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The recent economic recession in South Korea caused frustration in labor market, impacting many discharged soldiers. Especially with the extension of retirement age this year, a difficult labor market is highly probable, and this will impact not only young job seekers but also discharge expectants. This study looks into the current status of the career service program operated by the South Korean military; it also conducts a research on the program’s impact on program participants’ ardor for employment-this is aimed to serve as a fundamental data for the revitalization of the program. This study is geared towards assisting in the job-seeking process and the adjustment after job placement by integrating the requirements of companies and the Job-seeking support program’s curriculum. The study's goals are the following: first, it delves into the career service program for discharged soldiers; second, it looks into the participants' satisfaction and eagerness for employment after taking the program; third, it proposes a supplementation that would make the program more useful for both companies and the military. The study’s implications are the following: first, Ministry of National Defense-led career service program(basic training, career counseling, connection-education, career exhibitions)largely impacts the satisfaction and employment eagerness of participants. The MND launched a professional institution, MND Job-seeking Support Program, to implement a president-assigned congressional task, and regulation and budget are committed for the employment of veterans. The program, with the help of consistent budget expansion and the separation from the Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs, is now improving to offer basic education on the Job-seeking Support Program before discharge. Such improvement, by preventing budgetary overlap, is expected to make the program efficient. Second, Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs-led career service program (education led by university/professional institution, cyber-education, small-cap entrepreneurship education, employment-capacity education, employment training vouchers, employment and entrepreneurial consulting, funding of job-search cost) significantly affects the employment eagerness of program participants. The Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs launched a nationwide Veterans Support Center to tackle a president-assigned congressional task(as of May 2016, 7 centers including the Seoul center are being operated) - the center provides realistic vocational training for veterans. It supports employment and entrepreneurship by cooperating with the MND, the Ministry of Labor and Employment and other related institutions including external professional groups. With the separation from the MND, the Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs provides practical vocational training and technical training, and is growing to equip participants with a skill set that can lead to actual employment and start-ups. However, programs like employment and start-up consulting are overlapped with those of MND; such overlap leads to not only budgetary waste but also impairment of participants' employment eagerness; therefore, further cooperation between institutions is needed in such area. Third, partcipants’ satisfaction of the career service program largely depends on their age, rank, and branch. Although the data set was diversified, an age-fit vocational training program and licenses related to the experiences in their branches acted favorably towards re-employment of the veterans.

한국어

최근 지속적인 경기침체와 이에 따른 채용시장의 위축으로 많은 구직자들이 어려움을 겪고 있다. 특히 올해는 정년 연장과 맞물려 취업절벽 현상이 예상되고 있으며, 이는 취업시장 전체의 문제만 아니라 군의 전역예정자들에게도 상당히 큰 문제로 인식되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 제대군인 취업프로그램의 현 실태를 살펴보고, 제대군인 취업프로그램에 참여하고 있는 군 전역예정자를 대상으로 한 실증 연구로, 제대군인들이 국가 기관인 국방부와 국가보훈처, 각 군 본부 주관으로 실시하고 있는 다양한 취업지원 프로그램 중 가장 선호하는 12가지의 프로그램을 지원자 수를 기준으로 사전 선별하여 어떤 프로그램이 취업에 대한 성취욕구에 어떻게 얼마만큼의 영향을 미치는지를 구체적으로 확인해 봄으로써 군 전역예정자를 위한 취업프로그램의 활성화를 위한 기초자료를 제공하고자 한다. 실제 각 기업에서 요구하는 바와 제대군인 취업교육 프로그램에서 진행하는 교육 내용상의 괴리감을 감소시켜 군 전역예정자의 취업준비 과정은 물론 취업 후의 직장 적응에도 도움을 주는 데 기여하고자 한다. 본 연구결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 국방부 주관 취업프로그램(기본교육, 진로교육, 연결교육, 전직 컨설팅, 취업박람회 등 행사)들은 수강자들의 만족도와 취업성취욕구에 유의한 영향력을 갖는 것으로 나타났다. 둘째, 국가보훈처 주관 취업프로그램(대학/전문기관 위탁교육, 사이버교육, 소자본 창업교육, 취업역량교육, 직업교육훈련바우처, 취･창업 컨설팅, 전직지원금 지급)들은 수강자들의 만족도와 취업성취욕구에 유의한 영향력을 갖는 것으로 나타났다. 셋째, 제대군인 취업프로그램은 연령, 계급, 병과에 따라 수강자들의 만족도는 유의하며, 각각 다르게 나타났는데, 연령대에 맞는 맞춤형 교육프로그램과 특정 병과 경험으로 인한 자격증 취득 등이 관련 사회직종으로 재취업시 유리하게 작용하는 것으로 확인되었다. 취업프로그램 수강자들의 적극적이고 자발적인 참여를 유발하고 만족도와 취업성취 욕구를 높여 줄 수 있는 취업프로그램 개발에 노력을 기울인다면 제대군인의 취업률을 더 높일 수 있을 것이다.