[Seminar] Young People Want to Work: The Reality of the Youth Employment Cliff and Solutions

This seminar has been organized to examine the reality that young people’s paths into the labor market are becoming increasingly diversified into employment, job-seeking activities, and non-economic activity, and to explore policy directions for supporting their smooth entry into and transition within the labor market. It aims to analyze the characteristics of different types of non-economic activity among youth and the difficulties they face in the process of labor market transition, and to discuss effective response measures such as linking education with employment, supporting job searches, providing job information, and promoting reentry into the labor market. Through this, we seek to move beyond one-size-fits-all support, develop policies tailored to each young person’s circumstances and stage of transition, and find ways to help youth settle stably into the labor market.

We ask for your interest and attendance.

◇ Date and Time: Thursday, July 23, 2026, 10:00 a.m.

◇ Venue: Conference Room No. 10, National Assembly Members’ Office Building

◇ Hosts: member of the National Assembly Soo-young Park, Center for Free Enterprise (CFE)

◇ Moderator: Seunggil Lee, Head of the Future Labor Reform Forum

◇ Presenter: Taehee Oh, Professor, Department of Economics, University of Incheon

◇ Discussants:

Siyoung Song, Chair, Proper Labor Union, Seoul Metro

Hyunho Jo, Co-Representative, Youth Action for Labor Reform

Jiwon Jeong, Senior Research Fellow, Korea Research Institute for Vocational Education & Training

Changbae Kim, Secretary General, Open Society Forum

Inquiries: Ho-jun Wang, Researcher, Center for Free Enterprise (CFE), T) 02-3774-5050 / E) whj@cfe.org

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Original title: [세미나] 청년은 일하고 싶다 - 청년 고용절벽의 현실과 해법-

Author: Center for Free Enterprise (CFE)

Date: 2026-07-20

Source: https://www.cfe.org/bbs/bbsDetail.php?cid=notice&pn=1&idx=29285