The photo shows Jin Kim, Director of the Administrative Statistics Division at Statistics Korea, announcing the wage employment trends for the third quarter of 2020 (as of August) at the Government Sejong Complex in Sejong City on February 25.
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[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Dong-wook] Daegu City announced on the 3rd that the One-Stop Job Support Center will officially implement three mid-to-senior job creation support programs this year.

The 2021 mid-to-senior job creation support project includes ▲ Monthly mid-to-senior (ages 40-64) job communication community held on the third week ▲ Three-person three-color job talk concert (on the 18th) ▲ Mid-to-senior creative job school (2nd term, 9 weeks from April 1).

The proportion of mid-to-senior citizens in Daegu is 41.2%, higher than the national average of 40.1%, ranking second among the eight major cities. The mid-to-senior employment rate in Daegu (based on 2019) is 73.1%, lower than the national average of 73.9%, and the number of employed persons has been decreasing annually.

For more details about the three mid-to-senior job creation support programs, please contact the One-Stop Job Support Center.

Shin Dong-ho, head of Daegu City's One-Stop Job Support Center, said, "Through the mid-to-senior creative job school, held for the first time in the Daegu area, we hope to overcome unemployment issues for those in their 50s and 60s and establish it as a groundbreaking program for job creation."