A career pipeline for 50+ Service leavers

每年大约有1200名50岁以上的军人离开军队，寻找民间工作。他们的目标是找到一份有回报的工作，并能很好地利用他们的军事技能。然而，许多人很难在民间就业市场找到工作，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工作数年。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发展50多名退伍军人的才能。因此，迫切需要一个能够更好地将50多名退伍军人与能够充分利用他们技能的雇主相匹配的职业管道，并将确保军事技能继续为英国经济做出贡献。马特·弗林教授将与军官协会和部队就业慈善机构合作，与50多名退伍军人合作，建立一个变革性的职业支持服务，帮助退伍军人在文职劳动力中找到“新使命”，提供一个有效的解决方案，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，他们离开军队后一直没有充分就业，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。50多名退伍军人将利用战友情谊和共同的兵役经验，在建立成功的文职职业生涯中相互帮助。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.