Gyeonggi-do Awards Certificates to 60 Outstanding Job and Youth-Friendly Companies

Gyeonggi Province awards certificates to 60 companies within the province that have created a large number of quality jobs and are good workplaces for young people, providing various benefits such as support for improving employment conditions.

On the 19th, Gyeonggi Province held the ‘2024 Gyeonggi Province Excellent Job-Creating Companies Certification Ceremony’ at the Courtyard Marriott Hotel in Suwon, attended by Ko Young-in, Vice Governor of Gyeonggi Province for Economic Affairs, Ko Eun-jung, Chairperson of the Gyeonggi Provincial Council’s Economic and Labor Committee, Yoon Deok-ryong, CEO of the Gyeonggi Job Foundation, and others. Certificates and plaques were presented to 50 newly certified excellent job-creating companies and 10 companies recognized as good workplaces for youth.

The Gyeonggi Province Excellent Job-Creating Companies Certification is a program in which Gyeonggi Province certifies outstanding small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) based on quantitative growth in jobs such as employment numbers and employment growth rate, as well as qualitative evaluations of jobs including employee welfare and long-term retention rates. Certified companies receive various benefits such as support for improving employment conditions and deferral of local corporate tax audits.

Gyeonggi Province held the "2024 Gyeonggi Province Excellent Job Creation Company Certification Ceremony" on the 19th at the Suwon Courtyard Marriott Hotel, attended by Ko Young-in, Vice Governor for Economic Affairs of Gyeonggi Province, Ko Eun-jung, Chairperson of the Gyeonggi Provincial Council's Economic and Labor Committee, and Yoon Deok-ryong, CEO of the Gyeonggi Job Foundation. Photo by Gyeonggi Provincial Government

This year, to encourage the creation of quality jobs for youth, a new certification called ‘Youth-Friendly Companies’ was established, and 10 companies that scored highly in wage levels and youth-friendly corporate culture were newly certified.

The excellent company certification system not only encourages SMEs in the province to continuously create quality jobs but also serves as a means to resolve job mismatches by informing job seekers about SMEs that have good wages and working conditions but face difficulties in recruitment.

Ko Young-in, Vice Governor of Gyeonggi Province for Economic Affairs, stated, "Although the number of employed persons is increasing, the quality of jobs is declining as regular positions are decreasing," and added, "We will strive to continuously expand the employment rate and the proportion of regular workers."