Resettlement success
Forces: Royal Navy
Peter M - Petty Officer
"I attended the Career Transition Workshop (CTW) and appreciated the insight onto how to write a CV; especially the parts which helped translate my Military experience into civilian equivalent language."
Ex-Petty Officer Peter McNally served the Royal Navy as a Communications
Information Specialist for 28.5 years. Since September 2015, he works
as a Business Support Administrator for the Metropolitan Police.
Tell me about your time in the Royal Navy
“I
served as a Communications Information Specialist in the Royal Navy for
28.5 years and thoroughly enjoyed the career it gave me. I enjoyed the
comradery and feeling of being part of a team. The variety of roles that
you could be placed in to was also a highlight. I realised after a
while that I needed to spend more time with my family and this wasn’t
something that the Royal Navy could offer me, so it was then that I
decided to leave.”
What was your resettlement process with CTP like?
"I
attended the Career Transition Workshop (CTW) and appreciated the
insight onto how to write a CV; especially the parts which helped
translate my Military experience into civilian equivalent language. I
also attended the CompTIA A+ four-week course. The exam was held
adjacent to the Aldershot Resettlement Centre, so I was able to fit it
round my schedule. I found the course extremely well run and the
instructor was exceedingly knowledgeable about the subject."
You’ve now transitioned into Civilian life, what do you do?
“I
work as a Business Support Administrator for the Metropolitan Police.
My role is hugely varied covering Procurement, both acquisition and
payment, Recruitment and Resource Management. My ability to work under
tight schedules, with the minimum of guidance, as well as my ability to
integrate into the team, I would say were paramount in transitioning
from Military to Civilian employment."
What advice would you give to other Service leavers?
"The
Military Can-Do attitude is a useful experience and cannot be
overstated. It is very competitive in civilian employment, however do
not under value your military experience."
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