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Jobs declined across all age groups, but among them, the situation in their 20s was the most serious.
This is because companies have reduced their hiring and even part-time jobs have decreased due to Corona 19.
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young people in their twenties suffered the most from their employment rate decline by 2.9%.
[Kim Soo-min / 20th job preparation student: It is difficult to enter what he wants, and he has to prepare accordingly, but there are many things that do not seem like his heart, and it seems difficult.] The
door to employment this year is narrower than last year, when employment declined in the aftermath of Corona 19
.
Lost.
[Kim So-young / 20s job preparation student: I don't think there is a job
, but
there are a lot of jobs that are not good in terms of welfare or such.]
Not only the number of'unemployed' who did not find a job but did not find a job,'it was off' The population classified as' also increased the most since 2003, especially among young people in their 20s and 30s.
It is an analysis that the number of cases of giving up or delaying the job search itself has increased due to the decrease in hiring.
[Dong-myeong Jeong/Director of Social Statistics Bureau of Statistics Korea: Since the employment situation is not very good right now, the'resting' population falls into the inactive population rather than just going to unemployment.] The
face-to-face service sector was hit by the Corona 19 impact
.
It also affected the unemployment rate in their 20s and 30s.
[Kim Hee-jun/Yeouido bowling alley operation: I don't want to reduce employees like my family, but if the business is restricted until 9 o'clock right now, it is inevitable that it has to be reduced.] The
government has introduced intern-type public jobs and job creation tailored to young people as a countermeasure.
[Tae-yoon Seong/Professor, Department of Economics, Yonsei University: Fundamentally, policy measures to expand employment linked to investment by companies will be needed.]
Concerns that most temporary public jobs cannot be a fundamental solution if private jobs are not created
.
Is raised.
(Video editing: Kim Ho-jin)
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