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So you want to be a Facilities Manager

Posted on Friday, August 16, 2019 by Jess Carter — No comments

Over 17,000 people leave the military every year and many of them choose to go into Facilities Management (FM). Why is this? Even in recession hit Britain, FM services have borne up very well due to the adverse impact that poorly managed FM has on the corporate profitability. For some ex-Service men and women, their chosen new career path in FM appears to bear no relationship to their service ...

Step into Health - Ex-Forces to the NHS

Posted on Friday, July 5, 2019 by Simon Osborne — No comments

When considering your second career, don't forget that the NHS is not just about medical and wellness jobs, there are a huge number of varied career opportunities with Health Trusts across the country covering a very wide spectrum of opportunities. Recognising the benefits of recruiting from the ex-forces community, the NHS has long looked to encourage forces leavers to think about a career with ...

The Top Ten Skills that Employers Really Want

Posted on Tuesday, June 11, 2019 by Jess Carter — No comments

What do employers really want? If the headlines are anything to go by, it's employability skills. Bosses are always banging on about how too many job candidates just don't have these employability skills. But what are they? A survey of members of the Institute of Directors - the organisation of top bosses - came up with the following top ten employability skills. Honesty and integrity Basic ...

Finding your way across the Skills Gap

Posted on Friday, May 24, 2019 by Simon Osborne — No comments

There’s been a lot of talk about the skills gap in the UK jobs market. That is the gulf existing between the skills that employers and the UK economy as a whole requires and those that the current and near-future workforce possesses. Forces Leavers looking to make the transition to the civilian jobs market should already have an advantage. According to recent reports by the Chartered Institute of ...

Six tips to help you network your way to a better Job

Posted on Monday, April 15, 2019 by Simon Osborne — No comments

Looking at our vacancies is a great way to find a job, but you can improve your chances by get out and about too. How? By networking. Lots of people are a bit suspicious about networking. They think it means going around selling yourself and dishing out business cards left, right and centre. Well the good news is that it's not about going all out to get what you want in a pushy way. Networking ...

Watch out for CV errors

Posted on Thursday, March 28, 2019 by Jess Carter — No comments

Heard the one about the candidate who put "I'm looking manly for an IT role,'" on his (or maybe her) CV? What about the CV that boasted the applicant was "a director with strong breath"? These are just two of the CV mistakes that turned up in a new survey of 500 CVs by Corinne Mills, career coach and author of ‘You’re Hired! How to write a brilliant CV’. One CV claimed that the candidate had ...

What not to put on your CV

Posted on Sunday, March 24, 2019 by Jess Carter — No comments

According to the BBC, employers receive an average of 60 applications for every low-skilled job and 20 for every skilled post. Some jobs get many, many more. It’s difficult enough to convince a recruiter that you’re the right person for the job, however, before you can even present the skills and qualities that make you perfect for the role, you have to ensure your application and CV is not ...

How to make sure your face fits

Posted on Sunday, March 17, 2019 by Oli Justice — No comments

Moving from the services to a Civvy Street career is not just a change of job - it’s a change of workplace culture. Sounds fancy but it's not - just as everyone has a unique personality that affects what they think is important and how they do things, so do organisations. That means when you are looking for a new employer, you need to find one with a corporate culture that matches your own style ...

Interview tips for the Ex-Military job hunt

Posted on Sunday, February 10, 2019 by Jess Carter — No comments

You’ve polished up your CV, found the jobs you’re well-suited to and made it through the first stage of the application process. Now comes the part that can make even battlefield veterans nervous: the job interview. Interviews can take different forms. Some take place over the phone or Skype, some involve practical, aptitude or psychometric testing. The formal face-to-face interview, however, is ...

Moving Abroad after your Service Career - what to consider

Posted on Wednesday, January 9, 2019 by Jess Carter — No comments

Moving abroad after your service ends can offer exciting career opportunities in new and stimulating surroundings, and it may seem like a good option if you are finding it tough to secure jobs for ex-military at home. Having served in the military, you might well have been stationed in different locations around the world, and you will certainly be used to dealing with a wide range of people from ...