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they are discharged from the military.
The counseling is aimed at matching
servicemembers with job competencies
and the desire for employment with
jobs suitable for their desired occupa-
tional category.
The second phase of the plan involves
professional education on each desired Grand Prize in the 2019 Government-wide Startup
Competition
f eld in collaboration with the Ministry
of Employment and Labor and Ministry of SMEs and Startups, among others,
so as to enhance the capabilities of servicemembers who lack employment and
startup capabilities. The education is provided at training centers located outside
each unit for more than 5,000 servicemembers per annum, and the number of
trainees is expected to increase. In addition, the MND is implementing "field visits
to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)" to improve the servicemembers’
perception toward SMEs which offer many quality jobs and allow servicemembers
to experience the actual workplace of their desired occupational category in advance.
The third phase involves the operation of the "Startup Academy", which is a

tailored employment course for young servicemembers who have completed the
first and second phases in collaboration with associated government agencies and Chapter 7
enterprises that give preference to military veterans. The MND also operates the
"Business-Tailored Employment Course" and the "Visiting Recruitment Fair",
which allow companies to directly train servicemembers with the practical skills
required by the companies before hiring them; thus providing support for more
servicemembers to get a job.
The MND also provides a variety of support in phases which include the establish-
ment of a support system to foster young servicemembers as entrepreneurs in
association with government policies.
In the f rst phase, servicemembers who are interested in starting their own business
organize a "startup club" in their respective unit to study the startup items they are
interested in and exchange opinions during weekends and public holidays. In the
second phase, professional counselors related to startups pay a visit to each unit and
provide professional counseling for the items studied by each startup club. In the
third phase, startup competitions are held by each military and the MND, as well as
a government-wide competition to create a startup boom and enhance further the
startup capabilities of the teams with outstanding startup items. As the last phase, in
collaboration with the Ministry of SMEs and Startups, the MND provides additional

Chapter 7. Embedding an Inclusive Culture in the Military: With the People, Trusted by the People