Here's why Companies Should Be Hiring Ex-Military Talent

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Veterans bring something to the table that most civvy candidates don’t: actual experience making high-stakes decisions under pressure. No messing about or wasting time, just a results-driven approach that businesses desperately need. If companies want people who crack on, get the job done, and don’t need their hands held, they should be looking at ex-military talent first.

Veterans Get It Done

Businesses love to throw around words like ‘resilience’ and ‘leadership’ - meanwhile, veterans have been demonstrating those skills in situations where ‘missing a deadline’ meant a lot more than an awkward chat with a manager.

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Here’s why companies should be hiring veterans instead of another LinkedIn-certified ‘strategic thinker’:

• Mission-Driven Focus – Veterans don’t just ‘work towards KPIs.’ They set objectives, execute the plan, and deliver results.
• Resilience Under Pressure – Late nights, shifting priorities, high stakes? Welcome to your entire career so far.
• Leadership & Teamwork – You’ve worked in tight-knit units where teamwork was the difference between success and failure. That’s the kind of collaboration companies actually need. (Check out this article from Greg Poole about translating Teamwork) 
• Strong Work Ethic – If civvies think an ‘intense workload’ is getting through 30 emails before lunch, wait until they meet someone used to actual 16-hour shifts.
• Rapid Problem-Solving – While businesses are having ‘brainstorming sessions,’ veterans are out there making decisions with half the intel and none of the faff.

Veterans Bring Real Diversity (Not Just Corporate Tick-Boxes)

Want a team that actually understands different perspectives? Hire a veteran. You’ve worked with people from every background, in places most office workers couldn’t even point to on a map. You know how to adapt, how to communicate, and how to get things done without needing a ‘collaboration workshop.’

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Businesses that hire veterans get employees who bring new ways of thinking, different problem-solving approaches, and actual lived experience working in global, high-pressure environments. And let’s be honest, diversity isn’t about a corporate quota, it’s about having a team that doesn’t all think the same way.

What Redeployable Does (And Why It’s for You)

At Redeployable, we help veterans land proper jobs, not ‘opportunities to gain experience’ (translation: unpaid work). We connect service leavers with companies that actually understand the value of military experience and know how to use it.

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We provide:

• Career guidance that doesn’t treat you like a clueless newbie. You already have the skills, we just show you where to apply them.
• A proper breakdown of where your military experience fits in civvy roles. So you don’t have to sit through another workshop on ‘how to write a CV.’
• Connections to companies that want high-performance talent (not just another generic ‘team player’ who watched a TED Talk on resilience).

Give the AI-driven platform a go by clicking here. 

Veterans Are the Workforce Businesses Actually Need

Most businesses want people who can work under pressure, take ownership, and get things done. They want people who can lead, and who take initiative. That’s veterans all over. 

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