Organizations dedicated to helping place ex-forces in jobs....

[PraiseBacon]

G’day all,


Quick question – are there any UK organizations dedicated to helping veterans find jobs? And of course, who are they?


In context, I’ve moved around the world with my jobs a fair bit - and generally used a relatively high percentage of ex-forces as I have built teams (My current team is circa 40% ex-forces, including US, UK and a South African).


I’m currently based in the US – where the Govt actually helps a bit by offering tax advantages for hiring veterans, and there are a number of organizations that help placements. I’ve been a bit vocal about how that only applies to US veterans here, and we miss a whole pool of allied veterans now living in the US (I have 2 ex RAF, including me!, in my US team).


As one of the more vocal advocates in the company around veteran recruitment– I have a meeting with the UK head of HR next week to talk about ex-forces recruitment and how to attract and provide priority for suitably qualified veteran candidates in the UK. I’d like to go armed with a list of organizations we could partner with – preferably ones with a good track record of placement of ex-forces into large corporations and multinationals + skilled jobs


Views on suitable orgs welcomed

 

[busby1971]

Start with the forces covenant and go from there, from my own experience your organisations Social Media activity highlighting your programmes will attract suitable talent.

I’ve attended a few service leavers events, going to one soon, and find the attendees to be a mixed bunch, however, I wouldn’t recommend any particular group as being any better than any other.

 

[PraiseBacon]

Start with the forces covenant and go from there, from my own experience your organisations Social Media activity highlighting your programmes will attract suitable talent.

I’ve attended a few service leavers events, going to one soon, and find the attendees to be a mixed bunch, however, I wouldn’t recommend any particular group as being any better than any other.

Thanks Busby,

I think your comment on social media hit the nail on the head, if the UK subsidiary is serious about veteran recruitment, making it known will help..

There are a couple of org's I have found as places we can advertise roles - and hopefully get some placement terms agreed with...

Anyway, back to the Bacon praiseing for me (Defrosted some rushers after the Grand final - bacon baguettes in 20 mins)