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Benefits of Military Skills
Service leavers have unrivalled experience and excellent personal qualities. They are in fact part of the "best trained workforce in Britain". They therefore have a great deal to offer employers, not just in their specialist area of expertise, but in terms of the general skills they will have developed while in the forces.
Some Examples of Transferable Skills Possessed by Service Leavers:
Leadership Qualities
Leadership and management skills are highly regarded in the civilian world, and these are developed at all levels in the forces. In fact, many of the leadership and management training techniques first used by the Services, have been adopted by civilian organisations for the development of their staff. A great majority of service personnel are capable instructors, ranging from teaching basic military subjects to highly technical subjects such as electronics or mechanical engineering.
Reliability and Decisivness
They will have been tested in highly demanding and pressurised situations, whether simulated or real crises, and have learned to get it right first time and how to take responsibility for themselves, their actions, and their resources.
Flexibility
Service personnel usually change their job location every 2 to 3 years and are used to a degree of upheaval in their working patterns and environment. There are always new challenges to master, and they are quick to learn, picking up new skills with ease and adapting to new circumstances.
Determination and Self-Discipline
They face danger and discomfort without lowering their standards, and learn to remain calm and courteous when under considerable provocation. This breeds self-discipline and determination.
Courage and Loyalty
Integrity is part of everything that Service people do. They develop not only physical courage, but more importantly moral courage, including loyalty to other team members.
Initiative
There are many occasions in a service career when the individual has to act on his or her own initiative, and to keep going even in extreme circumstances. This breeds the ability to complete goals, self-motivation and self-confidence.