"Helping Developer Shortage"... 'Venture Startup Academy' Fully Launched

Collaboration between Ministry of SMEs and Startups and Ministry of Employment... Customized Training and Hiring
Training 5,000 Talents, Targeting 50% Employment Rate
Conducting Video Interviews... 6-Month Training Program Underway

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Bo-kyung] The talent development program 'Venture Startup Academy,' led by companies and supported by the government to assist ventures and startups facing developer workforce shortages, will officially launch on the 13th.

The Venture Startup Academy is a follow-up measure to the public-private cooperation-based software talent development plan jointly announced by related ministries last June.

It utilizes project funds from employment incentives such as K-Digital Training and Youth Digital Jobs, conducted by the Ministry of Employment and Labor, and is designed in connection with venture and startup companies by the Ministry of SMEs and Startups to provide customized training and facilitate hiring.

Starting with 1,674 trainees this year, the program aims to train 5,000 talents by the first half of next year and hire more than 50% of the trainees.

The program is conducted through private training institutions such as Samsung Multi-Campus, Fast Campus, Like a Lion, and Alice, offering customized courses tailored to the needs of participating companies.

The Venture Startup Academy Talent Matching Day held on this day was a matching event to select prospective hires and connect them with demand companies. Real-time briefings and video interviews were conducted online at a metaverse recruitment promotion hall participated by over 40 companies including Megazone Cloud, Point Mobile, Modu Company, and Caplix.

The Venture Startup Academy will continue matching talents with hiring demand companies until the end of this month and will begin a six-month training course starting next month.

At the online opening ceremony, Kwon Chil-seung, Minister of SMEs and Startups, expressed his commitment, stating, "We will actively support the influx of outstanding talents to strengthen the competitiveness of ventures and startups, including the Venture Startup Academy."

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