It was found that the number of people trained at the 'K-New Deal Academy', where the government joins hands with large corporations to provide job training opportunities to young people, is less than half of the target.
With many of the participating companies unable to meet the number of people planned, and with the government deciding to increase next year's project budget by nearly five times this year's, it is pointed out that effectiveness should be checked before expanding the project.
According to data received from the Ministry of Employment and Labor by Park Soo-min, a People Power Party member of the Climate, Energy, Environment and Labor Committee of the National Assembly on the 13th, the number of people actually taking this year's K-New Deal Academy training as of the 15th of last month was 4,249.
This is less than half of the government's target of 10,000 people trained at this year's K-New Deal Academy.
This discrepancy occurred because many of the 50 companies participating in this project recruited far fewer actual people than the originally allocated number of people.
Samsung Group said it would recruit 1,000 people through the 'Youth Hope Learning Center' program, which provides job training in jobs with high employment demand such as electronics and IT manufacturing engineers, joint refrigeration engineers, and ship manufacturing engineers, but actually recruited 665 people, and the number of people trained was 428 in the middle of last month.
LG Electronics also established 'Let's Grow with LG Electronics', which trains practical talent in future industries such as smart factory, artificial intelligence conversion (AX), and digital marketing. However, it recruited only 230 people, half of the 420 assigned, and 192 of them are in training.
Adobe Systems Korea's planned number of people was 300, but the number of people recruited was only 90, which was only one-third, and the actual number of people trained was even less, 54.
Microsoft Korea has recruited 40 people, or 20% of the planned number of 200, and 19 people are receiving training.
Only 27 out of 50 companies recruited trainees according to the plan submitted to the government.
SK Hynix (planned number of people: 300 people), Doosan Robotics (70 people), and CJ OliveNetworks (120 people) are preparing to open training courses from this month to next month, so the number of people trained was counted as 0.
However, Korea Power Exchange (150 people) and Oracle Korea (180 people) are still in discussions with the Ministry of Labor about opening courses, and the opening schedule has not been confirmed.
The K-New Deal Academy is a project led by large corporations preferred by young people to design and provide job competency development training programs in specialized corporate fields. The government pays training fees and training allowances to participating companies and young people.
The government invested 98.8 billion won in the supplementary budget with the goal of having 10,000 people participate in this project this year. They then increased the related budget by nearly five times to 489.5 billion won, saying they would increase the scale of the project to 50,000 people next year.
However, as the number of participants in the first year appears to be less than half, criticism is being raised that next year's project budget may be over-allocated compared to effectiveness.
Furthermore, although the purpose of the project is to select young people who are vulnerable to employment first and provide vocational training that can be utilized by large companies, it has not been found whether companies are actually selecting young people who are vulnerable to employment, such as 'relaxed youth', first.
In response to Rep. Park's question about whether the Ministry of Labor applied preferential standards for young people who are vulnerable to employment during the training process, the K-New Deal Academy responded, "The K-New Deal Academy 'recommends' that companies voluntarily recruit and select participants and give preferential treatment to young people who are vulnerable to employment," and added, "It is unknown whether companies actually applied the preferential standards for young people who are vulnerable to employment."
Rep. Park Soo-min said, “What young people need is not a budget expansion for show, but actual employment opportunities,” and added, “Before expanding the project, the government must first establish a system that can verify whether opportunities are provided to young people who need support and lead to actual employment.”
