2019 Special English Edition Issued by GIFTS, HRDKorea

Publisher Kim Dong-man Editor Hong Jea-yong Date of Issue Dec. 31, 2019 Date of Registration Sept. 29, 1982 Issued by GIFTS, HRDKorea Address 345 (Gyo-dong) Jongga-ro, Jung-gu, Ulsan Phone 052.714.8191 Fax 052.714.8200 Homepage www.hrdkorea.or.kr Registration No. Ulsan Ra-01054 Design TOC Communication 2019 Special English Edition

CEO Message

04 National Technical Qualification as Social Safety Net 06 Work-Learning Dual System Legislation, the Standard of Changing the Life of Youth 08 15 Years of Employment Permit System Viewed with Optimism and Hope

WorldSkills

09 Training of National Team Members for the WorldSkills Competition 11 Inaugural Ceremony of Korean National Team for the 45th WorldSkills Kazan 2019 th rd 13 The 45 WorldSkills Competition, Korea’s 3 Place Overall 15 A Place of World Youths’ Skills Competition, ‘WolrdSkills Competition’

Issue of GIFTS

17 「ASEAN+3 HRD Forum」 in collaboration with WorldBank th 19 The 20 Anniversary Forum of Korea-China Vocational Training Exchange Cooperation 21 2019 Capacity Building Partnership Program for Skills Training 23 Training of Oman Members for WorldSkills Kazan 2019 nd 24 Consultation of HRDKorea’s on 2 National Skills Competition in Costa Rica

HRD News

th 26 Hosting ‘The 13 Human Resources Development Conference’ th 28 Closing 2019 Busan The 54 National Skills Competition 30 Organizing ‘ Career Vision 2019’ 32 Accomplishment Contest by Industrial Skills Council 35 Discussion on Overseas Expansion of Youth in the Digital Nomad Era

Business in HRD Korea

37 Work-Learning Dual System focused on ‘On the Job Training’ th 39 The 15 Anniversary of Employment Permit System 41 Human Resources suitable for the Needs of Regional Industries CEO Message

National Technical Qualification as Social Safety Net - Korea IT News -

The sushi industry, Japan’s pride, is in- that customers can directly feel is the core creasing its sales even with the low eco- factor that decides future of a company in nomic growth. Kura Sushi, a Japanese the era of low growth. conveyor-belt sushi restaurant that is ex- panded to the USA, the kingdom of fast According to AI Causing Job Risk Diag- food, is a case of innovation that uses nosis Report by a domestic economic re- cutting edge technology. The restaurant search institute last year, there will be 43% started with freshness management us- of jobs that have high possibility of being ing Integrated circuit(IC) chip in 1997 and automated. Especially among office jobs, adopted ‘sushi robot’ in 2010. It reduced aka white-collar jobs, even the customer manufacturing costs drastically by making service will be replaced by AI beyond con- over 3,600 pieces of sushi per hour. ventional jobs such as human resource, salary, time and attendance management, Recently, the restaurant is using artificial welfare, training, finance and accounting. intelligence(AI) and big data technology. Currently, the financial sector spurs to By managing orders and inventory with adopt Robot Process Automation (RPA) menus and quantity expected as soon as throughout the enterprises. RPA seems to a customer comes in the restaurant, it can increase drastically in all fields of manufac- provide good quality and customized su- turing and distributing. We might meet AIs shi for around 1,000 KRW. The sales of Kura everywhere in workplace like electricity Sushi are increasing by 10% each year. and computer. This is a case that proves the innovation

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The development of scientific technolo- can improve the national technology com- gy shortens the life of existing jobs and petitiveness. It also expands the mutual creates new jobs. Once people said there recognition among nations and imple- was no lifelong workplace but lifelong job, ments the exportation of qualification sys- but now, the lifelong job might disappear. tem, so that the national technical qualifi- Even specialists can’t survive if they stay cation can be acknowledged throughout the same in the existing job performance. the world. Diligence can’t beat AI that never sleeps or gets lazy. The talented that engage in cre- ative jobs that can create their own inno- The social safety net is a system to protect vative value while enjoying adventures in citizens from social risks such as unem- various fields are future talents. ployment, poverty, disaster, aging and dis- eases. The national technical qualification The national technical qualification sys- system that grants social value by transfer- tem has evolved together with industrial ring intangible skills that individuals built competitiveness of Korea getting through into tangible skills should reinforce the industrialization and information era. The role as this safety net. government is quickly preparing for the fourth industrialization revolution. The Kim Dong-man, President of Human Re- fourth basic plan for the national technical sources Development Service of Korea, qualification system reviewed and decid- [email protected] ed by Ministry of Employment and Labor was established laying emphasis on the effectiveness of national technical quali- fication in the labor market and flexibility improvement policy for industrial struc- ture change.

Human Resources Development Service of Korea launches qualification tests relat- ed to robot and big data for this change. These changes include simplified proce- dures with training and qualification tied together, ‘course-based qualification’ that reduces the cost and ‘recogniton of prior learning(RPL)’ that acknowledges job abil- ity acquired from various methods.

The institution plans to increase the num- ber of professional engineer in order to en- hance the ratio of high skilled workers that

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Work-Learning Dual System Legislation, the Standard of Changing the Life of Youth

Kim Jeong-ryong, a professor of Seoul Na- Recently, the most important issue for Kore- tional University who passed away in 2016, is an citizens is employment. As seen various more known for ‘Dr. Liver’ to people. Profes- social conflicts regarding Sharing Economy, sor Kim succeeded in separating the antigen the employment of the fourth industrial rev- of hepatitis B virus from the serum in 1973 olution era is closely related to vocational and also succeeded in developing hepatitis competency development. Especially in the B vaccine in 1979. However, at that time the problem of youth unemployment that has government didn’t approve Professor Kim to been deteriorated, the fundamental reason produce the first vaccine in the world just be- is the discordance of company environment cause there was no qualification standard. that the youth want and the changing job During the delay of permission, France and competency that companies want. the US consecutively succeeded in the devel- opment of vaccine, so the vaccine that could According to the statistics announced by have been good exported goods became ex- National Statistical Office last year, it takes pensive imported goods. This is a historical average 10.8 months for the youth of Korea case that shows the effect of prompt legisla- between 15 and 29 years old to get the first tion of the government on citizens’ life. job after graduating from school.

