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the need to address the key issues of information and employability in the
programme design. This lesson should be of interest to any organisation
launching a similar restructuring project.
A most important condition that must be met to achieve success in a
programme for simultaneous discharge and recruitment based on consent
and social responsibility is to support continued employability of employees.
Individual competence development planning, implementation of lifelong
learning principles, and validation of competences, are key factors. Access to
professional coaching services supporting individual matching based on
transparent competence records is an essential ingredient of career switching.

Acknowledgements

Support from the career switching project team of the Swedish Armed Forces
is gratefully acknowledged. The present study is also related to the EU project
ʻBest agers: using the knowledge and experience of professionals in their
prime to foster business and skills development in the Baltic sea region
(European Regional Development Fund, Baltic sea region, Project No 037).

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