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are a lot of job seekers, but in industrial fields, there is a situation where people are stomping because they can't find a job.

This phenomenon, which has worsened during the COVID-19 outbreak, is not a simple problem.



Reporter Lee Seong-hoon covered the cause and how to solve it.



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Jae-eun Jung, a job-seeking student, has been putting off graduation for a year and is clinging to a job at a large corporation.



[Jeong Jae-eun / 4th year university: Because large corporations have stability and welfare is very good, and there are many cases where they are hired as full-time employees...

.]



Even with decent small business jobs, it's hard to get relevant information.



[Seo Hye-jin / 4th year university: There are not many opportunities to get information about excellent small and medium-sized enterprises, no opportunity to hear from seniors,

.]



As a result, the job shortage for small and medium-sized manufacturers is getting worse.



[Tae Seok Tae / Chairman of Gyeongin Casting Complex Business Cooperative: It is a 12-month full-time recruitment structure.

There is always recruitment, but there are no people who actually apply.

As a result, it continues to be a vicious cycle.]




The COVID-19 crisis has fueled this situation.



The labor market mismatch is getting worse due to the prolonged Corona 19. In the first half of this year, the labor shortage rate for businesses with five or more workers increased, and the shortage also increased by nearly 60,000 compared to a year ago.



In the case of the shipbuilding industry, which is ranked No. 1 in the global market due to the recent surge in ship orders, the number of jobs has increased, but there are no people to work.



The number of workers in the shipbuilding industry has greatly decreased due to the long-term recession for 10 years, but it is not coming back.



Demand for driving and transport jobs has increased sharply due to non-face-to-face jobs, but there is a shortage of manpower.



In addition to the perception of wage and welfare differences between large and small businesses and social discrimination, the phenomenon of relying on unemployment benefits or youth allowances to delay employment has also been added.



In addition, although new growth industries have emerged since COVID-19, vocational education has not been able to keep up with this demand.



[Lim Young-tae / Head of Employment Policy Team at Gyeonggido: If you look at the job budget, the vocational training budget is only 7%.

It is necessary to increase labor productivity through the expansion of the vocational training budget or the expansion of new technology education.]



Efforts to promote good jobs in small and medium-sized enterprises are the starting point.



[Kim Tae-gi / Emeritus Professor of Economics, Dankook University: Most SMEs receive financial support from the government.

The government has (small business) information.

Basically, give the employed a lot of information they need.] In



addition, institutional support such as increasing welfare benefits for SMEs and strengthening the safety net for freelancers should follow.



(Video editing: Yoon Tae-ho, VJ: Jung Min-goo)