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Considering the average time for college is drive and growth innovatively”. 4 years and 3 months, the youth of Korea Participating workers also said they be- invest time and money of average 5 years come confident about their tasks because to get a job. Even though they manage to they understand the principles of work get a job, many of them leave companies through systemic training. So far, over because the tasks are not suitable for their 85,000 workers have participated in the aptitude, so new employees’ average peri- project, and the number of participating od of continuous work is only 1 year and 5 companies is over 14,000. months. This shows there are many prob- lems in the entrance of the youth to labor Work-learning Dual System has had diffi- market and the adjustment to the labor culty in active support because there is no field. directly relevant law. There has been lim- itation in supporting participating com- Work-learning Dual System is a practice panies, protecting learning workers and type human resource development sys- employing after completing the training. tem adopted in Germany and Switzerland, However, on August 27,「Industrial Field which are manufacturing business pow- Work-learning Dual System Support Low」 ers, that the government adopted to solve was promulgated, which enables the sys- the above problems. Company-custom- tem to have a legal basis for effective and ized education training programs of 1~2 systemic operation. Next year, the law will years are designed by the collaboration of be enacted to make a beginning of ‘Kore- company and school. The system not only an style youth education training govern- enables employees to develop early vo- ment-based project’ that trains workers cational competency along with employ- for vocational competency that compa- ment stability but also improves compa- nies want and makes safe company envi- ny’s productivity through systemic human ronment that workers desire. resources development. The government added promising training fields of future Linji Zen Master of Tang Dynasty said industry such as miniature drone mainte- ‘SuCheoJakJu IpCheoGaeJin (隨處作主 立 nance and virtual training system design- 處皆眞)’, which means everything in the ing·examining that become recent issues world is genuine when it becomes its own regarding the fourth industrial revolution. owner. The ownership is the first step to The government also implements conver- set up a standard. This is the reason why gence·new technology based human re- to have our own ‘standard’ that can judge sources development through high-skilled ‘right and wrong’ in youth employment work-learning dual system(P-TECH). and industrial field training through - leg islation is important. ‘Work-learning Dual Companies that are participating in the System’ is expected to become a fence project evaluate the system as “an inno- that protects rights and interests for learn- vative system that enables small and me- ing workers and a shortcut to cultivate tal- dium sized companies to have long term ents for companies, contributing to creat- personnel plan and that can lead future ing happy jobs.

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15 Years of Employment Permit System Viewed with Optimism and Hope

It has been 15 years since the Employment Permit As a result, sound and stable employment environ- System was adopted for the solution of manpower ment for foreign workers could be established, and problems of small and medium sized companies Human Resources Development Service of Korea and the balanced development of national econ- won the grand prize at ‘the field of corruption pre- omy. In Korea, the privately led industrial trainee vention and eradication’ at UN Public Administra- system was implemented to solve the problems of tion Awards 2011. The World Bank Asia Pacific Eco- manpower in production sites during the economic nomic Trend Report 2017 commented favorably on growth period, but there were some problems such Employment Permit System saying “It is an excellent as corruption in the process of sending and admit- policy that the nation helps the labor and leads eco- ting workers and violation of human rights, and to nomic growth of Asia Pacific region.” We need to pre- improve those problems, the Employment Permit pare for new change at this point that the system has System was adopted led by the government in 2004. been implemented for 15 years. Business owners, foreign workers and Korean citizens should commu- Major accomplishments by Employment Permit Sys- nicate with each other with an open mind instead tem are as follows. First, it contributed to the solu- of being limited in the existing frame and should ar- tion of manpower shortage and the improvement of range the system together by reflecting demands of productivity of small and medium sized companies. the field. According to IOM Migration Research and Training Centre, the economic value created by foreign work- Employment Permit System, which has replaced ers is 64.6 trillion won. The number of foreign work- the insufficient manpower of the Korean economy ers who worked in Korea after the implementation and contributed to the economy of the sending and of Employment Permit System is over 730,000, and admitting countries, should also serve as a medi- currently 270,000 foreign workers are greatly con- um to strenthen bond and cooperation between tributing to relieving manpower shortage in over Korea and the sending and admitting countries. In 66,000 companies. Second, the whole process of addition, constant efforts will have to be made to sending and admitting foreign workers is directly improve working environment and to solve human managed by public sectors, and its transparency rights problems that still exist as foreign workers are has become reinforced. Unlike the industrial trainee viewed as ‘assets’ not as ‘manpower’. system, in Employment Permit System, the govern- ment and public institutions directly recruit, bring At the turning point of Employment Permit System in and support the stay, so problems of corruptions to advance, I expect that all the business owners, for- and broker interventions can be prevented. Third, it eign workers, Korea and 16 sending and admitting reinforces foreign workers’ human rights protection countries dispatching workers can continue to work by treating them equally with domestic workers. The together happily by seeking mid-long term develop- labor related laws are equally applied to them with ment direction that pursues the harmony with the domestic workers, and various stay support services domestic labor market. are provided for them who suffer from language bar- riuers and cultural differences to adjust to Korean environment early.

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Korean national team that participate in the 45th WorldSkills Competition held in Kazan, Russia will start to go through the six-month training at Global Institute for Transferring Skills (Bupyeong-gu, Incheon) after the admission ceremony.

○ In this competition where 1,600 compet- itors from over 60 countries will compete in 56 skills for 6 days from August 22 to 27, Korea will send 52 competitors of 47 skills, which is increased by 5 competitors in 5 skills, such as cloud computing, water tech- nology, industrial mechanics millwright, heavy equipment maintenance and land- ○ The competitors and experts got moti- scaping gardening. vated to enhance Korea’s status as a skilled In the admission ceremony, there were over technology power and to attain excellent 130 participants of competitors, experts results in the competition. At the workshop, and sponsoring institutes including Kim they shared the changed competition rules Dong-man, a chairman of the WorldSkills and methods and discussed to improve the Competition Korean Committee. performance of reinforced training.

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The national team members that partici- pated in the admission ceremony spoke of their aspirations on enthusiastic training for 6 months, so that they won’t regret after the competition.

○ Kang Hyeon-gu(age of 23, K-Water), a competitor of Water Technology, which is a new skill to Korea, said “I’m confident that Korea’s water technology is excellent compared to other countries in the world. Although it is the first time, I will try hard to spread Korea’s excellent technology to the world.”

○ Lee On-yu(age of 20, Samsung Elec- tronics) in polymechanics, which hasn’t given any Korean competitor medals since WorldSkills London 2011 for the first time, said “Brazil is the most leading country in this skill. We will try hard by analyzing not only the competitors but also test projects with experts.”

Kim Dong-man, the president of Human Resources Development Service of Korea and a chairman of the WorldSkills Compe- tition Korean Committee, said “I believe the national team members who are the resources of national competitiveness and the driving force of future technology of Korea will show Korea’s potential in this competition. We will pay full attention to the competitors and experts’ health care and prevention of safety concerns for the 6 months of training.”

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Inaugural Ceremony of Korean National Team for the 45th WorldSkills Kazan 2019

An inaugural ceremony of Korean national team mem- ○ Korean national members were selected by two bers that participate in the 45th WorldSkills Kazan 2019 evaluation tests from November to December of last was held at Global Institute for Transferring Skills of Hu- year among 4 prize winners who won the first and man Resources Development Service of Korea(Bupy- second places at National Skills Competition in 2017 eong-gu, Incheon) on July 19(Fri) at 2:00 pm. and 2018 repectively. ○ Over 250 people joined this event including Lim ○ Especially, Korea adds 5 new skills of landscape Seo-jeong(Vice minister of Employment and Labor) gardening, industrial mechanic millwright, heavy ve- and Kim Dong-man(President of Korean Committee hicle technology, water technology, and cloud com- of WorldSkills) along with national team members puting for this WorldSkills Competition in Kazan. and their parents, international experts, and repre- sentatives of sponsoring companies. National team members had intensive training in- cluding joint intensified training for 150 days at Glob- This WorldSkills Competition with 1,356 compet- al Institute for Transferring Skills and 16 training cen- itors from 68 countries(as of July 8, 2019) is held at ters in the countries starting with mental strength Kazan, the capital of Tatarstan of Russian Federation, training from February 16. for 6 days from August 22(Thu) to 27(Tue) ○ Korean national team members have made var- ious efforts, collecting and analyzing information Korean team has 52 competitors in 47 skills, which related to other teams’ skills, levels, and training sys- is the largest scale ever, such as polymechanics and tems, learning world trend of skills by field training automation, web technologies, and refrigeration at 25 countries including Australia, Germany and and air conditioning. Japan, and establishing networks among countries.

