Miliary spouses bring a powerful, often overlooked skill set shaped by constant change. They are the hidden ranks with a highly desirable skill set most employers are unaware of. They are experts in adapting to new environments, navigating change and operating in complex and unfamiliar environments all whilst maintaining family stability. This repeated exposure to disruption builds exceptional strength in change management problem solving, resilience and cross function communication, often with limited information.

In this episode we chat with Ella Cartwright and her husband John, a serving soldier recently back from a 6 month deployment alongside Anna Bell, a former RAF combat medic, military spouse and now a Lecturer in Adult Nursing on their experiences of giving up a career to forge a new path and the impact on the wider family of deployments.

Thank you for listening to Mission Employable UK, a podcast dedicated to ensuring your journey from serving to civvy street is smooth.

Follow us, as we chat to service leavers, employers and everyone in-between to gain real insight into life outside the barracks.

For this episode we’re diving into Military Civil Work Attachments — a powerful but often underused route for serving personnel to gain real-world experience before transitioning into civilian employment.

I’ll be sharing my story of hosting a serving soldier on a Civil Work Attachment through my company Careers Ideas Ltd. Over the placement, I saw first hand just how effective these attachments can be — not only in building confidence, but in giving someone the chance to apply their knowledge and skills in a live environment and see how their military experience translates directly into civilian projects and teamwork.

We talk about what made this placement work so well, how Civil Work Attachments benefit both the individual and the business, and why employers should be paying more attention to this brilliant bridge between service and civilian careers.

Thank you for listening to Mission Employable UK, a podcast dedicated to ensuring your journey from serving to civvy street is smooth.

Follow us, as we chat to service leavers, employers and everyone in-between to gain real insight into life outside the barracks.

Produced by Your Fairy Podmother

In this episode, I'm joined by John Stephenson from the Forces Transition Group an organisation dedicated to helping service leavers navigate the often challenging move from military life into civilian employment.

John is well known for his straight-talking honest advice, where he breaks down what really works on a CV, what transferable skills employers are looking for, he talks about their nationwide job fairs which are always sell out events and the kind of employers who attend them, connecting service leavers directly with organisations who understand their value.

If you’re transitioning out of the Forces, supporting someone who is, or simply curious about how veterans’ skills translate into the workplace, this is an episode you won’t want to miss.

Thank you for listening to Mission Employable UK, a podcast dedicated to ensuring your journey from serving to civvy street is smooth.

Follow us, as we chat to service leavers, employers and everyone in-between to gain real insight into life outside the barracks.

Produced by Your Fairy Podmother