News

25 August 2017

Officers' Association

Courses, Employment, Officer, Training, Veterans, Welfare

11th September 2017: Carillion Vocational CV Workshop, Construction – Nottinghamshire

This event aims to inform Service Leavers of the best ways to tailor their CV in order to gain interviews for executive and management roles in the construction industry. The workshop will look at the importance of highlighting key skills, attributes and qualifications that will lead to employment within this industry.

The MD of Carillion Construction Services will open the event and presentations from two Operations Directors from the Building and Infrastructure divisions will follow. These presentations will cover some of the key things they look for in candidates.

17 August 2017

Officers' Association

Employment, Events, Networking, Training

6th September 2017: External Event – JP Morgan, Ex-Military Insight Day – London

Now entering its eighth year, JP Morgan’s Ex-Military Transition Program is committed to providing a market leading opportunity to Ex-Military personnel.

Their events offer prospective candidates a comprehensive brief on the entry routes available to ex-military personnel across all ranks and Services; from their market-leading internship to their direct-hire opportunities.

16 August 2017

Officers' Association

Career, Employment, Serving, Training, Transition, Veterans, Welfare

Finding a Flexible Approach to Work after Service Life, by Harriet Rogers

Harriet Rogers shares her story about wanting a new career that is more flexible and not office based.

It was during my career transition workshop, run via CTP, that panic began to set in. My fellow officers announced their chosen industries to work in after leaving the military – Project Management, Consultancy, Defence Sales, Finance – making me feel increasingly like an imposter. I introduced myself and feebly squeaked that I wanted “something flexible and online.” I felt mortified that I did not have a better plan.

Despite 12 years of commissioned Service and working in high pressure environments, I suddenly doubted if I could adapt to my new career. I appreciate I am not alone.

16 August 2017

Officers' Association

Courses, Officer, Training, Webinar

12th September 2017: OA Webinar – Working in Oil and Gas Industry – An Insider’s View

For this webinar we are going to be focusing on working in the oil and gas industry and will be joined by Stephen Heaney from GE. Stephen will also be providing insight into an exciting opportunity with GE for the Junior Officer Leadership Programme.

15 August 2017

Recruit for Spouses

Courses, Employment, Families, Training

New guidelines: how employers can support our Forces and build a stronger business by employing a military spouse

Working alongside Recruit for Spouses (RfS), the Employers’ Network for Equality & Inclusion (ENEI), the UK’s leading employer network covering equality in the workplace, has recently updated its ‘to-business’ guide on supporting military spouses.

The guide blends the expertise of the two organisations: ENEI supports more than 270 members to implement diversity strategies, working with clients to uncover and overcome unconscious bias; RfS advises employers of the unique challenges faced by military spouses and how to remove barriers to their employment.

15 August 2017

HighGround

Education, Employment, Training, Veterans, Welfare

Highground and Buchanan Trust

Following a recent meeting with Andrew Bower, Chairman, and James Greenwell Trustee of the Buchanan Trust, and Anna Baker Cresswell, Founder and Development Director of HighGround, we are delighted to announce that both charities will be working together to pursue their common aims in order to help veterans access training and employment in the land-based sector.

15 August 2017

Blind Veterans UK

Courses, Events, fundraising, Sport, Training

Blind veteran from Oxfordshire to compete in Royal Parks Foundation Half Marathon for charity that supports him

A blind veteran from Oxfordshire is training to compete in the Royal Parks Foundation Half Marathon for Blind Veterans UK, the national charity for vision-impaired ex-Service men and women, after it supported him following his sight loss.

Naz Niner, 40 and originally from the Isle of Wight, will be competing in the famous challenge, now in its tenth year, for the second time. He explains: “I’ve always liked to do as much sport as possible. When I started receiving support from the charity last year, they told me about all the challenges and events they get involved in.

14 August 2017

Defence Medical Welfare Service

Courses, Health, Training, Veterans, Welfare

DMWS Training Courses

DMWS provides a range of course in Welfare, Mental Health First Aid and Resilience. Find out which courses are running and where, book and pay online. If you would prefer to be invoiced, or for corporate and block bookings, call 01264 774008 or email training@dmws.org.uk.

14 August 2017

HighGround, Officers' Association

Courses, Employment, Officer, Training, Webinar

How to Start a Career in the Great Outdoors

The land based sector has many exciting job opportunities for people leaving the Armed Forces, offering a great alternative to working in an office. Clive Lowe, OA Career Consultant, and Anna Baker Cresswell, Founder and Development Director of HighGround, recently ran a webinar about starting a career in this sector.

26 July 2017

Blind Veterans UK

Disability Support, Families, Training, Veterans, Welfare

Blind veteran from Poulton-le-Fylde says IT training from a national sight loss charity has given her a “new lease of life”

A Poulton-le-Fylde blind veteran who has received vital support from Blind Veterans UK can now keep in contact with her relatives abroad thanks to IT training from the charity.

Marjorie Hanson, 94, now regularly Skypes her grandson in America and her nephew in Canada, a skill she developed during a week’s stay at the Blind Veterans UK centre in Brighton. Marjorie first took IT training with the charity last year, and has since benefited from regular IT support, respite stays at the charity’s centres in Llandudno and Brighton, and the companionship of fellow beneficiaries.

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