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The 52 national team members spoke of their aspi- WorldSkills Competition has been held every two rations that they would show their ability following years by WSI(WorldSkills International) since 1950 in precedent participants. order to enhance the level of skills and promote skill ○ Choi Eun-yeong(20 years old, Emons Furniture), development through skill exchange among youths the first woman to win a gold medal in the cabinet- of member countries. making at National Skills Competition and become ○ Korean government grants 67.2 million won, 56 a national team member, showed her aspiration by million won and 39.2 million won of prize money to saying “I have faced numerous times of prejudice gold, silver and bronze medalists respectively with participating in the cabinetmaking. I will win a medal an order of industrial service merit, which are the to change fixed idea on gender and become the best same levels as Olympic medalists. technician in the world.” - Also, they are privileged with an exemption from ○ Kim Ju-seung(20 years old, Samsung Electronics) test of industrial engineer in national technical quali- in the mechatronics, who participates in WorldSkills fication, alternative military service industrial skilled Competition throughout two generations, showed personnel) and continuing work grant (5,050,000 confidence and responsibility as a national team won - 12,000,000 won) if medalists continue to work member by saying “I will achieve an excellent result in the same field. following my father(Kim Rak-jun), who was a nation- al team member in the mechatronics at the 33th Meanwhile, there is a continuing controversy in the WorldSkills Compeittion, to raise the status of Korea evaluation methods for the competition due to a as a leading country of technology.” lack of definite guidelines about overall rankings of WSI, so the government will prevent the controver- Korean team achieved good results by winning 19 sy by announcing the overall rankings evaluation times at total 29 WorldSkills Competition from the first method before participating in the competition. participation in Spain in 1967 to Abu Dhabi in 2017. ○ In this competition, the rankings among each ○ Recently, the competition among countries is get- country will be evaluated by integrating 5 indexes ting more fierce as many countries put concentrated announced by WSI, which is the same method as the investment and support in cultivating skilled tech- competition in 2017. This method has the advan- nicians, such as China, Brazil(host country in 2015) tage of reflecting both qualitative and quantitative and Russia(host country in 2019) in addition to lead- aspects. ing countries of technology in basic manufacturing fields such as Japan, Switzerland and Taiwan.

Vice Minister Lim Seo-jeong encouraged the national team by saying “All members who confidently chal- lenge the world stage with polished skills, are the source of national competitiveness and the driving force that leads the future of skilled Korea.” ○ President Kim Dong-man also said “As a person who witnessed our national team members’ efforts and willpower closely, I really hope that all of you will accomplish your dreams and goals and come back healthily and safely.”

12 The 45th WorldSkills Competition, Korea’s 3rd Place Overall

- The Korean national team won 7 gold, 6 silver, 2 bronze medals and 26 awards excel- lence. Third place overall by WSI Results of 4 official indicators of presentation - The Korean national team was strong at ICT fields( IT Network Systems Administration, Web Technologies).

The Ministry of Employment and Labor(Minister: Lee Jae-gab) and Human Resources Devel- opment Service of Korea(President: Kim Dong-man) announced that the Korean team took the third place overall based on the result with 4 official indicators of presentation scored -an nounced by World Skills International(WSI) at the 45th WorldSkills Competition held at Kazan ARENA, Kazan, Russia on the 27th local time.

In this event, WSI announced 4 categories of average score, average medal score, total medal score and total participant score as official indicators of presentation for each country. The Korean team won 264 points in the result of scoring the four indicators based on the number of participating countries and took the third place overall following China that won 272 points and Russia that won 265. The Korean team took the second place in the average score, the third place in the average medal score and total medal score and the fourth place in the total participant score. The Chinese team took the first place in all of the four indicators. The Rus- sian team, the host country, took the second place in the average medal score, the total medal score and the total participant score and the fifth place in the average score.

Regarding the number of medals, the Korean team won 7 gold, 6 silver and 2 bronze medals, the Chinese team won 16 gold, 14 silver and 5 bronze, and the Russian team won 14 gold, 4 silver and 4 bronze medals. Due to the predominance of China in manufacturing skills, the Korean team only won silver medals in CNC Milling, Mobile Robotics and Prototype Modeling. * At WorldSkills Competition Abu Dabi in 2017, WSI announced the indicators of High Performers, which wasn’t announced at this WorldSkills Competition Kazan, so the four indicators were used for calculation.

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For reference, Korea applied the method of using the 4 official results announced by WSI for rank comparison index to calculate the overall ranking. This is not to calculate the overall ranking based on a certain specific index but to reflect both quality and quantity evenly.

[The number of participating countries: 68]

China, which won the first place overall, intensively invested in WorldSkills Competition in the national level. They have kept expanding participating skills since the first participation in 2011. In this competition, the Chinese team participated in all 56 skills.

Meanwhile, in this competition, Shin Dong-min(22 years old) of Hyundai Heavy Industries won a gold medal in construction Metal work, which has been the fourth gold medal in a row since the competition in England in 2011. Kim I-seop(21 years old), who is in the military service, won the third gold medal in a row after the competition in Brazil in 2015 in IT Network Systems Administration. Lee Woon-ho(20) of Samsung Biologics won the second gold medal after Abu Dabi competition in 2017 in the web design skill. Other gold medalists are Cho Woo-ui(21) of Hyundai Heavy Industries in Plumbing and Heating, Yang Su-min(20) of Samsung Heavy Industries in Industrial Control, Han Ji-yoon(20) of Han’s Bakery Academy in Patisserie and Confectionery and Ko Ju-hwan(21) of Samsung Heavy Industries in Refrigeration and Air Con- ditioning.

The medalists of WorldSkills Competition receive 67.2 million won, 56 million won and 39.2 million won of prize money respectively along with Merit. In addition, they are given various benefits such as exemption from test of industrial engineer in national technical qualification, military benefit to serve as industrial skilled personnel and continuing work grant (5.05 mil- lion ~ 12 million won per year).

The 46th WorldSkills competition in 2021 and the 47th in 2023 will be held in Shanghai, China and Lyon, France respectively.

14 A Place of World Youths’ Skills Competition, ‘WolrdSkills Competition’

While there are Olympics for sports competition, there are WorldSkills Competition where world youths exchange their skills and promote skill development. WorldSkills Competition held in Madrid, Spain in 1950 for the first time have changed the life of youths with skills. A total of 10,554 world youths competed from 1950 to the 44 WorldSkills Competition in Abu Dhabi in the UAE in 2017. The 45th WorldSkills Competition is held in August in Kazan, Russia.

th Work-Learning Dual System the 16 WorldSkills Competition in Spain in

Korean team participated in the 16th WorldSkills Competition in Spain in 1967 for the first time, Korean national team of 9 skills competed with world youths, and they won 2 gold medals, 1 silver medal and 2 bronze medals, and so ranked the 6th in overall medals.

