Outcome area
Employment
All ex-Service personnel and their spouses achieve successful employment outcomes.
We fund projects to improve:
- Understanding of civilian workplace and job markets
- Levels of skills and qualifications
- Awareness of civilian life and life skills to transition
- Personal and family preparation for transition
- Preparation by spouses and supporting partners
- Knowledge of skills competencies and potential of service leavers
- Understanding of Armed Forces employment and culture
- Understanding of employment barriers and transition hurdles
We do this to ensure that:
- Ex-Service personnel acquire recognised professional skills and qualifications
- Ex-Service personnel acquire the ‘soft’ skills to apply for and succeed in civilian enployment
- Ex-Service personnel develop ‘resilience’ and knowledge to succeed in civilian life
- Spouses are able to achieve their employment and training aspirations
- Those with additional needs attract appropriate support
- Employers acquire a positive perspective and knowledge of veterans worth.
- Employers can access the ‘veteran’ workforce
