Public organizations use ‘experiential interns’ more than
Utilizing ‘experiential interns’ more than regular employees
“Employment type should be reflected in management evaluation”
According to an analysis, short-term internships accounted for 67.1% of the total number of people with disabilities hired by public organizations last year. The internship system was utilized to fill the mandatory employment rate of 3.6% for people with disabilities in public institutions.
According to the ‘Status of Public Institutional Disability Employment’ recently released by the Sejong Public Institutional Disability Jobs, a total of 2243 people with disabilities were hired by public institutions as of last year, of which 1504 (about 67.1%) were trial interns. Only 739 (32.9%) were regular employees. The analysis includes the recruitment status of each organization from 2018 to the first half of 2023 based on the Public Institutions Management Information Disclosure System (ALIO).
Experiential internships are programs that provide short-term work experience, such as six months or a year. Unlike recruitment type interns, which are called ‘full-time conversion type interns’ or ‘recruitment-linked type interns’, there is no chance of being converted into a stable job. “The employment rate of people with disabilities does not distinguish between regular and non-regular employment, so public institutions tend to use experiential interns to fill the employment rate,” said Ha Tae-wook, a representative of the Sejong Public Institutions for the Disabled.
*Please note this is a Korean article
Source: ChosunMedia 더나은미래