RANKED THIN OVERALL MEDALS

GOLD MEDALS SILVER MEDALS BRONZE MEDALS

Korea, a leading country of technology itimes of overall champion

Korea took the overall championship in the 23rd WorldSkills Com- petition Netherlands in 1977 for the first time, Korean team won 19 times of overall champion, from the 23rd to 31th, from the 33th to 37th, and from 39th to 43th, making a strong appearance to the world as ‘a leading country of technology.

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The number of Korean national team members that participated in recent WorldSkills

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Recent Performances of Korean national team

The 42nd WorldSkills Germany in 2013

Overall Champion GOLD SILVER BRONZE MEDALS MEDALS MEDALS

The 43th WorldSkills Brazil in 2015 Overall Champion GOLD SILVER BRONZE MEDALS MEDALS MEDALS

The 44th WorldSkills UAE in 2017

GOLD SILVER BRONZE MEDALS MEDALS MEDALS

16 「ASEAN+3 HRD Forum」 in collaboration with WorldBank

- Haeundae, Busan from October 29 to 30 - Co-hosting with the World Bank - Discussing the themes of the future of work and human resource development, sharing Korea’s policy development experiences

2019 ASEAN +3 HRD Forum” co-host- in Skills Development in the Era of the 4th ed by the Ministry of Employment and Industrial Revolution’ by over 100 experts Labor(Minister: Lee Jae-gap) and the World from ASEAN member states and the plus Bank and organized by Human Resources 3 countries (China, Japan, Korea), interna- Development Service of Korea(President: tional organizations and policy makers. Kim Dong-man) was held in Haeundae, Bu- san(Westin Chosun Hotel) from October 29 On October 29, Philip B. O’Keefe, the prac- to 30. tice manager for Social Protection and There were presentations and discussions Jobs, East Asia and Pacific Region, World on the theme ‘The future of Work and Hu- Bank, delivered the keynote speech in the man Resource Development – Innovation theme ‘the world of changing work and

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social welfare’ about ‘types of work, the which will be adopted from next year to change of labor market and government’s support people’s lifelong vocational com- countermeasure’. petency development, was shared as an innovation case. At presentations for each theme, Julien ASEAN +3 HRD Forum has been held each Magnat, Skills and Emplyability Specialist year since 2013 to share Korea’s policy ex- at Asia-Pacific Office of International Labor periences and to activate international ex- Organization, discussed ‘the digital econ- changes under government’s new Southern omy and vocational competency devel- Policy, and its synergy effect is increased by opment strategy for the fourth industrial the cooperation with the World Bank. revolution’ in the theme ‘establishment of inclusive future through vocational compe- At the opening ceremony, Na Yeong-don, tency development’. the assistant minister for Employment There were also presentations and discus- Policy Office said “We will reinforce coop- sions on three themes of jobs of the fourth eration by sharing Korea’s policy experi- industrial revolution era and the future of ences with ASEAN countries.”, emphasizing human resources, innovation cases of vo- the reinforcement of social safety network cational competency development and and the establishment of lifelong vocation- application and analysis of competency de- al competency development system to velopment system. cope with the changing labor market in the Especially, a presentation about ‘2020 Na- fourth industrial revolution era. tional Learning Card Implementation Plan’,

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The 20th Anniversary Forum of Korea-China Vocational“ Training Exchange Cooperation ” Human Resources Development Service of making and skill instruction in the skill ex- Korea(President: Kim Dong-man) held ‘the amination field. 20th Anniversary Forum of Korea-China Vo- cational Training Exchange Cooperation’ In the forum, the two organizations shared with China Employment Training Technical exchange cooperation accomplishments in Instruction Center(CETTIC)* at The Plaza Ho- the vocational training field for the last 20 tel(Jung-gu, Seoul) on the 12th November. years and sought the future plan for improv- ing human resources development coopera- * This is an affiliated organization of Minis- tion. try of Human Resources and Social Security of the Government of the People’s Republic Human Resources Development Service of of China, and manages ▲public employ- Korea has supported the establishment of ment, ▲vocational training and ▲policy China Employment Training Technical In-

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struction Center in accordance with ‘Voca- - “We wish interest and support of Korea for tional Training Cooperation Project Imple- the success of Shanghai WorldSkills Compe- mentation Agreement’ signed between the tition 2021. Let’s reinforce cooperation in the Ministries of Labor of the two countries in whole fields of human resources develop- 1997, and has done cooperation activities ment beyond Skills Competition.” every year such as knowledge sharing and exchange of experts. ○ Lastly, Park Jong-gil, a professor of HRD Department at Korea University of Technol- Especially, Human Resources Development ogy and Education, made a presentation Service of Korea has supported Skills Com- on Korea’s vocational training system along petitions in China by ▲dispatching experts, with its meaning, development process and ▲inviting to Korea’s Skills Competitions and innovation plan. ▲teaching Skills Competition operation methods, and helped China to establish the -Professor Park said “Vocational Training will foundation for becoming a member of the cope with the changes of industrial structure International Skills Competition in 2010. in the fourth industrial revolution and labor market through the expansion of new tech- After sharing the accomplishments, they nology training opportunity, the support of discuss the improvement plan for human lifelong vocational competency develop- resources development collaboration, intro- ment and the improvement of infrastruc- duced Korea’s vocational training policies ture.” and made presentation on excellent cases. ○ Lee Woo-jin, the director of WorldSkills Kim Dong-man, the president of Human Competition TF department, mentioned Resources Development Service of Korea that China has become a power country of said “If we spread the cultivation system of skills in 10 years of joining the International skilled human resources by combining the Skills Competition membership and sug- expertise and strengths of the two countries, gested how to strengthen exchange and we can contribute to the economic growth cooperation between the two countries in of developing countries. We will enhance Skills Competition. human resources development cooperation with China Employment Training Technical ○ QIAN XIAO YAN, a vice-director of the Min- Instruction Center.” istry of Human Resources and Social Secu- rity who visited Korea representing China, expressed appreciation for the support of Human Resources Development Service of Korea from the construction of the center to the establishment of vocational training sys- tem and said

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2019 Capacity Building Partnership Program for Skills Training

Human Resources Development Ser- vice of Korea(President: Kim Dong-man) holds 2019 Capacity Building Partnership Teaching expertise of Program for Skills Training for 66 people Korea’s training to from 5 countries(Colombia, Costa Rica, Namibia, Zambia and Mongolia) from national team members the 2nd April to 30th June at four places and experts of including Global Institute For Transfer- “ ring Skills. WorldSkills Competition Aiming to create high performance at World Skills Competition held in Kazan, Russia in August, national team mem- bers and experts from Colombia, Cos- ta Rica, Namibia, Zambia and Mongolia learn the expertise of Korea’s training ” about 30 skills such as mechatronics. 21 HRD Korea 2019 Special English Edition The training is held at 4 places of Global ment in the Skills Competition of devel- Institute For Transferring Skills, Samsung oping countries.” Electronics (Suwon, Gyeonggi), Hyund- Meanwhile, Human Resources Devel- ai Automobiles (Dongjak-gu, Seoul) and opment Service of Korea gathered big Hyundai Heavy Industries (Dong-gu, Ul- attention of developing countries by san) divided by each skill. successfully supporting National Skills Competition of Namibia in cooperation The invited participants receive training with UNESCO in 2016, and last year, Glob- in the same environment and condition as al Institute For Transferring Skills, an affil- Korean national team members, and the iated institute, was designated as the first experts learn how to instruct competitors Capacity Building Center by World Skills and how to operate competitons. International(WSI). On April 3, they attended ‘National Skills Competition 2019’ held in 17 cities and have an opportunity to experience the field directly.

