<기사제목>Ministry of SMEs and Startups Joins Hands with Military Manpower Administration to Support Young Soldiers' Social Advancement

Expansion of Military Service Career Design Service and Customized Skilled Soldier Selection at National Technical High Schools
Promotion of Workforce Inflow to SMEs through Enhanced Pre-Discharge Job Training and Employment Consulting

Kang Sung-cheon, Vice Minister of the Ministry of SMEs and Startups (left), and Mo Jong-hwa, Commissioner of the Military Manpower Administration, are posing for a commemorative photo on the 21st at the Military Service Career Design Support Center in Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul, after signing a business agreement to promote military service career design and customized specialty soldiers for employment. Photo by the Ministry of SMEs and Startups

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Heeyoon] The Ministry of SMEs and Startups announced on the 21st that it has signed a business agreement with the Military Manpower Administration to alleviate career interruptions for high school graduates employed due to military service obligations and to promote the influx of young soldiers into small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

Through this business agreement, the Military Manpower Administration will prioritize providing military career design services to students of national technical high schools under the Ministry of SMEs and Startups and will expand the selection of customized special military service for employment. Employment preference information of soldiers scheduled for discharge will also be shared with the Ministry of SMEs and Startups to assist in employment at excellent SMEs.

The Ministry of SMEs and Startups plans to strengthen support for simultaneous employment upon discharge of young soldiers through job training, employment consulting, and discovering and matching SMEs with job openings for soldiers scheduled for discharge.

Kang Seongcheon, Vice Minister of the Ministry of SMEs and Startups, said, “We hope that young people receive systematic customized support from before enlistment to after discharge, enabling them to enter society stably and grow together with promising SMEs.”

Mo Jonghwa, Commissioner of the Military Manpower Administration, stated, “The nation must take full responsibility through policy support such as employment assistance for the dedicated military service of young people.”

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