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Fri, August 12, 2022 | 00:42
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Job market yet to show robust recovery despite improved figures: experts
고용 시장, 수치 향상에도 견실한 회복은 아직
Posted : 2022-04-14 10:50
Updated : 2022-04-14 10:50
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Number of employed soars on base effect of pandemic
팬데믹의 기저효과로 취업자 수 급증


By Lee Min-hyung

Korea's job market is still far from entering a phase of robust recovery despite remarkable improvements in employment statistics.
고용 통계의 눈부신 개선에도 불구하고 한국의 고용 시장은 여전히 견실한 회복 국면에는 진입하지 못했다.


Experts say that the improvements are mainly due to a base effect of the COVID-19 pandemic, while they advised the government to help private businesses hire more people instead of relying on government spending to create temporary jobs.
전문가들은 이러한 개선이 주로 코로나19 팬데믹의 기저효과 때문이라며 임시 일자리 창출을 위해 정부 지출에 의존하는 대신 민간 기업이 더 많은 사람을 고용할 수 있도록 지원하라고 정부에 조언했다.


According to Statistics Korea, Wednesday, the number of employed people in the country stood at 27.75 million last month, up 831,000 from a year ago. This is the largest growth in the same month since March 2002.
수요일 통계청에 따르면 지난달 한국에서 취업자 수는 2775만명으로 1년 전보다 83만1000명 늘었다. 이는 2002년 3월 이후 같은 달 최대 증가폭이다.


The statistics authority explained that the performance was driven by modest export growth and digital transformation.
통계 당국은 실적이 완만한 수출 성장과 디지털 전환에 의해 주도되었다고 설명했다.


"Robust exports and the rise of digital transformation in industrial sectors helped increase the number of the employed and reduce the number of jobless people," Kong Mi-sook, a director at a social statistics division of Statistics Korea, said.
공미숙 통계청 사회통계국장은 "수출 호조와 산업부문의 디지털 전환 확대가 취업자 증가와 실업자 감소에 기여했다"고 말했다.


Finance Minister Hong Nam-ki spoke highly of the monthly job data, saying that this was the result of the government's policy efforts.
홍남기 기획재정부 장관은 월간 고용지표가 정부의 정책적 노력의 결과라고 높이 평가했다.


"The youth employment rate is also on a gradual rise and is setting a new high each month," Hong said. "The government's diverse policy efforts have contributed to a job recovery here."
홍 장관은 "청년 고용률도 점진적으로 상승하고 있어 매달 최고치를 경신하고 있다"고 말했다. "정부의 다양한 정책 노력이 고용 회복에 기여했다."


But economists said the latest job data is nothing more than a base effect from the nation's pandemic shock last year.
그러나 경제학자들은 최신 고용 자료가 작년에 발생한 국가적 팬데믹 충격의 기저효과에 불과하다고 말했다.

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■ speak highly of ~을 극구 칭찬하다
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