The President Kim Dong-man said “Korea, which was transformed from a recipient country into a donor country, is a good ex- ample for latecomers. It will be a chance to enhance Korea’s international status in the human resources development field by supporting the Competency develop-

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Training of Oman Members for WorldSkills Kazan 2019

- Conduct a joint training with Oman and Korean national team members preparing for WorldSkills Kazan 2019 which will be held in August

-The Korea-Oman Workshop on Skills Competition was held on March 31th for network enhancement and prior consultation for invitation training.

HRDKorea (President Kim Dong-man) invites the competitors and experts from Oman national skills competition team from July 1 to 12, and conducts a joint training in preparation for WorldSkills Ka- zan 2019.

The Oman government will be responsible for the total cost of training in Korea. The training will be conducted for 21 people in 10 skills such as Network Cabling, Automo- bile Technology, and Electronics at GIFTS, Hyundai Automobile Seoul global learning center, Samsung Electronics, etc. Through this joint training, the two countries are aiming at strengthening competency through competing in good faith in the environment similar to the WorldSkills competition and shar- ing information on skills so that they would obtain excellent results. The 45th WorldSkills Kazan 2019 will be held from August 22 to 27 for six days. Korea will par- ticipate in 47 out of 56 skills and send 52 competitors. Korean national team members have been preparing for the competition by strengthening training, domestic and overseas training to improve adaptability, and joint training with invit- ed national competitors from other countries since this February. Kim Dong-man, the president of HRDKorea, said, “This invitation training counts for spreading the excellent model of Korean Skills Competition to the GCC such as Oman. It will be a bridge- head for Korean experts to advance abroad.”

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Consultation of HRDKorea’s on 2nd National Skills Competition in Costa Rica

GIFTS to the HRDKorea performed operation consulting for the 2nd Costa Rica National Skills Competition regarding the establishment of skills competition system from November 25(Mon) to 29(Fri), 2019 at San Carlos, Costa Rica.

This consulting consisted of attending major events of Costa Rica National Skills Competition such as ceremonies and post evaluation meeting, providing operation consulting for each skill including process, task development, etc. and transferring skills for capacity building.

When the 1st Costa Rica National Skills Competition was held in 2018, HRDKorea supported IT network system administration and web technologies, which are the national strategic in- dustries. At this 2nd National Skills Competition, 4 skills of cabinetmaking, refrigeration and air condition- ing, automobile technology and construction metal work were added. HRDKorea dispatched Korean experts for all skills as chief experts and supported the competition’s operation.

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In addition, consulting for experts contest through measurement of instructors’ skills im- provement and interview was done along with technical descriptions and task development, so that skills competitions can be held in the country.

Hong Je-yong, executive director of GIFTS, emphasized at the congratulatory message of opening ceremony that thanks to friendly human interchange between Korea and Costa Rica, not only is the system of skills competition established but also the cooperation relationship of both institutions is reinforced in various fields. He also requested to donate the Spanish version of technical descriptions which would be completed by this consulting, to Costa Rica National Training Institute(INA) for the development of skills competition.

Costa Rica will benchmark Korea’s skills competition system and hold the contest among high- ranked winners of 2019 and 2020 to select final competitors for WorldSkills Shanghai 2021.

HRDKorea invited Costa Rican instructors of 7 skills and conducted a capacity building pro- gram at training facilities such as GIFTS from April to June of 2019. As a result, they have won an medallion for excellence for the first time since they first participated in WorldSkills in 2015. The performance of Diego, the technician of IT network system administration who earned the best result in Costa Rican history, was introduced to Costa Ricans as an excellent case, contributing to forming positive image about TVET.

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Hosting ‘The 13th Human Resources Development Conference’

- For 2 days from September 9(Mon)~10(Tue) at COEX Grand Ballroom - Over 30 useful lectures including keynote address and simultaneous lectures of each subject - Lee Jeong-dong(professor of Seoul National Uni- versity) and Sophie Viger (Principal of ECOLE 42) present the plan for fostering future talents

The Ministry of Employment and Labor(Min- man resource development to create future ister: Lee Jae-gab) and Human Resources value’. In particular, Lee Jung-dong, a pro- Development Service of Korea(President: fessor of Seoul National University, started Kim Dong-man) held ｢The 13th Human Re- the conference on September 9 with a key- source Development Conference｣ at COEX note address titled “The way of master, the as a part of ‘The Month of Vocational Com- growth organization, and the learning soci- petency’ event from September 9(Mon) ety”. On September 10(Tue), Sophie Viger, to 10(Tue). This event, which boasts Asia’s a principal of ECOLE 42, who is famous for biggest dimension in the field of human re- implementing IT innovative education fo- source development, presented opportu- cusing on team projects with no instructor, nities of various exchanges such as keynote textbook or tuition, gave a keynote address address(3), simultaneous lectures(24) and on the methods of fostering new talents that specialists’ debate(1) with the theme of ‘Hu- respond to the fourth industrial revolution.

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In addition, there were various lectures on * ‘The way how NAVER works’(Naver), ‘Wo-Ri- five subjects-①education‧training, ②do- Bael in the era of 52 hours per week’(Woowa- mestic and overseas’s latest trend ③good han Brothers Corp) cases of private companies ④employ- ment‧assignment‧compensation ⑤good Na Yeong-don, a employment policy direc- cases of public sectors- that can attract in- tor of the Ministry of Employment and Labor terest of companies’ human resources man- who joined the opening ceremony, said “The agers and students. This year, the lectures driving force of innovative growth is ‘human’, on public part related subjects were pre- so investing humans is more important than pared to share excellent cases of the plan of any other times. We would like to seek new government for nurturing talent and public directions of nurturing future talent through institutions’ human resource development, high quality lectures that embrace the latest providing valuable time for communication trend of the academic and the field.” between the government and the private. During ｢The 13th Human Resource Develop- ment Conference｣, ‘the system of 52 hours This event enhanced the convenience of au- per week related special forum’ was also diences by using QR code not only for the held for the presentation of excellent cases* guidance of admission but also for sharing regarding companies’ education‧training lecture data. For more information about strategy according to the reduction of work- lectures, go to the official Nuri book(http:// ing hours and the discussion of experts in ac- conference.hrd-festival.org/) ademic and labor fields.

