Veterans hubs will help demobilized soldiers be themselves and talk to like-minded people.
company Metinvest is reorganizing its business processes in such a way as to fully adapt the fighters of yesterday’s Ukrainian Armed Forces to peaceful life. This was stated by the Director of the Group’s Corporate Communications Department Metinvest Oleg Davydenko during the forum Practicewhich focuses on returning veterans to the civilian labor market.
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According to him, now every sixth employee is mobilized in the Armed Forces of Ukraine Metinvest, and this is 15% of the staff. Almost 1.5 thousand employees have returned from the war, more than 500 of them have returned to work. The company expects that a total of 6-7 thousand of the 8 thousand mobilized will return to work. At the same time, 4 thousand vacancies are open in professions that are predominantly male, so Metinvest rely on hiring veterans in the labor market.
Davidenko said that the company adapts all business processes to the return of veterans and systematic approach to work. In particular, it teaches teams how to work with ex-military personnel, introduces additional medical examination and psychological support, etc.
At the same time, in Metinvest They believe that veterans need the same treatment as other workers to unite instead of dividing teams. Promotes a culture of equal opportunity for all.
The company also creates veteran hubs in the cities where it operates: this allows veterans to be themselves and talk to like-minded people. It also offers retraining for those seeking to master a new specialty, or unable to engage in initial work due to health conditions. In particular, veterans are offered free education and preferential conditions for university admission. Metinvest Polytechnic.
“Last year, all our employees, not only veterans, underwent retraining, on average 13 thousand people out of 50 thousand And this retraining lasts at least 3 to 6 months is prepared for the fact that retraining for difficult high-ranking professions will take 1-3 years,” said Davydenko.
before Metinvest launched a psychological video course on interacting with veterans. It will be of interest not only to collectives working with returning veterans, but also to anyone who wants to better understand the unique interactions with former military personnel.
Source: korrespondent
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