[Table] Status of academy youth recruitment and operation by company (as of September 15)
Number Company Name Academy Name Number of Planned Persons Number of Persons Recruited Number of Trained Persons 1 SK Telecom SKT ALEPH 173 173 171 2 SK AX SKALA (SK AI Leader Academy) 260 260 246 3 SK Hynix Hy-Po (K-New Deal Semiconductor Academy) 300 - - 4 SK Planet Busan Smart Port/Marine Logistics Data Practical Course, etc. 2 50 50 41 5 HD Hyundai Heavy Industries HD Hyundai Future Builder Academy –
2 Ocean Transformation courses, etc. 240 150 94 6 Hyundai Engineering & Construction HILLSTATE Academy 60 30 30 7 HD Construction Equipment Hi-CEED 50 50 43 8 HD Hyundai Samho HD Hyundai Shipbuilding Field Technician 60 30 22 9 Hyundai Motor Company HINT (HMG Incubation of New Talent) 1,000 500 497 10 Samsung Electronics Samsung Group Youth Hope Learning Center 1,000 665 428 11 POSCO
Talent Creation Center On-Device AI-based industrial software development, etc. 5 180 180 151 12 Lotte Holdings Lotte Group Youth Job Onboarding Academy Lotte LIFT
(Lifetime Inspiration For Tomorrow) 270 180 169 13 Hanwha Ocean
Engineering Ocean QM DX Academy 60 60 48 14 Hanwha Ocean Smart Production Management DX Academy 60 60 60 15 Hanwha Systems Beyond K-defense industry, expansion into the world, etc. 2 200 100 97 16 Hanwha Hanwha Global Division, Hanwha Solutions Insight Division
'Hanwha Spark Camp', etc. 2 100 100 82 17 Hanwha Engine Hanwha Engine Precision Manufacturing DX Academy 50 50 48 18 LG Electronics Let's Grow with LG Electronics (Digital Marketing Track), etc. 3 420 230 192 19 LG Chem Let's Grow with LG Chem (Yeosu), etc. 2 200 150 140 20 LG
Display Let's Grow with LG Display 100 100 91 21 GS 52g ReBoot Camp 120 120 83 22 KT KT ICT AX Academy 200 200 100 23 CJ ENM K-content storyteller training for young people preparing for a new leap forward 70 40 40 24 LS LS JUMP-UP Boot Camp 35 35 31 25 Celltrion Bio-Boot Camp CELLOW 50 50 49 26 LS ELECTRIC LEAP Academy
(LS Electric Automation Pathway Academy) 25 25 25 27 Doosan Robotics Collaborative Robot-based Local Business Development Practical Course 70 - - 28 CJ
Olive Networks L.L.M Academy 120 - - 29 Shinsegae I&C Future & Dream Academy 400 400 388 30 Hyundai Home Shopping Live Commerce Professional Course, etc. 2 200 100 81 31 Korea Power Exchange Power Market Digital Talent Academy, etc. 3 150 - - 32 Jeonglim Architecture General Architectural Office ARiC (Archi Rise Camp) 80 40 40 33 Co., Ltd.
Ananti Ananti Hospitality Service Experience Design Academy 50 50 26 34 Woongjin Think Big Woongjin TEXT-HIP CLUB: My first independent publication using AI 50 50 50 35 Maeil Dairies More than Food Academy 50 25 24 36 Hwacheon Machinery CNC machine tool design and smart manufacturing core talent training course 50 50 9 37 Intel Intel AI for
(Hackathon Participation Program) 60 60 47 38 Korean Adobe
Systems AI Growth Marketer
2 training courses (AGM course), etc. 300 90 54 39 Microsoft Korea AI practical project course for employment and start-up 200 40 19 40 Oracle Korea Oracle AI Startup Bootcamp 180 - - 41 NC AI Unity Vibe coding-based AI game job development course 150 90 87 42 Hive HI HIGH 28 28 28 43 SM Universe K-POP dance leader training course, etc. 2 255 85 57 44 Woori Financial Group Woori WON Youth IT Academy 60 60 60 45 Hana Bank Hana K-New Deal Finance Academy 30 30 20 46 KB Kookmin Bank KB-Bridge ‘Connecting the youth generation’s tomorrow with my work’ 120 120 104 47 Shinhan Financial Group Intelligent (AI) agent-based financial service development process 40 40 22 48 Maeil Broadcasting (MBN) MBN K-Media Boot Camp 60 60 60 49 Hankyung.com [Hankyeong × E-Land] K-Tour LX content marketing 60 33 31 50 Money Today News Media data-based AI performance marketing process 90 90 64 50 companies (45 starting classes) 8,186 5,129 4,249
※ Provided by People Power Party Rep. Park Soo-min’s office