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Closing 2019 Busan The 54th National Skills Competition

- Gyeonggi-do takes the first place with 8 gold medals, 10 silver medals and 17 bronze medals followed by Gyeongsangbuk-do-the second place and -the third place -Kim Baek-jun(18 years old, male, Busan National Mechanical Technical High School), who is a Busan team member in the skill of electronics, received a presidential award, the best honor. - Seo Min-hyeok(19, male, Naju Technical High School), who is Jeollanam-do team mem- ber in the skill of mechanical engineering CAD, received a prime minister award.

Gyeonggi-do took the first place at ‘2019 Busan The 54th National Skills Competition’. This national skills competition hosted by the Ministry of Employment and Labor, City of Busan and Busan Metropolitan City Office of Education and conducted by Human Resources Devel- opment Service of Korea finished the 8 days of competitions with the awards ceremony held at BEXCO Auditorium(Haeundae-gu, Busan) on October 11. In the competitions of this year held at 6 places including BEXCO from the 4th to the 11th, 1,847 competitors from 17 cities and provinces participated in 50 skills and carried on a spirited competition. Gyeonggi-do gained 1743.5 points of the overall score by winning 8 gold medals, 10 silver medals and 17

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bronze medals. Gyeonggi-do has regained the first place in two years since the 52th competi- tions in 2017. Gyeongsangbuk-do and Daegu Metropolitan City took the second and the third place respectively. At the awards ceremony, Lim Seo-jeong, the vice-minister of the Ministry of Employment and Labor, participated and gave the presidential award and prime minister award, and cited exemplary instructors who made efforts on training technicians, along with a congratulatory message.

The presidential award given to a contestant who gained the highest score went to Kim Baek- jun(18 years old, male, Busan National Mechanical Technical High School), who is a Busan team member in the skill of electronics, and the prime minister award went to Seo Min-hy- eok(19, male, Naju Technical High School), who is Jeollanam-do team member in the skill of mechanical engineering CAD. Those who won gold medals are given 12 million won of prize money and Minister of Employment and Labor award, and those who won silver medals and bronze medals receive 8 million won and 4 million won of prize money respectively, along with the chairman award.

The Gold Tower given to an institution that has the most medalists went to Busan Nation- al Mechanical Technical High School(Busan Metropolitan City) that won 4 gold, 1 silver and 4 bronze medals. The school was given 3 million won of prize money along with the chair- man award. The Silver Tower went to Kumoh Technical High School(Gyeongsangbuk-do) and Tech Mech High School(Gangwon-do), and the Bronze Tower went to Silla Tech- nical High School(Gyeongsangbuk-do), Ansan Technical High School(Gyeonggi-do) and Gyeo- ngbuk Machinery Technical High School(Daegu Metropolitan City).

At the technical skills encouragement sponsorship delivery ceremony before the awards cer- emony, Samsung Skills Competition Service Bureau delivered sponsorship funds to Lim Seo- jeong, the vice-minister of the Ministry of Employment and Labor.

Kim Dong-man, the president of Human Resources Development Service of Korea who was the chairman of the competitions, said “The contestants who showed their skills fully are the biggest accomplishment and pride of this year’s competition. We will aggressively support for these young skilled people to grow to be excellent technicians and to perform their skills in the world stage.” The results can be checked at meis- ter.hrdkorea.or.kr, and the 55th Nation- al Skills Competition will be held in Jeolla- buk-do in 2020.

29 Organizing ‘Seoul Career Vision 2019’

- “Seoul Career Vision 2019” is held at COEX from May 31 to June 1 - 184 Companies from 15 Countries Participate, From Field Interviews to Consulting and Recruitment Fair

The Ministry of Employment and Labor(Min- raised. ister: Lee Jae-gab), the Korea Trade-Invest- ment Promotion Agency(President: Gwon ‘Seoul Career Vision 2019’ is the biggest Pyeong-o) and Human Resources Devel- overseas job fair held to enable the youth to opment Service of Korea(President: Kim access job interviews, who have relatively Dong-man) held ‘Seoul Career Vision 2019’ less job interview opportunities with over- at COEX, Seoul from May 31 to June 1 to sup- seas companies. The number of people who port overseas employment of the youth. were employed through this job fair is 226 in 2017 and 123 in 2018(as of May). As the number of the youth who have many In this event in the first half of 2019, 184 com- overseas experiences such as volunteer panies from 15 countries participate, and the work, internship and travel increases recent- number of recruiting is 1,121. ly, many of them want to have jobs in foreign countries. By country, 115 companies are from Japan, which is the highest ratio, followed by 22 The Ministry of Employment and Labor companies from North America, 21 compa- not only has increased the quantity of their nies from Asia and China, and 11 companies overseas employment support projects, but from Europe. also has concentrated on the qualitative im- The best features of ‘Seoul Career Vision provement of jobs overseas. 2019’ is to screen participating companies As a result, the number of overseas employ- strictly and to give prior education to job ees has increased, along with their average seekers. wages, and the ratio of employment in pro- Companies wishing to participate in the event fessional and management jobs has also are accepted only by posting a job opening

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in the Overseas Integrated Information Net- mestic employment, it is important to make work(World Job Plus) and receiving more a clear decision on the country and job type than 15 resumes from job seekers. Then se- with a sense of purpose and direction. We will lected companies choose onsite interviewees actively provide information about overseas through preliminary document screening. employment conditions and job openings for the youth not to have difficulty in the process Job seekers receive education on employ- of employment. We will also reinforce the ment strategies and interview skills at the re- collaboration with other countries, so that cruitment fair. we can discover superior industry fields with Those who pass preliminary document overseas employment available, and that the screening can have job interviews by visiting youth can advance better employment.” the relevant company booth at the appointed He also said “We will strengthen follow-up time, and those who doesn’t do pre-registra- management by increasing the number of tion can apply at the site and have interviews resettlement aid beneficiaries and operating when the companies they want to apply are a career management system so that global available. experiences can lead to domestic employ- ment.” There are also a global company recruitment fair, strategies on job trend and visa acquisi- Meanwhile, the Ministry of Employment and tion, and consultation session. Labor is planning to provide practical infor- Especially on day 2(June 1st), there will be mation and services that the youth can di- presentations of jobs specialized in each rectly feel by government transformation country such as the game industry in Finland, that reinforces the collaboration with various specialized jobs in New Zealand and teaching government departments and public institu- occupation in Canada, which are promising tions. new fields. For further information about ‘Seoul Career The governments of Finland and Korea are Vision 2019’, please visit ‘worldjob.or.kr’ or planning to collaborate to support the tal- ‘globalfair.or.kr’. ented youth from Korea to enter Finland’s su- perior industries such as the game and ship- building design industries. Regarding this, 8 Finnish companies partici- pate in this event and intend to hire 35 young talents.

New Zealand introduces the employment strategies for 10 job types that issue special work visa to 200 people in accordance with the Korea-New Zealand Free Trade Agree- ment of 2015. In addition, Canada provides information on French teachers, which is a promising job due to the increasing demand recently.

The vice-minister Lim Seo-jeong said “Since overseas employment is not as easy as do-

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Accomplishment Contest by Industrial Skills Council

- Hosting ISC Korea Job Fair with competent companies in each industry at the same time.

