A career pipeline for 50+ Service leavers

每年大约有1,200名军人在50岁以后离开军队，寻找文职工作。他们的目标是找到有报酬的工作，并充分利用他们在军事上获得的技能。然而，许多人在平民就业市场上挣扎，在找到第二职业之前，他们可能会在低薪或不稳定的工作中度过数年。与此同时，虽然雇主重视长期服兵役所带来的技能和经验，但他们往往不确定如何引进和培养50多名退伍军人的人才。因此，迫切需要一个职业管道，可以更好地匹配50+服务离开者与雇主谁可以很好地利用他们的技能，并将确保军事获得的技能继续为英国经济做出贡献。教授马特弗林将与50+服务离开者建立一个变革性的职业支持服务，将帮助退伍军人找到一个“新的使命”在文职劳动力，提供有效的解决方案，让退伍军人获得至少五年的健康和独立生活。该项目的重点是长期服役的退伍军人，他们自离开军队以来一直就业不足，可以从个性化和点对点的支持中受益，如指导，工作试验和职业规划。通过利用军队的经验和分享经验，50多名退伍军人将互相帮助，建立成功的文职职业生涯。更广泛地说，该项目将为支持老年求职者建立第二职业提供一个模式。

Every year, approximately 1,200 Service personnel leave the military after the age of 50 and look for civilian work. Their aim is to find work which is rewarding and makes good use of their military acquired skills. However, many struggle to navigate the civilian job market and may spend years in low-paid or precarious work before they find a second career. At the same time, while employers value the skills and experience that come from long military service, they are often uncertain about how to bring in and develop the talent of 50+ Service leavers. A career pipeline that can better match 50+ Service leavers with employers who can make good use of their skills is therefore urgently needed and will ensure that military-acquired skills continue to contribute to the UK economy.In partnership with the Officers Association and Forces Employment Charity, Professor Matt Flynn will work with 50+ Service leavers in building a transformative career support service that will help veterans find a 'new mission' in the civilian workforce, delivering an effective solution that allows veterans to gain at least five extra years of healthy and independent living. The project focuses on long-service veterans who have been underemployed since leaving the military and could benefit from personalised and peer-to-peer support like mentoring, job trials and career planning. By tapping into the comradeship and shared experience of military service, 50+ veterans will help one another in building successful civilian careers. More widely, this project will provide a model for supporting older jobseekers in building second careers.