Gyeonggi Province Hosts Online Job Expo for Job Seekers with Disabilities

[Suwon Ilbo=Park Nohoon] Gyeonggi Province will hold the "Gyeonggi Province Online Job Expo for Persons with Disabilities" online from October 28 (Wednesday) to November 6 (Friday) to secure stable employment opportunities for people with disabilities who are facing difficulties in finding jobs due to COVID-19 and other factors.

The "Gyeonggi Province Online Job Expo for Persons with Disabilities," which began in 2015, has seen approximately 3,000 people with disabilities participate, with 220 successfully securing employment.

This year, through a non-face-to-face format, the expo will provide various services including company recommendations tailored to the disability type for job-seeking individuals with disabilities, matching qualified job candidates suitable for the desired candidate profile for employers, and "online video interviews" for both sides.

In addition, services such as ▲online recruitment hall ▲interview skills and image making ▲virtual reality (VR) job experience ▲virtual reality assistive technology device exhibition ▲real-time welfare consultation have been prepared.

Job seekers wishing to participate can access the official website of the Gyeonggi Province Visual Impairment Welfare Center (www.gbw.or.kr) from October 28 (Wednesday) to November 1 (Sunday), register as a member, and submit application documents. The first round of document screening results will be announced on November 3 (Tuesday), and subsequent procedures including interviews will be conducted until November 6 (Friday). For more details, please refer to the website or contact the Vocational Support Team at the Gyeonggi Province Visual Impairment Welfare Center (070-4880-2672).

Kim Jinsik, Director of the Gyeonggi Province Visual Impairment Welfare Center, said, "This year, many people with disabilities are experiencing particular difficulties in finding employment due to the aftermath of COVID-19. We hope that this new initiative of an online job expo for people with disabilities will greatly help revitalize the job-seeking market."