The Ministry of Employment and Labor(Min- and job seekers for the first time since ISC ister: Lee Jae-gap) and Human Resources was established. Development Service of Korea (President: Kim Dong-man) held ‘Accomplishment Con- ISC is a representative industrial organiza- test 2019 of Industrial Skills Council(ISC)’ tion organized with associations and groups and ‘ISC Korea Job Fair’ on November 5(Tue) of each industry, companies and labor or- at 10 am. ganizations in order to switch the supplier based vocational training delivery system In this event, Human Resources Develop- into the demander based one. ment Service of Korea, the Korea Research As of the end of October, 2019, 482 associ- Institute for Vocational Education and Train- ations, organizations and companies partic- ing(supporting center of Industrial Skills ipate in 17 ISCs and represent about 60% of Council), 17 Industrial Skills Councils and the whole industry range(based on subdivi- related companies participated, discovered sion of National Competency Standard). and selected excellent cases of ISC in 2019, spread them to the whole industrial world, and held job fairs that match the equilibrium of demand and supply between companies

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What is Industrial Skills Council?

Significanc

Industrial Skills Council(ISC) is a representative industrial organization organized with associations and groups of each industry, companies and labor organizations. It is operated by representative organizations of each in- dustrial field to enhance the effectiveness of human resources development and the sense of realism in work- places by the vocational training with the demands of industrial and company fields.

Current Situation Total 17 ISCs are established(13 in 2015, 4 in 2016) to represent about 60% of the whole industry range. *As of the end of April, 2019, based on subdivision of NSC(National Competency Standard)

Information, Business design, technology management, financial, shipbuilding, consultation cultural tourism, food service construction marine business accounting, insurance contents leisure management office industry

fabric electric broadcasting, machine root material chemistry manufacturing, energy electronics communication fashion resource technology

Major tasks and accomplishments *Accomplishment are based as of the end of 2018.

Industrial manpower Implementing Publishing issue reports research & analysis autonomous plans

Comprehending economic trends Publishing issue reports that cover hu- Independently planning and such as each industry’s new tech- man resources development related implementing human resources nology development and large issues such as the latest information development related projects with scale investment and analyzing field and trend of industrial world relevant industry’s characteristics manpower demands through data reflected in addition to NCS and Published 34 issue reports research of human resources supply Work-learning Dual System training Distributed 48,283 copies situation process development Issued 47 Industrial Manpower Situa- Implementing 118 autonomous plans tion Reports Distributed 26,858 copies

NSC development NCS company- Supporting & improvement utilizing consulting Work-Learning Dual System

Developing and continuously Supporting customized consultation Inducing companies with high tech- improving NCS for promising fields for mid-sized firms and small and nical skills and high human resources or new jobs in order to reflect the medium sized companies to employ development intention to participate change of the paradigm of industrial based on ability and to train employ- in work-learning dual system and world timely. ees based on NCS supporting relevant training program development and operation 150 cases of NCS development 1,887 cases of consultation 475 cases of NCS improvement 855 cases of company discovery 790 cases of company selection 1,795 cases of training process development

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The Accomplishment Contest of ISC that be- employment consultation and field job - in comes the second year in this year reinforces terviews at their own booths. There were roles and functions of ISC by discovering and also service booths for employment support spreading excellent cases and enhances em- such as AI job interview experience, AI cover ployees’ self-esteem and job commitment. letter consultation(consulted by ISC), occu- This year, 25 excellent cases were registered. pational psychology test and image making Among them, 8 excellent cases that entered instruction(by image making coach). the Accomplishment Contest , which is the final evaluation process, will be given the Jang Sin-cheol, the director of Occupational Minister of Employment and Labor award(1 Competency Policy Bureau, said “The roles case) and Human Resources Development and functions of ISC established to close the Service of Korea President award(7 cases). gap between education training field and in- dustrial field are getting more important. ISC Meanwhile, in this event, the first job fair for should play a role in establishing human re- each industry was held led by ISC and relat- sources development system and improving ed companies. employment ecology with the demand of From 10 am to 5 pm, 30 competent com- companies and industrial world reflected. “ panies from 17 industrial fields conducted

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Discussion on Overseas Expansion of Youth in the Digital Nomad Era

- Human Resources Development Service of Korea co-hosts a congressional debate with Environment and Labor Committee members of 3 of the gov- ernment party and the opposition party.

A debate was held on the 21st at National discussed ways to vitalize youth’s overseas Assembly Member’s Office Building(Yeo- employment. ngdeungpo-gu, Seoul), co-hosted by Song In this event, Lee Yeon-bok, who is a Vice Ok-ju(Democratic Party of Korea), Moon President for Foreign Workforce and Global Jin-guk(Liberty Korea Party) and Lee Employment of Human Resources Develop- Sang-don(BAREUNMIRAE Party), who are ment Service of Korea, Lee Jin-sang, who is a congressional members of Environment professor of the State University of New York and Labor Committee, and conducted by Korea, and Kim Guk-hyeon, who is a presi- Human Resources Development Service of dent of Editoy, made presentations on the Korea(President- Kim Dong-man). current situation and direction of manpow- er movement, fostering overseas youth ex- In the debate, they researched the change perts: focusing on new areas, and digital no- of labor market in the digital nomad era and mad world that becomes real, respectively.

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Lee Yeon-bok said by quoting the data of Network. They reviewed the government’s UN and Asian Development Bank “As man- overseas employment support projects and power inflow to rising Asian countries with discussed future directions. high growth rate rapidly increases, the axis of economic growth is moving. It is neces- Kim Dong-man, a president of Human Re- sary to foster regional experts for going into sources Development Service of Korea, said ASEAN countries in the long term.” “The development of information technol- ogy, which is a representative feature of the Professor Lee Jin-sang said “Korea should fourth industrial revolution, has a great ef- expand development cooperation for each fect on the change of global employment industrial field with rising countries whose market. We will reflect the subjects drawn high economic growth is expected by using today in the field actively and will try to pro- human resources for Korea’s sustainable vide better quality services to youth that growth.”, emphasizing on the necessity of prepare for overseas employment.” fostering regional experts. Inquiry: Jeong Hye-jin, Overseas Employ- Meanwhile, Kim Guk-hyeon explained the ment Planning Department (052-714-8606) definition of ‘digital nomad’ and the effects of the development of information technol- ogy and digital devices on the employment market through each country’s cases along with effective counterplans.

In the comprehensive debate session led by Song Ha-jung, a professor of Kyunghee Uni- versity, the presentation details were sum- marized and each panel’s suggestions were made. The panels were Lee Sang-im, who is a manager of Youth Employment Support Division of Ministry of Employment and Labor, Jeong Mun-ju, who is a director of policy headquarters of the Federation of Korea Trade Unions, and Jeong Cho-won, who is a researcher of Welfare State Youth

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‘on the job training’ where you can learn at work Work-Learning Dual System

Work-Learning Dual System, which started in Germany and Switzerland, was introduced to Korea in 2014 for the first time after it was designed for Korea’s situation. As of March of 2019, 81,998 learning workers participated in this system. At first, a majority of participants were machine and IT workers, but the participation rate is gradually getting higher in various fields such as business management and accounting, health and medical treatment, food process- ing and business sales.

