Ex-Military Careers
Our mission is to find meaningful employment for all veterans. Bridging the gap between the Military and a rewarding 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 individuals from a military talent pool. We are more than a job site promoting vacancies, we consider ourselves pioneers in bringing about change, actively driving inclusivity and forward-thinking hiring with respect to Ex-Military personnel.
Episodes
16 episodes
Episode 16: Veterans' Voices - The Many Roads to Resilience, with Spencer Bull
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 ...
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Episode 16
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Episode 15: Navigating Your Next Chapter – Military Transition Tips with Karen Wrancher
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 ret...
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Episode 15
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Episode 14 - Veterans' Voices: Navigating Post-Service Employment with Robert Marsh, from Combat Stress
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 int...
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Episode 13 - Gear Up for Tech: A Career Guide for Veterans
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.Th...
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Episode 13
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Episode 12 - Doing the right thing, on a difficult day when no one else is looking
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 caree...
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Episode 12
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Episode 11 - How far will you go ?
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 jo...
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Episode 11
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Episode 10 - Creating a positive dialogue with Dave Coleman from Civvy2Commando
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.
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Episode 9 - The GenDit Network with Chris Shaw and Chris Kirk
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.&...
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Episode 8 - Controlling the controllables and paying it forward with Olivia Cream and Archita Fritz
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 cor...
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Episode 7 - Win the morning win the day with Chris Reeves
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...
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Episode 6 - A holistic approach to recognising and supporting women veterans with Tara Kipfer
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 ...
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Episode 5 - Empowering Women: Breaking the Bias
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 ...
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Episode 3 - Developing and sustaining high-performance and embracing diversity with Andy Halliday
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 ba...
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32:47
Episode 4 - Breaking the bias with Melissa Washington from Women Veterans Alliance
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.
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32:32
Episode 2 - Navigating the LGBTQIA+ community within the RAF with Sam Smith
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 tha...
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Episode 1 - Bridging the Gap between the Military and a Civilian Career with James Lawrence
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 experienc...
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Episode 1
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