Reconversion of the personnel of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Poland in the opinion of the retired officers of the Polish Army

Abstract

Reconversion is a set of projects aimed at soldiers who are discharged or have already been discharged from military service being. These actions also apply to family members of soldiers who died while performing the duties of their service. These projects are associated with retraining, career counselling, employment agency services and work placement. They are intended to assist people eligible for help in finding employment. Thanks to the results analysed, recommendations were presented regarding the reconversion of the personnel of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Poland, allowing the competence potential of soldiers at retirement age to be used. In order to be able to use the competence potential of retired officers on the civilian labour market, there is a need to improve solutions for developing their potential. This is justified by the aim of the work, which is as follows: the analysis of activities undertaken within the framework of the reconversion of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Poland and the presentation of the personnel of proposals for the development and use of the competence potential of Polish Army officers in the context of employment at retirement age. The research question was formulated in the form of a question: What measures should be taken in the course of reconverting the Armed Forces personnel in order to use the competence potential of officers after reaching retirement age? The research was carried out primarily with the method of analysis and criticism of the literature. Heuristic and comparative methods were also used, as well as equally important quantitative method – a questionnaire addressed to retired officers of the Polish Army was employed.

Keywords

• reconversion
• the Armed Forces of the Republic of Poland
• Polish Army soldier
• competence potential