“It’s difficult to find a job”…Half of young people are “unemployed” in South Korea

In South Korea, it has been revealed that ``one in two young people (15 to 29 years old) is not economically active.'' As the percentage of young people having difficulty finding the job they want is increasing.
It has been pointed out that ``employment conditions should be improved so that the ``walls'' that prevent people from finding employment are eliminated.'' Published by the Korean Employers Association on the 25th.
According to the “2018-2022 Economically Inactive Youth Population Main Characteristics and Implications” report, one in two young people (15-29 years old) is economically inactive.
Something was investigated. The average number of economically inactive youth in the five years from 2018 to 2022 was more than 4,621,000, and their proportion of the total youth population reached 52.1% on average.
are doing. Among young people's reasons for not participating in economic activities, ``attending a formal educational institution'' was the most common reason, ranging from 67.7% to 72.7% over the five-year period. Also, the number of respondents who answered “I took a break” was 3 last year.
There are 82,000 people, and the percentage is 6.6% in 2018, 7.9% in 2019, 9.8% in 2020, 9.8% in 2021, and 8.9% in 2022, which is an overall trend of increase.
In particular, the most common reason for ``taking a break'' was ``It was difficult to find the job I wanted.'' This means that the productive population (15 to 64 years old) is
This is a big difference from the main reason given for ``I had no serious illness or disability, but I was not feeling well.''
In addition, young people in non-economic activities consider ``their aptitude and major'' when looking for a job.
I realized what I thought was the most important thing. Choi Yun-hee, head of the ESG team at the Korea Employers' Association, said, ``We will strengthen work training so that young people can gain work experience appropriate to their majors, and encourage private-sector initiatives.''
``We should implement proactive employment policies that expand employment support service businesses.'' ``We should also increase the ability of companies to create jobs and eliminate excessive ``obstructions'' in the labor market.''
Measures must be taken at the same time to eliminate the 'wall' and lower the hurdles to employment."