Mayor Park Seungwon: "Opportunities for Youth, Talent for Businesses"... Forum Connects Local Companies and Young People

Gwangmyeong City Holds "Business On Gwangmyeong Insight Day"
Around 70 Attend; Discuss Hiring and Job Training
Local Companies Introduce Work Environments and Organizational Cultures
City to Connect Young People's Preferred Jobs with Companies' Hiring Needs

Gwangmyeong City, Gyeonggi Province, held a forum to connect young people with local small and medium-sized enterprises. Companies introduced their work environments and hiring criteria, while young people asked about job roles and working conditions and exchanged information needed for finding employment.

Gwangmyeong Mayor Park Seungwon holds an empathy talk with attendees at the "Business On Gwangmyeong Insight Day × Cheongchun Gotgan Work Conference," held at Cheongchun Gotgan in the Second Youth Center on the 30th of last month. Provided by Gwangmyeong City.

Gwangmyeong City (Mayor Park Seungwon) held the "Business On Gwangmyeong Insight Day x Cheongchun Gotgan Work Conference" on October 30 at Cheongchun Gotgan in the Second Youth Center. Around 70 people attended, including 50 young people and 20 representatives from companies and related organizations.

The event linked the fourth corporate strategy briefing of the year with "What's Your Work?," a work conference hosted by Cheongchun Gotgan. It focused on hearing about companies' hiring challenges and introducing young people to work at local businesses and their organizational cultures.

Shin Sujeong, CEO of Impact Leaders Academy and author of The Dignity of Work, gave a special lecture. Shin, who previously served as a vice president at KT, discussed the core capabilities needed in the age of artificial intelligence (AI), companies' hiring criteria, and organizational culture.

At an empathy talk featuring Gwangmyeong Mayor Park Seungwon, participants discussed support for hiring young people and job training. Consultations were also held on support programs for companies and young people offered by the Ministry of Employment and Labor, as well as expert consultations in research and development (R&D), design, and certification provided by the Gyeonggi Corporate Ombudsman.

Headhunting expert and author Moon Seongyeong, who wrote I've Read 100,000 Resumes, joined a panel discussion alongside representatives from Ditech Frontier, Dmillion, and Sleno. They introduced local small and medium-sized enterprises' work environments, organizational cultures, and growth opportunities. During the question-and-answer session, young people asked about job roles, hiring criteria, and working conditions, and company representatives answered their questions.

Gwangmyeong Mayor Park Seungwon (center, front row) poses for a commemorative photo with attendees at the “Business On Gwangmyeong Insight Day x Cheongchungotgan Work Conference,” held at Cheongchungotgan in the city’s Second Youth Building on the 30th of last month. Provided by Gwangmyeong City.

The city plans to use the opinions shared at the event to connect companies' hiring needs with young people's preferred job roles and consider job training and employment support measures.

Mayor Park Seungwon said, "It is important to give young people opportunities to put their capabilities to use and companies opportunities to meet the talent they need. We will share the voices heard on the ground with the relevant departments and develop practical support measures that will help young people and companies grow together."

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