Our mission is to find meaningful employment for all veterans. Bridging the gap from the Military to a civilian career. Since 2010 we have been supporting thousands of veterans, their spouses, and partners with access to purposeful employment. We support our community by promoting a successful transition from the military into a civilian career via education, employment, knowledge, and removing unconscious bias. We help employers attract, onboard, develop and retain highly skilled individual ...
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Episode 16: Veterans' Voices - The Many Roads to Resilience, with Spencer Bull
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The team at Ex-Military Careers had the great privilege of welcoming Spencer Bull to the podcast, where he shared his story of resilience and adaptability in the face of a life-changing medical diagnosis. After 29 years of service in the British Army, Spencer was Medically Discharged in 2017 with Multiple Sclerosis. Having deployed on various opera…
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Episode 15: Navigating Your Next Chapter – Military Transition Tips with Karen Wrancher
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In this special episode of the Ex-Military Careers Podcast, Broadgate's Connor Nurse caught up with the insightful Karen (Gigi) Wrancher, who shared her first-hand advice on transitioning out of the military. Gigi Wrancher is a retired Army Colonel. She was a logistician who managed food distribution, equipment maintenance, disposal and destruction…
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Episode 14 - Veterans' Voices: Navigating Post-Service Employment with Robert Marsh, from Combat Stress
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In this episode, Kendall Barnett caught up with the insightful Robert Marsh, veteran and Director of Fundraising for Combat Stress, the UK’s leading charity for veterans’ mental health. Tune in to hear Robert share his story and insight into navigating employment after the forces. Robert was commissioned into the Scottish Yeomanry in 1994 and subse…
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Episode 13 - Gear Up for Tech: A Career Guide for Veterans
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After years of military service, finding a fulfilling job might feel overwhelming. Veterans have a unique set of skills and experiences that often make them world-class candidates, especially in a fast-moving industry like technology. The jump from the forces to the frontlines of tech can be a complex challenge, but you can conquer it with the righ…
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Episode 12 - Doing the right thing, on a difficult day when no one else is looking
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In our latest podcast episode, we are joined by Carl Shadrake MCMI who served with the Grenadier Guards and was critically injured twice in Afghanistan. Carl talks about his struggles and how he overcame them and started a new chapter and career after being medically discharged from the Army. Drawing on his extensive military experience, Carl found…
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Episode 11 - How far will you go ?
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In our latest podcast episode, Craig Kotze is joined by LSgt Natty Ngwenya who made the most of the sporting opportunities available to him by the Army and became a professional boxer! His strength, skill, and determination led him to join the British Army boxing team, where he became a five-time forces champion, an ABA champion, and a three-time G…
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Episode 10 - Creating a positive dialogue with Dave Coleman from Civvy2Commando
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In this episode, Ellis chats to Ex-Royal Marine and Entrepreneur, Dave Coleman to guide us through his journey in the Marines and how he came to found Civvy2Commando.Av Ex-Military Careers
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Episode 9 - The GenDit Network with Chris Shaw and Chris Kirk
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In this episode, Ellis Greenway is joined by Co-Founders of the GenDit Network, Chris Shaw and Chris Kirk to explore experiences as transitioning military personnel and highlighting their amazing work at the GenDit network to support veterans.Av Ex-Military Careers
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Episode 8 - Controlling the controllables and paying it forward with Olivia Cream and Archita Fritz
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In this episode, Ellis Greenway is joined by retired US Coast Guard and HR Leader at Stryker, Olivia Cream, and Digital Marketing Director, Archita Fritz to discuss their experiences of tackling leadership across the military and within the corporate space. Alongside the importance of paying it forward and looking at ending stigma and bullying in t…
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Episode 7 - Win the morning win the day with Chris Reeves
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In this episode, Ellis Greenway chats to Performance and Wellbeing Coach, and Physical Trainer with the Royal Navy, Chris Reeves. Chris gave us an insight into his journey so far with transitioning out of the Navy, the amazing work he is doing with Win the Morning, Win the Day as well as how the military and businesses in the civilian world can do …
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Episode 6 - A holistic approach to recognising and supporting women veterans with Tara Kipfer
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In this podcast episode, Ellis Greenway sits down with Tara Kipfer, Retired Lieutenant Colonel, United States Marine Corps to explore her experience as a woman in the forces as well as her transition into a civilian career. Tara emphasises the importance of recognising and empowering women veterans and creating a community for women service leavers…
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Episode 5 - Empowering Women: Breaking the Bias
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Our Ex-Military Careers social enterprise came together for our first networking initiative of 2022, ‘Empowering Women: Breaking the Bias’, hosted by the lovely Lucy Neal. We shone a spotlight on four inspirational women leaders, looking at their varying journeys from civilian life and leadership to being women veterans. This discussion looked to a…
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Episode 3 - Developing and sustaining high-performance and embracing diversity with Andy Halliday
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Andy Halliday if a former international hockey player and Specialist Firearms Officer with the Metropolitan Police. Andy joined the Police Force as a young 18-year-old recruit, working alongside various teams through his 30-year career going back to the 1980s. He was always driven by working with teams and spent most of his career on specialist uni…
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Episode 4 - Breaking the bias with Melissa Washington from Women Veterans Alliance
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Award-winning advocate, speaker, author, entrepreneur, CEO, publisher, and proud Navy veteran Melissa A. Washington wears many hats. Yet woven throughout her diverse pursuits is a mission of service—and a passion to empower her fellow women. Today, aside from serving as CEO to both the WVA and WVG and publisher of Women Veterans Magazine, Melissa s…
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Episode 2 - Navigating the LGBTQIA+ community within the RAF with Sam Smith
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Sam Smith leads KellyOCG® as vice president and managing director in EMEA with boundless energy and a unique style. Bringing humour, honesty, and creativity to every part of her role, she’s passionate about connecting people to work in ways that create meaningful experiences for everyone. Together with her leadership team, she’s crafted an agile bu…
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Episode 1 - Bridging the Gap between the Military and a Civilian Career with James Lawrence
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James founded Ex-MilitaryCareers.com in 2010 having first developed the platform from his own experiences shortly after leaving the military. Today James has 13 years of experience in the finance industry and has accumulated extensive experience of the risks involved in Financial Markets having begun his financial career at ODL Securities (now FXCM…
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