Government Holds Jobs Task Force Meeting to Discuss Ways to Provide Quality Jobs and Training Opportunities

Kwon Dae-young, 1st Vice Minister of Economy and Finance, and Kwon Chang-jun, Vice Minister of Employment and Labor, presided over a joint government Jobs Task Force (TF) meeting at the Government Complex Sejong on the morning of October 8 to discuss and review pending issues in the employment sector, which is being promoted as one of the three core social policies.

According to the Ministry of Economy and Finance, while the number of employed persons in the Korean economy has seen an expansion in growth for three consecutive months, difficulties persist in vulnerable sectors and sluggish industries such as youth, manufacturing, and construction.

The government stated that it will devise measures to provide quality jobs and training opportunities to citizens with the willingness and capacity to work, ensuring that the warmth of recent economic growth spreads evenly throughout the economy through employment.

Vice Minister Kwon Dae-young stated, "Through the joint government Jobs Task Force meeting, we will thoroughly review the implementation and preparation status of major employment measures, such as the existing Youth New Deal promotion plan and youth job recovery measures, and concentrate the capabilities of all ministries to do our utmost to improve employment conditions that citizens can actually feel."

Vice Minister Kwon Chang-jun said, "As jobs are the most important livelihood task, we will inspect government job programs and work together with relevant ministries to discover and flesh out tasks so that they can provide practical help to places in need of support."

(Photo: Provided by the Ministry of Economy and Finance, Yonhap News)
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