Present Condition of Participation(cumulative)

Learning workers Learning companies

/

Participation rate of each industry

Machine (robot)

Others

Electrical and Electronics

Information Technology Business management, accounting, administration Material

Chemical

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Strengths of Work-Learning Dual System

A CEO A learning Instructor of of company worker company field Fusion Design SMG One N C

While witnessing learning I learned how to operate If instructors make an effort workers grow, I realized the machines while working on to believe learning workers importance of systemic field machine processing through will be an essential talent for training. Work-Learning Dual Work-Learning Dual System. the company in 2 or 3 years, System has become a new I felt like I was learning living Work-Learning Dual System foundation that fosters tal- knowledge. will be a must-have system ents for companies. for small and medium-sized business.

“Learning workers’ job performances are greatly improved by the human resources training system through Work-Learning Dual System!”

Participation type

Unitech College

IPP(Industry Professional Practice) Employee

Apprenticeship schools

Effects of Work-Learning Dual System

Source: Work-Learning Dual System Performance Management Research Project 2018, Korea Research Institute for Vocational Job performance compared to experienced workers Education & Training

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The 15th Anniversary of Employment Permit System

Become a core human resource for small and medium-sized enterprises in Korea

Become a core human resource for small and medium-sized enterprises in Korea The 15th Anniversary of Employment Permit System

Employment Permit System(EPS) for foreigners marks the 15th anniversary. Human Resources Developmetnt Service of Korea has helped foreign workers to become core human resources in Korea. Human Resources Development Service of Korea, which was selected as an imple- menting agency of EPS-TOPIK in 2006, adopted the point-based selection system that generally evalu- ates Korean language ability, skills and vocational ability in 2015 and implemented EPS field consulting demonstration project in 2018, contributing to employment stability of small and medium-sized enterprises in Korea.

Human Resources Development Service of Korea that leads employment stability and support difficulties Since 2004, when employment permit system(EPS) was implemented, Human Resources Develop- ment Service of Korea has taken the lead in domestic small and medium-sized enterprises’ employ- ment stability, productivity improvement and support difficulties by legally selecting and admitting foreign workers.

countries

Foreign workers The number of people who The number of people of being sending countries took the EPS-TOPIK in 2018 supported in business fields in 2018

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The number of foreign Reduced time of admitting workers in Korea in foreign human resources Days As of the end of August, 2019, Human Resources Development the number of foreigners in Korea Service of Korea innovatively re- is 2,420,198, and 590,815(24.41%) duced the time between issuing are foreign workers. work permit and arriving at Korea from 95 days in 2005 to 56.1 days in 2018. Days

Classifying foreign Human Resources Development Service of Korea conducts workers by types of visa ‘foreign employment support’ that focuses on non-professional workers.

General non-professional foreign workers(E-9)

Non-professional visiting employees(H-2)

Professional workers

Short-term employment, etc.

Current situation of admitting foreign workers(E-9, H-2) The number of foreign workers that have worked in Korea since Employment Permit System EPS was implemented is about 1,450,000. 7,095 in 2004/ 182,391 in 2008/ 81,182 in 2018 Cumulative number from 2004 to 2018

76.5% of general foreign workers(E-9) engaging in manufacturing industry

Manufacturing Agriculture and Fishing industry stockbreeding

Construction Service Others Total number of stayers

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Human Resources suitable for the Needs of Regional Industries

Foster Field Oriented Human Resource By Listening to Regional Industries Labor training project customized to the region and industry

Skills development project customized to the local and industry is to foster workforce needed for local SMEs through the demand survey by the 16 Regional Council(RSC). RSC surveys on supply and demand of training, and based on the analysis, the joint training centers execute SMEs employees’ competency improvement training and the prospective employees’ training.

Demand survey Screening and and analysis Establishment approval of Implementing of regional human of agreement human resource training: resource development plans Human Resources Training institutions, Joint training Regional Council Development companies Service of Korea centers

The joint training centers are selected after RSCs select regional centers, and Human Resources De- velopment Service of Korea screens each region’s general plan of human resource development and decides the scale of workforce project and support amount for the joint training centers.

In 2019, there will be 147 prospective employees’ training courses at 69 joint training centers, and 1,113 courses for SMEs employees’ competency improvement trainings, so total 1,260 courses will be operat- ed. The ratio of training on machine, electrical electronics and information communication is approx- imately 57%(720 courses). Most of all, in order to nurture human resource who will lead the era of the fourth industrial revolution, the smart factory training is expanded in labor training project customized to the region and industry to improve manufacturing productivity and strengthen competitiveness by running new technology and convergence course and future strategic business course.

There is also an ICT training course aimed at middle-aged people over 45 years old who are not familiar with ICT. A total of 1,327 persons took the course in 2018, and the course continue to reach 2,000 train- ees in 2019.

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Regional Joint Training Centers 2019(69)

Gyeonggi Seoul Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry Gyeonggi Human Resources Development Institute, Seoul Institute of Technology & Education- Dongbu Gyeonggido Business & Science Accelerator, Seoul Institute of Technology & Education- Bukbu Aju University, Osan University, Seoul Institute of Technology & Education- Jungbu Korea Polytechnics University , Myongji College, Korea Polytechnics University Jeongsu Korea Polytechnics University Hwaseong

Incheon Gangwon Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry Incheon Human Resources Development Institute, Gangwon Human Resources Development Institute, Inha University, Korea Polytechnics University , Korea Polytechnics University Namincheon, Korea Polytechnics University Chuncheon, Korea Polytechnics University Incheon, Korea Polytechnics University Incheon University

Chungbuk Daejon·Sejong Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry Chungbuk Human Resources Development Institute Korea Poly- Daejeon University, technics University , Daedeok University, Hanbat University, Korea Polytechnics University , Daejeon Health Institute of Technology, Chungbuk University, Korea University Sejong Campus Korea National University of Transportation, Chungbuk Industry University Cooperation Institute Jeonbuk Geonyang University, Korea Chamber Gyeongbuk of Commerce and Industry Chungnam Human Resources Development Institute, Korea Polytechnics University , Korea Association of Machinery Industry, Korea Polytechnics University Gumi, Korea University of Technology and Education, Catholic Sangji College Chungnam Techno Park, Chungnam Institute of Industry University Convergence Daegu Daegu Gyeongbuk Design CENTER, Daegu Digital Industry Promotion Agency, Jeonbuk Daegu Gyeongbuk Machinery Cooperative, Korea Chamber of Commerce and Korea Polytechnics University Daegu Industry Jeonbuk Human Resources Development Institute, CAMPTIC, Korea Polytechnics University , Korea Polytechnics University Ulsan

Ulsan College, Korea Polytechnics University Ulsan

Gwangju Honam Vocational Training Institute, Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry Busan Gwangju Human Resources Korea Chamber of Commerce and Development Institute, Industry Busan Human Resources Korea Polytechnics University Gwangju Jeonnam Development Institute, Bugyeong University, Busan Design Center, University, Korea Polytechnics University Busan, Korea Polytechnics University Mokpo, Korea Maritime and Ocean University Korea Polytechnics University , Jeonnam University Yeosu Campus Gyeongnam Gyeongnam University, Inje University, Korea Polytechnics University , Jeju Korea Polytechnics University Jeju Tourism University, Cheju Halla University, 42 Korea Polytechnics University Jeju