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Lee urges students to eye challenging jobs at small businesses
By Yoo Cheong-mo
SEOUL, Dec. 11 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Myung-bak on Thursday asked young job seekers to take up challenging career opportunities at small and medium-sized companies, instead of only seeking stable jobs in the public sector or at large conglomerates.
Meeting with young industrial trainees at a vocational training center in
Incheon, west of Seoul, Lee said his government will put policy priority on
creating more job opportunities for young people. The president also stressed the
need to introduce the concept of a lifelong employment system, citing the
nation's rising life expectancy.
"The eventual goal of a state is to create jobs. The government has various
policies to implement and the most important of them is the job creation," said
Lee.
"I wish young people like you would not be afraid of choosing small and
medium-sized companies. Big conglomerates offer you relatively lesser
opportunities to achieve your dream. At small businesses, you can fully display
your capabilities," Lee said.
The president then said that college students' growing enthusiasm for stable
government posts would dim the outlook for the nation's future.
"I heard that seven out of 10 college students wish to land civil servant jobs.
If almost all college students wish to become civil servants, what will become of
the nation? Science and technology are also important for the nation to become an
advanced nation," Lee said.
President Lee has repeatedly instructed his Cabinet to pay greater attention to
the problem of youth unemployment, saying the economic downturn is feared to
inflict particular pain on young people.
Lee said last week that his government will send upwards of 160,000 young South
Koreans abroad for occupational training and volunteer services over the next
five years as part of efforts to ease unemployment among the nation's youth.
The president also vowed to encourage public institutions and small- and
medium-sized enterprises to temporarily hire young college graduates as interns
to help them prepare for full-time jobs in the future.
SEOUL, Dec. 11 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Myung-bak on Thursday asked young job seekers to take up challenging career opportunities at small and medium-sized companies, instead of only seeking stable jobs in the public sector or at large conglomerates.
Meeting with young industrial trainees at a vocational training center in
Incheon, west of Seoul, Lee said his government will put policy priority on
creating more job opportunities for young people. The president also stressed the
need to introduce the concept of a lifelong employment system, citing the
nation's rising life expectancy.
"The eventual goal of a state is to create jobs. The government has various
policies to implement and the most important of them is the job creation," said
Lee.
"I wish young people like you would not be afraid of choosing small and
medium-sized companies. Big conglomerates offer you relatively lesser
opportunities to achieve your dream. At small businesses, you can fully display
your capabilities," Lee said.
The president then said that college students' growing enthusiasm for stable
government posts would dim the outlook for the nation's future.
"I heard that seven out of 10 college students wish to land civil servant jobs.
If almost all college students wish to become civil servants, what will become of
the nation? Science and technology are also important for the nation to become an
advanced nation," Lee said.
President Lee has repeatedly instructed his Cabinet to pay greater attention to
the problem of youth unemployment, saying the economic downturn is feared to
inflict particular pain on young people.
Lee said last week that his government will send upwards of 160,000 young South
Koreans abroad for occupational training and volunteer services over the next
five years as part of efforts to ease unemployment among the nation's youth.
The president also vowed to encourage public institutions and small- and
medium-sized enterprises to temporarily hire young college graduates as interns
to help them prepare for full-time jobs in the future.
