In today's episode I talk to Ollie, a military vet who served in Afghanistan after training at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. He returned to civilian life in 2015 and has since worked at an investment bank, a large corporate and is now in the start-up world, and has some fascinating insights into not only the daily japes of an officer in the Armed Forces, but also into how other returning service people can successfully leverage their skills in the commercial world. Oh and guys - don't skip leg day! 

Please do bear in mind that our chat reflects Ollie's experiences and does not claim to represent all veterans' and current serving officers' experiences.

Email - whatdoyoupod@gmail.com

For further reading: 

Article re: Army husbands - 

https://metro.co.uk/2019/05/28/military-husband-fed-people-assuming-army-spouses-women-9697791/

Deloitte Veterans Work Report - Recognising the potential of ex-service personnel

https://www2.deloitte.com/uk/en/pages/about-deloitte-uk/articles/veterans-work.html

More interviews:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2019/06/03/do-ex-soldiers-need-help-returning-civvy-street/

Unfortunately I couldn’t find Ollie’s tank-dressed-up-as-Santa video that got him 30,000 likes - we’ll just have to use our imaginations for that one...

Ex-forces schemes to explore:

Barclays Bank (and many others will offer similar): https://home.barclays/careers/our-programmes/after/
Network Rail: https://www.networkrail.co.uk/careers/experienced-hire/defence-engagement/
TFL: https://tfl.gov.uk/corporate/careers/smart-sourcing-programme
Deloitte (and the rest of the Big 4 will offer similar):  https://www2.deloitte.com/uk/en/pages/careers/articles/military-recruitment.html
GSK: https://uk.gsk.com/en-gb/careers/armed-forces/

And many, many more - there are also recruitment firms that have specific offerings for ex-forces individuals, including:

https://www.fdmgroup.com/careers/ex-forces/

https://www.forcesrecruitment.co.uk/

https://www.first-military.co.uk/