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Partnering for a Pipeline of Vets in Manufacturing
11/20/2018
Veterans Day is a uniquely important holiday at Samsung. Like other South Korean companies that rose from the ashes of the Korean War, our relationship with the U.S. military is not just strong, it’s foundational.
Throughout our 40-year history in the U.S., we’ve expressed our gratitude for the tremendous sacrifices made by U.S. veterans and their families through partnerships with the American Legion, Fisher House, the Korean War Memorial Foundation and many others. And we’re ready to do more, especially when it comes to ensuring our veterans and military community are supported as they move into the next phase of their career.
That’s why last week, I represented Samsung at Ft. Hood in Killeen, Texas, to announce our latest endeavor in support of veterans: Samsung will be the Founding Sponsor of the Manufacturing Institute’s Heroes MAKE America initiative. This program is a full-time, nine-week career skills program that provides manufacturers with credentialed and qualified candidates who have strong workplace skills. That also means veterans separating from the military have a clearer path to employment using the skills they’ve learned in the service. This investment will support more than 4,000 program graduates across seven military bases by 2021, according to The Manufacturing Institute.
At Samsung, we know that veterans make highly valuable, capable employees with technical experience we desperately always need to fill the roles demanded by a burgeoning advanced manufacturing industry. Right now, innovation in the U.S. is growing faster than the pipeline of workers to bring it to scale.