Do you remember when as a kid you would go scrumping, climb over that fence in the neighbourhood, you know the one with the fruit trees the other side, then pinch as many as you could in the time that you dared stay there?  Then back over the fence and off down the street to swap fruit and tales with your friends. Well that was you getting outside of your comfort zone; it didn’t feel 100% right, in fact, you knew it...

Tim Burton, head of operations for the Welsh Rugby Union, responsible for recruitment, is an ex-Army officer with 12 years’ experience. He undertook various roles from platoon commander to finally being responsible for education and training, but left the Army in 1995 when he decided to marry and settle. According to Burton, the transition to his first civilian role as a consultant was seamless,  he had spent much of his work...

When I left the service, the job I was leaving to go and do was pulled out from under me, well as it turned out it never existed in the first place.  That for me was lesson 1 about civvy street. Someone that was in a position of authority, he was Vice Principal of a university, was capable of offering a job that he was in no way qualified or authorised to. And to make matters worse he then kept up the charade, or so I ...

Every year, in the UK alone, approx 24,000 people leave the Armed Forces for “Civvy Street”.  Looking at some of the figures that are bandied about for ex service personnel living on the streets, or in UK gaols,  it’s reasonable to assume that some ex-servicemen find the transition hard. So are ex-servicemen really struggling to find meaningful employment? The Ministry of Defence (MoD) claims that 96% of those coming...

After leaving the armed forces, getting ahead in business can be made easier if you understand the way people lead their lives according to their mindset programming. For example, the majority of armed forces personnel are likely to place a high value on DUTY.  This generally means obeying the rules; service first and the rewards will come later.  This is the way you will lead your life. If  you understand that different people...