Starbucks Announces Recruitment for 'Restart Support Program' Trainees

Recruitment of 200 Trainees Scheduled Twice Annually
Top Graduates to Have Barista Employment Opportunities Through Selection Process

Last year, trainees of the 'Restart Support Program' are demonstrating coffee extraction at the Sogong Academy Center training room.

[Asia Economy Reporter Seungjin Lee] Starbucks Coffee Korea announced on the 14th that it will recruit trainees for the first half of this year's 'Restart Support Program' starting from the 23rd, in collaboration with the Ministry of SMEs and Startups and the Small Enterprise and Market Service.

The 'Restart Support Program' is part of a win-win program related to the 13th corporate social responsibility agreement signed in May 2020 between Starbucks and the Ministry of SMEs and Startups. It supports employment or cafe re-entrepreneurship for small business owners aged 40 and over who are restarting, by providing Starbucks' professional barista training and operational know-how.

This Restart Program is open to small business owners aged 40 and over who have closed (or are planning to close) their businesses and have completed the 'Employment Education (formerly Restart Education)' supported by the Small Enterprise and Market Service, born on or before December 31, 1982. Detailed information can be found from March 15 on the Small Enterprise and Market Service website (www.semas.or.kr) under the recruitment announcement.

Since the second half of last year, 99 trainees have participated in the Starbucks Restart Support Program, receiving various training from Starbucks' top in-house coffee experts on the latest coffee trends and knowledge, effective customer service, beverage quality and hygiene management, and store profit and loss management. Among them, 28 graduates were hired as Starbucks baristas after a separate selection process.

This year, the program plans to expand its scale by recruiting 100 trainees in the first half and 100 in the second half, totaling 200 trainees annually for the Restart Support Program.

The final selected trainees through recruitment will receive 16 hours of theory and practical training from Starbucks' professional instructors at the Starbucks Sogong Academy Center. Trainees will take programs that are practically helpful for store operations, including the latest trends and knowledge about coffee, effective customer service, beverage quality and hygiene management, and store profit and loss management.

Song Hoseop, CEO of Starbucks, said, "Despite difficult conditions last year, we directly felt small but meaningful changes through the operation of the Restart Support Program," adding, "This year, based on greater confidence and know-how, we will continue to expand the program so that middle-aged and older adults in Korea can have hope and continue their challenges."

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