It goes with out saying, a job within the army is among the hardest on the market. Our service women and men prepare intensively to guard our nation and defend the rights and freedoms of the UK and our allies.
Right now marks one other landmark second in our journey to rework the panorama for veterans care within the UK, with the launch of ‘Op PROSPER’, the subsequent part in our plan to get extra veterans into work, making certain their distinctive expertise and experience lastly obtain the popularity they deserve.
The brand new pathway is the primary of its sort, serving to to deliver employers and veterans collectively, in addition to present new coaching and {qualifications} to assist veterans throughout the UK.
I’m proud to be standing alongside a whole bunch of veterans and a few of the nation’s main employers on the launch this morning, with veteran employment at 89%, larger than ever earlier than.
However there’s extra to do to make sure that they’re given the proper alternatives that match their skills.
Certainly, some veterans can discover it troublesome to get a job after they return residence, and will find yourself in jobs that don’t totally utilise the vary of expertise they’ve to supply.
It’s maddening to suppose that there are veterans at present who can take aside and rebuild a tank in a few of the world’s most difficult environments, but battle to seek out an employer to provide them an opportunity of a profession in engineering or manufacturing.
Others who’re among the many world’s finest educated operators of main battlefield tools and expertise, and but battle to get a foothold in IT.
That’s the reason this Authorities is making certain that Op PROSPER builds on file highs ranges of employment and makes certain this may be changed into sustainable, beneficial careers for individuals who have put their life on the road for our freedom.
Backed with over £2 million of recent UK Authorities funding, our programme will supply employment help to those that want it, and assist to ascertain new methods into recruitment for a few of the nation’s main sectors.
We will likely be working with employers to enhance their consciousness of the abilities and abilities of our inhabitants of veterans, demonstrating what their distinctive capabilities can deliver to their enterprise.
I do know first hand that there are many specialisms inside our armed forces employees, however the factor that unites them is their dedication and professionalism.
It’s very important for me to encourage as many sectors as attainable to see the high-skill potential in our veterans, and encourage companies to recruit, retain and help them.
As extra employers start to grasp what potential our veterans have – and the worth they symbolize to their enterprise – I’ve little question they are going to be in even larger demand than they’re already.
However we additionally have to make it possible for veterans get the proper encouragement and help to use for these jobs, to make these connections with the important thing financial sectors like manufacturing, engineering, renewable power and way more.
These industries, a few of our most revolutionary and affluent elements of our economic system, might tremendously profit from the expertise, expertise and resourceful nature of our veterans.
With this concerted effort, with extra help given to veterans and with extra partnerships between authorities, employers and the armed forces, we’ll make the UK the perfect place on the earth to be a veteran and develop the economic system.
