Aklanon youth urged to apply in South Korea

KALIBO, Aklan- The South Korean embassy based in Manila has urged Aklanon youth to apply for jobs in their country.

Kim Yeonhong, country director of the EPS Center Manila Office, said that available jobs were coming from the manufacturing, fisheries, and agriculture fields.

Yeonhong was at the Sangguniang Panlalawigan Session Hall on Friday to meet with the 17 local executives in Aklan to orient them with the job opportunities for their constituents in South Korea.

Baek SeongBeom, Secretary General of the Korea Foreign Worker Support Center, and Lee TaeJin, Director of the Korean Culture Copyright Protection Agency, Manila Office, joined him.

“We are building a database for applicants, and the employers could take a look at the lists.” If the employer is interested, he will contact us for the necessary coordination, and we will then contact the chosen applicants to request additional documents if necessary. “He will then be prepared for medical checkups, training, and processing visa applications,” he said.

According to the EPS, the average salary in South Korea’s manufacturing sector reaches P112,000, including overtime pay.

Marsh Bernabe, the PESO head in Aklan, said that South Korea has identified the province as one of the identified sites for briefing because they have seen how Akeanon young people work.

Aklanons from 18 to 38 years of age were encouraged to submit their biodata to the EPS.

“Many young Akeanons had worked well with some South Korean companies in the tourism sector in Boracay.” “We are thankful for this opportunity,” he added.

Libacao Mayor Charito Navarosa said that he will surely urge his constituents to take advantage of this prodding from South Korea. “Many of my constituents in the past, because of poverty, have attempted to work abroad illegally.”

Some of them have to endure hardships, albeit illegally, just to work abroad. Here comes the call for South Koreans who promise legal work abroad and a high salary. “This also helps our town economically as a third-class municipality, as surely they will be sending their remittances to their relatives here,” he said. Allan Angelo Quimpo, the president of the Northwestern Visayan College, said that they are also working with the government of the Aklan province to set up a training center for jobs in South Korea.