Hana Financial Group Opens Middle-aged AI and Digital Job Center in Gwangju

Third Center Following Gangnam and Sejong

Hana Financial Group announced on the 26th that it has opened a job center in Seo-gu, Jeonnam Gwangju Integrated Special City to support the strengthening of AI and digital capabilities and re-employment for the middle-aged.

Woo Seunggu, Executive Vice President of the Honam Business Group at Hana Bank (fourth from the left), and Kim Ikang, Mayor of Seo District, Jeonnam Gwangju Metropolitan City (fourth from the left), are posing for a commemorative photo with guests at the opening ceremony of the "Middle-aged AI and Digital Job Center" in Seo District, Jeonnam Gwangju Metropolitan City, held on the 25th. Provided by Hana Financial Group

The "Gwangju Seo-gu Middle-aged AI and Digital Job Center" was established as part of Hana Financial Group's middle-aged re-employment support program, "Hana Power On Second Life." This is the third such center, following openings in Gangnam-gu, Seoul in 2024 and Sejong in January of this year.

This job center was created by utilizing the former Nongseong 2-dong Administrative Welfare Center, an idle space in the region. It is a public-private partnership model in which Hana Financial Group supported the overall space remodeling and Seo-gu, Jeonnam Gwangju Integrated Special City provided the space free of charge.

The job center consists of two floors and can accommodate up to about 100 people simultaneously. The first floor features two classrooms that can hold up to 80 people as well as a lounge equipped with a media wall, while the second floor includes an AI practice room, small classrooms, and dedicated consultation rooms for tailored employment counseling.

The center offers AI and digital job training to help middle-aged individuals advance into new job fields, including existing platform and social job courses, as well as courses for AI data labelers, AI content marketers, and AI literacy instructors.

In addition, the center plans to provide ongoing tailored job counseling and matching services to help participants find actual employment after completing their training. This will be achieved through organic connections with the nine job centers currently operated by Seo-gu and by leveraging networks with local social enterprises and community companies.

A representative from Hana Financial Group stated, "Based on the job center operation experience accumulated in Gangnam, Seoul and Sejong, we plan to support job assistance programs tailored to the characteristics and needs of the local community." The representative continued, "We will continue to advance sincere ESG management to support new challenges for the middle-aged through close cooperation with the local community, contribute to the creation of practical jobs, and help vitalize the local economy."

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