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Hyundai and U.S. Army Assist Soldiers Transition to Civilian Careers


September 2006
 Filed under: HYUNDAI AND KIA CORPORATE Car News | HYUNDAI AND KIA CORPORATE Headlines

Hyundai Becomes First Automaker to Join Army Partnership for Youth Success to Recruit New Service Technicians

FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif., Sept. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Hyundai Motor America and the United States Army joined forces today to announce Hyundai's addition to the Army's Partnership for Youth Success (PaYS) program. PaYS shares recruiting efforts with companies and government agencies to help former service men and women find civilian careers after fulfilling their military commitment. Hyundai is the first automaker to join the PaYS program.
In a signing ceremony today at Hyundai Motor America's Fountain Valley, Calif. headquarters, Army Lieutenant Colonel David L. Walden joined Don Dees, vice president, Service for Hyundai in officially launching the program.

Under the partnership, Hyundai and the U.S. Army will institute a program to help soldiers develop the skills they need to become service technicians at one of Hyundai's 737 dealerships nationwide. Upon completion of their military duty, qualified Army personnel will be granted priority interviews with Hyundai for open service technician jobs. In addition, the U.S. Army's career Web site will post open Hyundai service technician jobs across the country.

"Hyundai is proud to support the men and women of the armed forces and understands that the commitment and aptitude required to serve in the Army translates into high-quality candidates for vehicle service technician jobs," said Dees. "With 737 dealerships nationwide, and more opening each month, Hyundai's future need for skilled service technicians is expected to soar, and our partnership with the Army will help us fill the void with high-caliber professionals."

According to a survey by Harris Interactive, there are an estimated 37,000 vacancies in service technician jobs industry wide, so competition for talent is extremely high. Hyundai expects to add more than 50 dealerships annually to its nationwide network to support growing sales volumes. To fill the newly created service jobs at each dealership, Hyundai will have to recruit 500-1,000 service technicians each year. Having access to approximately 1.5 million qualified Army personnel gives Hyundai a distinct recruiting advantage for its future service tech positions.

"The Army Soldier and Hyundai is a perfect match with overlapping and complementary values, beliefs, and causes," said Lieutenant Colonel Walden.

Hyundai joins almost 100 additional PaYS corporate partners including Accenture, Dell, Southwest Airlines and Target, in assisting Army personnel find post-military careers.

Hyundai Motor America, headquartered in Fountain Valley, Calif., is a subsidiary of Hyundai Motor Co. of Korea. Hyundai vehicles are distributed throughout the United States by Hyundai Motor America and are sold and serviced through 737 dealerships nationwide.

Source: Hyundai Motor America

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